M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has declared a stock split to be effected in the form of a 30% stock dividend. The stock dividend will be distributed on January 12, 2005 to shareowners of record on December 28, 2004 and will be in the form of three additional shares of MDC common stock for each ten shares owned by shareowners on the record date. Cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares based on the closing price of MDC's common stock on the record date. The Company currently intends to continue paying a quarterly cash dividend of fifteen cents ($.15) per share following the stock dividend. As a result, the quarterly cash dividend effectively will be increased by 30% relative to current levels.
MDC, whose subsidiaries build homes under the name "Richmond American Homes," is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States. The Company also provides mortgage financing, primarily for MDC's homebuyers, through its wholly owned subsidiary HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation. MDC is a major regional homebuilder with a significant presence in some of the country's best housing markets. The Company is the largest homebuilder in Colorado; among the top five homebuilders in Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City; and among the top ten homebuilders in Jacksonville, Northern California and Southern California. MDC also has established operating divisions in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, West Florida, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley and Chicago. For more information about our Company, please visit www.richmondamerican.com.
Contacts: Paris G. Reece III Rachel L. Neumann
Chief Financial Officer Communications Director
(303) 804-7706 (303) 804-7729
greece@mdch.comrlneumann@mdch.com
SOURCE: M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
CONTACT: Paris G. Reece III, Chief Financial Officer, +1-303-804-7706, greece@mdch.com, or Rachel L. Neumann, Communications Director,
+1-303-804-7729, rlneumann@mdch.com, both of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
The Richmond American Homes companies (RAH), HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation (HMC), American Home Insurance
Agency (also known as AHI Insurance Agency) (AHI) and American Home Title and Escrow Company (AHT) are
owned, directly or indirectly, by M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. and, therefore, are affiliated companies. Each of
RAH, HMC, AHI and AHT offers services independently of each other, and if you obtain a product or service
from one company, you are not required to utilize the services of, or obtain products from, the other
company. Your decision to use a company that is not affiliated with RAH, HMC, AHI or AHT will not affect
your ability to obtain products and services from these companies. See licensing information.
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results of operation, cash flows, strategies and prospects, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be
identified by terminology such as "likely," "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates,"
"believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue," or the negative of such terms and other
comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the MDC Companies to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Additional information about the risks and uncertainties applicable to the MDC Companies' business
is contained in MDC's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including MDC's Annual Reports on
Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The MDC Companies undertake no duty to update publicly any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. However, any
further disclosures made on related subjects in MDC's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, press releases and/or presentations should be considered.
