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March 16 2022 - 5:00PM
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SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT DATED MARCH 16, 2022
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD APRIL 12, 2022
This Supplement to Proxy Statement (this Supplement), dated March 16, 2022, is furnished to the stockholders of Lennar
Corporation (the Company) in connection with the solicitation of proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 12, 2022, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the Annual Meeting).
This Supplement supplements the definitive Proxy Statement dated March 1, 2022 (the 2022 Proxy Statement).
This
Supplement is being furnished in order to add background information regarding Proposal 4, Approval of Lennar Corporation 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the Amended Equity Plan). Capitalized terms used in this
Supplement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the 2022 Proxy Statement. This Supplement does not provide all of the information that is important to your decisions in voting at the Annual Meeting. This Supplement
should be read in conjunction with the 2022 Proxy Statement.
Supplemental Disclosure Concerning Proposal 4
As set forth in the 2022 Proxy Statement, Proposal 4 seeks stockholder approval of the Amended Equity Plan primarily to (i) increase the
number of shares of our Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2016 Equity Plan by an additional 10,000,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and similar events), (ii) extend the term of the 2016 Equity Plan to
January 12, 2032 (the 10-year anniversary of the approval of the Amended Equity Plan by the Board) and (iii) remove provisions of the 2016 Equity Plan included to comply with the exception for
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the Code, which was repealed in December 2017 (Section 162(m) Changes).
Included in the Section 162(m) Changes were the removal of annual limits on awards that an individual participant could receive. Under
these limits, the maximum number of shares that may underlie awards (other than (i) stock options and (ii) phantom shares paid in cash that are not intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m)
of the Code) granted in any one calendar year to any individual could not exceed 500,000, and no individual could receive stock options (or stock appreciation rights) for more than 1,000,000 shares during any calendar year.
Section 162(m) of the Code limits the annual deduction available for compensation paid to a covered employee to $1,000,000. Previously
there was an exception to this annual deduction limit for qualified performance-based compensation, but the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated this exception commencing with the Companys fiscal year beginning December 1, 2018.
As a result, the Amended Equity Plan removes provisions previously included to allow awards to meet this qualified performance-based compensation exception, including the performance vesting criteria, the individual award limits and the
related provisions requiring approval of such awards and the certification of the attainment of the relevant performance goals by a committee of outside directors, as there is no longer any potential tax benefit for a plan to retain
these provisions. The appropriate sizing of awards under the Amended Equity Plan will continue to be subject to the discretion of our Compensation Committee, which is composed solely of independent directors and is expected to oversee a compensation
program with a significant emphasis on performance-based awards.
The removal of annual individual award limits explained above also
applies to awards to our non-employee directors, who are eligible to receive awards under the Amended Equity Plan.
If stockholders would like to review all the changes made in the Amended Equity Plan, they should refer to the full text of the Amended Equity
Plan attached as Exhibit A to the 2022 Proxy Statement.
Except as specifically supplemented by the information contained in this
Supplement, all information set forth in the 2022 Proxy Statement remains unchanged and should be considered in voting your shares.
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