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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission File Number: 1-12378

 


 

NVR, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Virginia   54-1394360

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite 300

McLean, Virginia 22102

(703) 761-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

(Not Applicable)

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

As of May 5, 2004 there were 6,476,126 total shares of common stock outstanding.

 



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NVR, Inc.

Form 10-Q

INDEX

 

 

          Page

PART I

  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

NVR, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

    
     Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2004 (unaudited) and December 31, 2003    3
     Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 (unaudited) and March 31, 2003 (unaudited)    5
     Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 (unaudited) and March 31, 2003 (unaudited)    6
    

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   7

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   14

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   20

PART II

  

OTHER INFORMATION

    

Item 2.

  

Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   20

Item 6.

  

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

   21
    

Exhibit Index

   21
    

Signature

   22

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share and share data)

 

     March 31, 2004

   December 31, 2003

     (unaudited)     

ASSETS

             

Homebuilding:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 207,992    $ 228,589

Receivables

     19,860      9,550

Inventory:

             

Lots and housing units, covered under sales agreements with customers

     524,471      480,492

Unsold lots and housing units

     29,852      32,888

Manufacturing materials and other

     5,054      10,393
    

  

       559,377      523,773

Assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46

     60,630      12,807

Property, plant and equipment, net

     24,186      24,531

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net

     41,580      41,580

Goodwill, net

     6,379      6,379

Contract land deposits

     288,965      284,432

Other assets

     109,111      117,575
    

  

       1,318,080      1,249,216
    

  

Mortgage Banking:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

     3,306      3,630

Mortgage loans held for sale, net

     116,640      96,772

Mortgage servicing rights, net

     188      181

Property and equipment, net

     1,025      875

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net

     7,347      7,347

Other assets

     3,051      5,084
    

  

       131,557      113,889
    

  

Total assets

   $ 1,449,637    $ 1,363,105
    

  

 

(Continued)

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

(in thousands, except per share and share data)

 

     March 31, 2004

    December 31, 2003

 
     (unaudited)        

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Homebuilding:

                

Accounts payable

   $ 179,620     $ 185,913  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     192,314       175,259  

Liabilities related to assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46

     38,893       12,071  

Obligations under incentive plans

     36,094       67,964  

Customer deposits

     180,042       157,005  

Other term debt

     4,428       4,519  

Senior notes

     200,000       200,000  
    


 


       831,391       802,731  
    


 


Mortgage Banking:

                

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     10,902       12,166  

Notes payable

     89,963       53,340  
    


 


       100,865       65,506  
    


 


Total liabilities

     932,256       868,237  
    


 


Commitments and contingencies

                

Shareholders’ equity:

                

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,597,709 shares issued as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively

     206       206  

Additional paid-in-capital

     357,556       335,346  

Deferred compensation trust –502,118 and 510,118 shares as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, of NVR, Inc. common stock

     (64,348 )     (64,725 )

Deferred compensation liability

     64,348       64,725  

Retained earnings

     1,488,482       1,387,865  

Less treasury stock at cost – 13,962,709 and 13,870,368 shares at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively

     (1,328,863 )     (1,228,549 )
    


 


Total shareholders’ equity

     517,381       494,868  
    


 


Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,449,637     $ 1,363,105  
    


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Homebuilding:

                

Revenues

   $ 860,685     $ 723,375  

Other income

     646       932  

Cost of sales

     (643,011 )     (539,437 )

Selling, general and administrative

     (58,482 )     (50,959 )
    


 


Operating income

     159,838       133,911  

Interest expense

     (2,915 )     (3,336 )
    


 


Homebuilding income

     156,923       130,575  
    


 


Mortgage Banking:

                

Mortgage banking fees

     16,108       17,756  

Interest income

     953       1,364  

Other income

     169       147  

General and administrative

     (6,212 )     (5,468 )

Interest expense

     (246 )     (431 )
    


 


Mortgage banking income

     10,772       13,368  
    


 


Income before taxes

     167,695       143,943  

Income tax expense

     (67,078 )     (56,137 )
    


 


Net income

   $ 100,617     $ 87,806  
    


 


Basic earnings per share

   $ 15.27     $ 12.41  
    


 


Diluted earnings per share

   $ 12.58     $ 10.10  
    


 


Basic average shares outstanding

     6,591       7,078  
    


 


Diluted average shares outstanding

     7,997       8,697  
    


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net income

   $ 100,617     $ 87,806  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation and amortization

     2,076       2,168  

Mortgage loans closed

     (394,290 )     (440,138 )

Proceeds from sales of mortgage loans

     382,129       452,023  

Gain on sale of loans

     (12,095 )     (13,886 )

Net change in assets and liabilities:

                

Increase in inventories

     (35,604 )     (12,837 )

Increase (decrease) in receivables

     (8,604 )     609  

Increase (decrease) in contract land deposits

     (16,896 )     2,100  

Increase in accounts payable, customer deposits and accrued expenses

     59,988       37,731  

Decrease in obligations under incentive plans

     (31,870 )     (35,680 )

Other, net

     (436 )     (5,434 )
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     45,015       74,462  
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

     (1,917 )     (1,580 )

Principal payments on mortgage loans held for sale

     4,676       964  

Proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights, net

     —         7,693  

Other, net

     330       174  
    


 


Net cash provided by investing activities

     3,089       7,251  
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Purchase of NVR common stock for funding of deferred compensation plan

     —         (17,939 )

Net borrowings (repayments) under notes payable and other term debt

     36,532       (1,457 )

Purchase of treasury stock

     (113,937 )     (113,270 )

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     8,380       3,772  
    


 


Net cash used by financing activities

     (69,025 )     (128,894 )
    


 


Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (20,921 )     (47,181 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period

     232,219       142,845  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 211,298     $ 95,664  
    


 


Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

                

Interest paid during the period

   $ 520     $ 875  
    


 


Income taxes paid, net of refunds

   $ 31,867     $ 34,811  
    


 


Supplemental disclosures of non-cash activities:

                

Net assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46

   $ 21,737     $ —    
    


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NVR, Inc. (“NVR” or the “Company”) and its subsidiaries and certain other entities in which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary (see Note 2). Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. Because the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, they should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2004.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

For the three month periods ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, comprehensive income equaled net income; therefore, a separate statement of comprehensive income is not included in the accompanying financial statements. Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.

 

2. Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

 

In December 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Revised Interpretation No. 46 (“FIN 46R”), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, which was effective for NVR as of March 31, 2004. FIN 46R requires the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity to consolidate that entity. The primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity is the party that absorbs a majority of the variable interest entity’s expected losses, receives a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual, or other financial interests in the entity. Expected losses are the expected negative variability in the fair value of an entity’s net assets exclusive of its variable interests, and expected residual returns are the expected positive variability in the fair value of an entity’s net assets, exclusive of variable interests. As discussed below, NVR has determined that it must evaluate the provisions of FIN 46R as it relates to NVR’s finished lot acquisition strategy.

 

NVR does not engage in the land development business. Instead, the Company typically acquires finished building lots at market prices from various development entities under fixed price purchase agreements. The purchase agreements require deposits that may be forfeited if NVR fails to perform under the agreement. The deposits required under the purchase agreements are in the form of cash or letters of credit in varying amounts, and typically range up to 10% of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots. As of March 31, 2004, the Company controlled approximately 74,000 lots with deposits in cash and letters of credit totaling approximately $302,000 and $14,000, respectively.

 

This lot acquisition strategy reduces the financial requirements and risks associated with direct land ownership and land development. NVR may, at its option, choose for any reason and at any time not to perform under these purchase agreements by delivering notice of its intent not to acquire the finished lots under contract. NVR’s sole legal obligation and economic loss for failure to perform under these purchase agreements is limited to the amount of the deposit pursuant to the liquidating damage provision contained within the purchase agreement.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

In other words, if NVR does not perform under the contract, NVR loses its deposit. NVR does not have any financial or specific performance guarantees, or completion obligations, under these purchase agreements. None of the creditors of any of the development entities with which NVR enters forward fixed price purchase agreements have recourse to the general credit of NVR. NVR also does not share in an allocation of either the profit earned or loss incurred by any of these entities with which NVR enters fixed price purchase agreements.

 

On a very limited basis, NVR also obtains finished lots using joint venture limited liability corporations (“LLC’s”). All LLC’s are structured such that NVR is a non-controlling limited partner and is at risk only for the amount invested. NVR is not a borrower, guarantor or obligor on any of the LLC’s debt. NVR enters into a standard fixed price purchase agreement to purchase lots from the LLC.

 

At March 31, 2004, NVR had an aggregate investment in fourteen (14) separate LLC’s totaling approximately $14,800, which controlled approximately 1,450 lots. During the quarter ended March 31, 2004, NVR reduced cost of sales by approximately $103, which represents NVR’s share of the earnings of the LLC’s. NVR recognizes it’s share of the earnings of the LLC’s as a reduction of the cost basis of the lots at the time that the lot and related home is settled with an external customer.

 

Forward contracts, such as the fixed price purchase agreements utilized by NVR to acquire finished lot inventory, are deemed to be “variable interests” under FIN 46R. Therefore, the development entities with which NVR enters fixed price purchase agreements, including the LLC’s, are examined under FIN 46R for possible consolidation by NVR. NVR has developed a methodology to determine whether it or the owner of the applicable development entity is the primary beneficiary of a development entity. The methodology used to evaluate NVR’s primary beneficiary status requires substantial management judgment and estimates. These judgments and estimates involve assigning probabilities to various estimated cash flow possibilities relative to the development entity’s expected profits and losses and the cash flows associated with changes in the fair value of finished lots under contract. Because NVR does not have any contractual or ownership interests in the development entities with which it contracts to buy finished lots (other than the limited use of the LLC’s as discussed above), NVR does not have the ability to compel these development entities to provide financial or other data to assist NVR in the performance of the primary beneficiary evaluation. In many instances, these development entities provide little, if any, financial information. This lack of direct information from the development entities may result in NVR’s evaluation being conducted solely based on the aforementioned management judgments and estimates. Although management believes that its accounting policy is designed to properly assess NVR’s primary beneficiary status relative to its involvement with the development entities from which NVR acquires finished lots, changes to the probabilities and the cash flow possibilities used in NVR’s evaluation could produce widely different conclusions regarding NVR’s status or non-status as a development entity’s primary beneficiary.

 

The Company has evaluated all of its fixed price purchase agreements and LLC arrangements and has determined that it is the primary beneficiary of eighteen (18) of those development entities with which the agreements and arrangements are held. As a result, at March 31, 2004, NVR has consolidated such development entities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The effect of the consolidation at March 31, 2004 was the inclusion on the balance sheet of $60,630 as Assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46 with a corresponding inclusion of $38,893 as Liabilities Related to inventory not owned, consolidated per FIN 46, after elimination of intercompany items.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

Following are the consolidating schedules at March 31, 2004:

 

     NVR, Inc.
and
Subsidiaries


   FIN 46R
Entities


   Eliminations

    Consolidated
Total


ASSETS

                            

Homebuilding:

                            

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 207,992    $ —      $ —       $ 207,992

Receivables

     19,860      —        —         19,860

Homebuilding inventory

     559,377      —        —         559,377

Property, plant and equipment, net

     24,186      —        —         24,186

Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets, net

     41,580      —        —         41,580

Goodwill, net

     6,379      —        —         6,379

Contract land deposits

     302,064      —        (13,099 )     288,965

Other assets

     117,749      —        (8,638 )     109,111
    

  

  


 

       1,279,187      —        (21,737 )     1,257,450
    

  

  


 

Mortgage banking assets:

     131,557      —        —         131,557
    

  

  


 

FIN 46R Entities:

                            

Land under development

     —        55,556      —         55,556

Other assets

     —        5,074      —         5,074
    

  

  


 

       —        60,630      —         60,630
    

  

  


 

Total assets

   $ 1,410,744    $ 60,630    $ (21,737 )   $ 1,449,637
    

  

  


 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                            

Homebuilding:

                            

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

   $ 408,028    $ —      $ —       $ 408,028

Customer deposits

     180,042      —        —         180,042

Other term debt

     4,428      —        —         4,428

Senior notes

     200,000      —        —         200,000
    

  

  


 

       792,498      —        —         792,498
    

  

  


 

Mortgage banking liabilities:

     100,865      —        —         100,865
    

  

  


 

FIN 46R Entities:

                            

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     —        2,246      (86 )     2,160

Debt

     —        29,931      —         29,931

Contract land deposits

     —        13,099      (13,099 )     —  

Advances from NVR, Inc.

     —        7,722      (7,722 )     —  

Minority interest

     —        —        6,802       6,802
    

  

  


 

       —        52,998      (14,105 )     38,893
    

  

  


 

Equity

     517,381      7,632      (7,632 )     517,381
    

  

  


 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,410,744    $ 60,630    $ (21,737 )   $ 1,449,637
    

  

  


 

 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

Under FIN 46R, an enterprise with an interest in a variable interest entity or potential variable interest entity created before December 31, 2003, is not required to apply FIN 46R to that entity if the enterprise, after making an “exhaustive effort”, is unable to obtain the information necessary to perform the accounting required to consolidate the variable interest entity for which it is determined to be the primary beneficiary. NVR was unable to obtain the information necessary to perform the accounting required to consolidate 21 separate development entities created before December 31, 2003 for which NVR determined it was the primary beneficiary. NVR has made, or has committed to make, aggregate deposits, totaling $21,490 to these 21 separate development entities, with a total aggregate purchase price for the finished lots of $151,351. The aggregate deposit made or committed to being made is NVR’s maximum exposure to loss. As noted above, because NVR does not have any contractual or ownership interests in the development entities with which it contracts to buy finished lots (other than the limited use of the LLC’s as discussed above), NVR does not have the ability to compel these development entities to provide financial or other data. Because NVR has no ownership rights in any of these 21 development entities, the consolidation of such entities would have had no impact on NVR’s net income or earnings per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. Aggregate activity with respect to the 21 development entities is included in the following table:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


     2004

   2003

Finished lots purchased - dollars

   $ 9,816    $ 1,201

Finished lots purchased - units

     99      15

 

3. Stock-Based Compensation

 

At March 31, 2004, the Company had seven active stock-based employee compensation plans. As permitted under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“FAS”) No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123, NVR has elected to continue to follow the intrinsic value method in accounting for its stock-based employee compensation arrangements as defined by Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations including Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions involving Stock Compensation, an interpretation of APB No. 25. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FAS 123 to stock-based employee compensation.

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Net income, as reported

   $ 100,617     $ 87,806  

Add: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value-based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

     (4,628 )     (5,293 )
    


 


Pro forma net income

   $ 95,989     $ 82,513  
    


 


Earnings per share:

                

Basic—as reported

   $ 15.27     $ 12.41  
    


 


Basic—pro forma

   $ 14.56     $ 11.66  
    


 


Diluted—as reported

   $ 12.58     $ 10.10  
    


 


Diluted—pro forma

   $ 12.23     $ 9.78  
    


 


 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

4. Earnings per Share

 

The following weighted average shares and share equivalents are used to calculate basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     2004

   2003

Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding

   6,591,000    7,078,000

Shares issuable upon exercise of dilutive options and deferred compensation payable in shares of NVR common stock, based on average market price

   1,406,000    1,619,000
    
  

Diluted average number of shares outstanding

   7,997,000    8,697,000
    
  

 

Options issued under equity plans to purchase 87,834 and 102,000 shares of common stock were outstanding during the quarters ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

 

5. Shareholders’ Equity

 

A summary of changes in shareholders’ equity is presented below:

 

     Common
Stock


   Additional
Paid-In
Capital


    Retained
Earnings


   Treasury
Stock


    Deferred
Comp.
Trust


    Deferred
Comp.
Liability


    Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2003

   $ 206    $ 335,346     $ 1,387,865    $ (1,228,549 )   $ (64,725 )   $ 64,725     $ 494,868  

Net income

     —        —         100,617      —         —         —         100,617  

Deferred compensation activity, net

     —        —         —        —         377       (377 )     —    

Purchase of common stock for treasury

     —        —         —        (113,937 )     —         —         (113,937 )

Stock option activity

     —        8,380       —        —         —         —         8,380  

Tax benefit from stock-based compensation activity

     —        27,453       —        —         —         —         27,453  

Treasury shares issued upon option exercise

     —        (13,623 )     —        13,623       —         —         —    
    

  


 

  


 


 


 


Balance, March 31, 2004

   $ 206    $ 357,556     $ 1,488,482    $ (1,328,863 )   $ (64,348 )   $ 64,348     $ 517,381  
    

  


 

  


 


 


 


 

Approximately 165,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised during the first three months of 2004. The Company settles option exercises by issuing shares of treasury stock to option holders. Shares are relieved from the treasury account based on the weighted average cost basis of treasury shares acquired. The Company repurchased 257,330 shares of its common stock at an aggregate purchase price of $113,937 during the three months ended March 31, 2004.

 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

6. Segment Disclosures

 

NVR operates in two business segments: homebuilding and mortgage banking. Corporate general and administrative expenses are fully allocated to the homebuilding and mortgage banking segments in the information presented below.

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

 

     Homebuilding

   Mortgage Banking

   Totals

 

Revenues from external customers

   $ 860,685    $ 16,108    $ 876,793 (a)

Segment profit

     156,923      10,772      167,695 (a)

Segment assets

     1,209,491      124,210      1,333,701 (b)

(a) Total amounts for the reportable segments equal the respective amounts for the consolidated enterprise.
(b) The following reconciles segment assets to the respective amounts for the consolidated enterprise:

 

     Homebuilding

   Mortgage Banking

   Totals

Segment assets

   $ 1,209,491    $ 124,210    $ 1,333,701

Add:  Excess reorganization value and goodwill

     47,959      7,347      55,306

Assets not owned, consolidated per FIN 46

     60,630      —        60,630
    

  

  

Total consolidated assets

   $ 1,318,080    $ 131,557    $ 1,449,637
    

  

  

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2003

 

     Homebuilding

   Mortgage Banking

   Totals

 

Revenues from external customers

   $ 723,375    $ 17,756    $ 741,131 (c)

Segment profit

     130,575      13,368      143,943 (c)

Segment assets

     917,755      170,190      1,087,945 (d)

(c) Total amounts for the reportable segments equal the respective amounts for the consolidated enterprise.
(d) The following reconciles segment assets to the respective amounts for the consolidated enterprise:

 

     Homebuilding

   Mortgage Banking

   Totals

Segment assets

   $ 917,755    $ 170,190    $ 1,087,945

Add: Excess reorganization value and goodwill

     47,959      7,347      55,306
    

  

  

Total consolidated assets

   $ 965,714    $ 177,537    $ 1,143,251
    

  

  

 

7. Excess Reorganization Value and Goodwill

 

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, requires goodwill and reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets (“excess reorganization value”) to be tested for impairment on an annual basis subsequent to the year of adoption. The Company completed the annual assessment of impairment during the first quarter of 2004 and determined that there was no impairment of either goodwill or excess reorganization value.

 

8. Product Warranties

 

The Company establishes warranty and product liability reserves to provide for estimated future expenses as a result of construction and product defects, product recalls and litigation incidental to NVR’s homebuilding business. Liability estimates are determined based on management’s judgment considering such factors as

 

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NVR, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands except per share data)

 

historical experience, the likely current cost of corrective action, manufacturers’ and subcontractors’ participation in sharing the cost of corrective action, consultations with third party experts such as engineers, and discussions with our General Counsel and other outside counsel retained to handle specific product liability cases. The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     2004

    2003

 

Warranty reserve, beginning of period

   $ 35,324     $ 32,255  

Provision

     7,282       4,383  

Payments

     (6,629 )     (4,834 )
    


 


Warranty reserve, end of period

   $ 35,977     $ 31,804  
    


 


 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (dollars in thousands)

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements in this Form 10-Q, as well as statements made by NVR, Inc. (“NVR”) in periodic press releases and other public communications, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussion of strategies, each of which involves risks and uncertainties. All statements other than those of historical facts included herein, including those regarding market trends, NVR’s financial position, business strategy, projected plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance of NVR to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions (on both a national and regional level), interest rate changes, access to suitable financing, competition, the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by NVR in its homebuilding operations, shortages of labor, weather related slow downs, building moratoria, governmental regulation, the ability of NVR to integrate any acquired business, fluctuation and volatility of stock and other financial markets and other factors over which NVR has little or no control. NVR has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

 

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 and 2003

 

Overview

 

NVR’s primary business is the construction and sale of single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominium buildings in the following markets:

 

Washington:

  

Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and adjacent counties in West Virginia

Baltimore:

  

Baltimore, MD metropolitan area

North:

  

Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania

South:

  

North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Richmond, VA

 

To fully serve our homebuilding customers, we also operate a mortgage banking and title services business. We believe we operate our business with a conservative operating strategy. We do not engage in land development and primarily construct homes on a pre-sold basis. This strategy allows us to maximize inventory turnover, which enables us to minimize market risk and to operate with less capital, thereby enhancing rates of return on equity and total capital. In addition, we focus on obtaining and maintaining a leading market position in each market we serve. This strategy allows us to gain valuable efficiencies and competitive advantages in our markets which management believes contributes to minimizing the adverse effects of regional economic cycles and provides growth opportunities within these markets.

 

Because we are not active in the land development business, our continued success is contingent upon our ability to control an adequate supply of finished lots on which to build, and on our developers’ ability to deliver finished lots to timely meet the sales demands of our customers. We acquire finished building lots at market prices from various development entities under fixed price purchase agreements (“purchase agreements”). These purchase agreements require deposits in the form of cash or letters of credit that may be forfeited if we fail to perform under the purchase agreement. However, this lot acquisition

 

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strategy reduces the financial requirements and risks associated with direct land ownership and development. As of March 31, 2004, we controlled approximately 74,000 lots with deposits in cash and letters of credit totaling approximately $302,000 and $14,000, respectively.

 

Consolidated revenues and net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 increased 18% and 15%, respectively, from the same period in 2003. The increase in net income coupled with our continuing share repurchase program resulted in a 25% increase in diluted earnings per share in the first quarter of 2004 as compared to the first quarter of 2003.

 

The following table summarizes homebuilding settlements, new orders and backlog activity by region for the quarters ended March 31, 2004 and 2003:

 

     2004

   2003

Settlements:

             

Washington

     713      827

Baltimore

     447      364

North

     1,072      878

South

     477      437
    

  

Total

     2,709      2,506
    

  

Average settlement price

   $ 317.0    $ 288.0
    

  

New Orders:

             

Washington

     992      738

Baltimore

     431      401

North

     1,262      1,136

South

     633      632
    

  

Total

     3,318      2,907
    

  

Average new order price

   $ 343.6    $ 299.6
    

  

Backlog:

             

Washington

     2,562      2,145

Baltimore

     1,041      980

North

     2,696      2,453

South

     1,200      1,180
    

  

Total

     7,499      6,758
    

  

Average backlog price

   $ 347.4    $ 312.4
    

  

 

Homebuilding Segment

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 and 2003

 

During the first quarter of 2004, homebuilding operations generated revenues of $860,685 compared to revenues of $723,375 in the first quarter of 2003. This 19% increase resulted primarily from a 10% increase in the average settlement price and an 8% increase in the number of homes settled. Average settlement prices increased throughout each of our markets quarter over quarter primarily as a result of strong housing demand within these markets. The higher backlog balance at the beginning of 2004 as compared to the beginning of 2003 led to increased settlements in the Baltimore, North and South regions. The 14% decrease in settlements in the Washington region is primarily attributable to development delays.

 

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Gross profit margins in the first quarter of 2004 were down slightly to 25.3% as compared to 25.4% in the first quarter of 2003. Despite higher lot and lumber costs in the first quarter of 2004 as compared to the first quarter of 2003, our gross margin percentage increased in each of our four regions quarter over quarter due to continued favorable market conditions. However, our consolidated gross margin percentage was negatively impacted by a change in the regional mix of settlements, with a reduction in settlements in the Washington region. Gross margins in future periods may be negatively impacted by the current trend of higher costs in lumber and other commodities, unless we can offset these higher costs with increased selling prices.

 

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses for the first quarter of 2004 increased $7,523 from the first quarter of 2003, but as a percentage of revenues decreased to 6.8% from 7.0%. The increase in SG&A dollars is primarily attributable to increased personnel costs, including management incentives, of approximately $4,500 and selling and marketing costs of approximately $1,500, both of which are related to our continued growth.

 

Backlog units and dollars were 7,499 and $2,605,120, respectively, at March 31, 2004 compared to 6,758 and $2,111,187, respectively, at March 31, 2003. The March 31, 2004 unit backlog is higher than that at March 31, 2003 because (i) the beginning backlog for the 2004 period compared to the 2003 period was higher by 8%, and (ii) during the 2004 quarter, NVR sold approximately 600 more homes than it settled, compared to selling approximately 400 more homes than it settled in the 2003 quarter. The backlog dollar increase was also impacted by a 14% increase in the average selling price for the six-month period ended March 31, 2004 as compared to the same period ending March 31, 2003 due primarily to the aforementioned continued strong demand for homes within a majority of our markets. Overall, new orders increased 14% in the 2004 quarter compared to the same period in 2003. The increase in new orders is attributable to an increase of approximately 7% in the number of active communities in the first quarter of 2004 as compared to the same period in 2003.

 

Mortgage Banking Segment

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 and 2003

 

NVR conducts its mortgage banking activity through NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (“NVRM”), a wholly owned subsidiary. NVRM focuses almost exclusively on serving the homebuilding segment’s customer base.

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


     2004

   2003

Loan closing volume:

             

Total principal

   $ 523,339    $ 514,897
    

  

Segment profit:

   $ 10,772    $ 13,368
    

  

Mortgage Banking Fees:

             

Net gain on sale of loans

   $ 12,095    $ 13,886

Title services

     3,779      3,502

Servicing

     234      354

Gain (loss) on sale of servicing

     —        14
    

  

     $ 16,108    $ 17,756
    

  

 

Loan closing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2004 increased 2% over the same period for 2003. The 2004 increase is attributable to an 8% increase in the average loan amount due to the

 

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homebuilding segment’s higher average selling prices, offset by a quarter over quarter 6% reduction in the number of units closed. The percentage of the number of loans closed by NVRM for NVR’s homebuyers who obtain a mortgage to purchase the home (“Capture Rate”) declined five (5) percentage points to 81% for the 2004 first quarter compared to 86% for the 2003 first quarter. The Capture Rate decline is primarily due to increased competition caused by the industry-wide fall off in refinance activity.

 

Operating income for the three months ended March 31, 2004 decreased approximately $2,600 over 2003. The decrease is primarily due to a product mix shift from fixed rate mortgages to adjustable rate mortgages and brokered mortgages, both of which are generally less profitable products than fixed rate mortgages. In addition, general and administrative expenses have increased in the 2004 quarter compared to the 2003 quarter by approximately $750, which is primarily due to a 14% increase in the total number of NVRM employees quarter over quarter. The increased staffing level is to position NVRM for future growth and to increase the Capture Rate.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In March 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 105 (“SAB 105”). Existing accounting guidance requires an entity to record on its balance sheet the fair value of any issued and outstanding mortgage loan commitments. SAB 105 requires that the fair value measurement include only differences between the guaranteed interest rate in the loan commitment and a market interest rate, excluding any future cash flows related to (i) expected fees to be received when the loan commitment becomes a loan, (ii) gains from selling the loan, or (iii) the servicing value created from the loan. The guidance in SAB 105 must be applied to mortgage loan commitments that are accounted for as derivatives and are entered into after March 31, 2004. NVR does not anticipate that the adoption of the guidance in SAB 105 will have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operation.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

NVR has $55,000 available for issuance under a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 1998. The shelf registration statement, as declared effective on February 27, 1998, provides that securities may be offered from time to time in one or more series and in the form of senior or subordinated debt. NVR expects to file a new shelf registration in 2004 to register up to $1,000,000 for future offer and sale of debt securities, common shares, preferred shares, depositary shares representing preferred shares and warrants. Proceeds received from future offerings issued under this shelf registration are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. This discussion of NVR’s expected new shelf registration does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.

 

NVR’s homebuilding segment generally provides for its working capital cash requirements using cash generated from operations and a short-term unsecured working capital revolving credit facility (the “Facility”). The Facility provides for borrowings of up to $150,000, subject to certain borrowing base limitations, and expires in August 2007. Up to approximately $50,000 of the Facility is currently available for issuance in the form of letters of credit, of which $20,339 was outstanding at March 31, 2004. There were no direct borrowings outstanding under the Facility as of March 31, 2004. At March 31, 2004, there were no borrowing base limitations reducing the amount available to NVR for borrowings.

 

NVR’s mortgage banking segment provides for its mortgage origination and other operating activities using cash generated from operations as well as a short-term credit facility. NVR’s mortgage banking segment utilizes an annually renewable mortgage warehouse facility with an aggregate available borrowing limit of $175,000 to fund its mortgage origination activities. The mortgage warehouse facility expires in August 2004. Management believes that the mortgage warehouse facility will be renewed with terms consistent with the current warehouse facility prior to its expiration. There was $89,963 outstanding under this facility at March 31, 2004. At March 31, 2004, borrowing base limitations reduced the amount available to NVR for borrowings to approximately $109,000. NVR’s mortgage banking segment also currently has available an aggregate of $50,000 of borrowing capacity in an uncommitted gestation and repurchase agreement. There were no amounts outstanding under the gestation and repurchase agreement at March 31, 2004.

 

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In addition to funding growth in its homebuilding and mortgage operations, NVR historically has used a substantial portion of its excess liquidity to repurchase outstanding shares of its common stock in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions. This ongoing repurchase activity is conducted pursuant to publicly announced Board authorizations, and is typically executed in accordance with the safe-harbor provisions of Rule 10(b)-18 of the 1933 Securities Act. The repurchase program assists NVR in accomplishing one of its primary objectives, which is to create increases in shareholder value. See Part II, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for disclosure of amounts repurchased during the first quarter of 2004. NVR expects to continue to repurchase its common stock from time to time subject to market conditions and available excess liquidity.

 

Management believes that internally generated cash and borrowings available under credit facilities will be sufficient to satisfy near and long term cash requirements for working capital in both its homebuilding and mortgage banking operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

General

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. NVR continually evaluates the estimates it uses to prepare the consolidated financial statements, and updates those estimates as necessary. In general, management’s estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and other various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates made by management.

 

Variable Interest Entities

 

In December 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Revised Interpretation No. 46 (“FIN 46R”), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, which was effective for NVR as of March 31, 2004. FIN 46R requires the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity to consolidate that entity. The primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity is the party that absorbs a majority of the variable interest entity’s expected losses, receives a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual, or other financial interests in the entity. Expected losses are the expected negative variability in the fair value of an entity’s net assets exclusive of its variable interests, and expected residual returns are the expected positive variability in the fair value of an entity’s net assets, exclusive of variable interests.

 

Forward contracts, such as the fixed price purchase agreements utilized by NVR to acquire finished lot inventory, are deemed to be “variable interests” under FIN 46R. Therefore, the development entities with which NVR enters fixed price purchase agreements are examined under FIN 46R for possible consolidation by NVR, including the joint venture limited liability corporations (“LLC’s”) utilized by NVR on a limited basis. NVR has developed a methodology to determine whether it or the owner of the applicable development entity is the primary beneficiary of a development entity. The methodology used to evaluate NVR’s primary beneficiary status requires substantial management judgment and estimates. These judgments and estimates involve assigning probabilities to various estimated cash flow possibilities relative to the development entity’s expected profits and losses and the cash flows associated with changes in the fair value of finished lots under contract. Because NVR does not have any contractual or ownership interests in the development entities with which it contracts to buy finished lots (other than the limited use of the LLC’s), NVR does not have the ability to compel these development entities to provide financial or other data to assist NVR in the performance of the primary beneficiary evaluation. In many instances, these development entities provide little, if any, financial

 

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information. This lack of direct information from the development entities may result in NVR’s evaluation being conducted solely based on the aforementioned management judgments and estimates. Although management believes that its accounting policy is designed to properly assess NVR’s primary beneficiary status relative to its involvement with the development entities from which NVR acquires finished lots, changes to the probabilities and the cash flow possibilities used in NVR’s evaluation could produce widely different conclusions regarding NVR’s status or non-status as a development entity’s primary beneficiary.

 

Homebuilding Inventory

 

The carrying value of inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost of lots and completed and uncompleted housing units represent the accumulated actual cost thereof. Field construction supervisors’ salaries and related direct overhead expenses are included in inventory costs. Interest costs are not capitalized into inventory. Upon settlement, the cost of the units is expensed on a specific identification basis. Cost of manufacturing materials is determined on a first-in, first-out basis. Recoverability and impairment, if any, is primarily evaluated by analyzing sales of comparable assets. Management believes that its accounting policy is designed to properly assess the carrying value of homebuilding inventory.

 

Contract Land Deposits

 

NVR purchases finished lots under fixed price purchase agreements that require deposits that may be forfeited if NVR fails to perform under the contract. The deposits are in the form of cash or letters of credit in varying amounts and represent a percentage of the aggregate purchase price of the finished lots. NVR maintains an allowance for losses on contract land deposits that it believes is sufficient to provide for losses in the existing contract land deposit portfolio. The allowance reflects management’s judgment of the present loss exposure at the end of the reporting period, considering market and economic conditions, sales absorption and profitability within specific communities and terms of the various contracts. Although NVR considers the allowance for losses on contract land deposits reflected on the March 31, 2004 balance sheet to be adequate, there can be no assurance that this allowance will prove to be adequate over time to cover losses due to unanticipated adverse changes in the economy or other events adversely affecting specific markets or the homebuilding industry.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Reorganization value in excess of identifiable assets (“excess reorg value”) and goodwill are no longer subject to amortization upon the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“FAS 142”). Rather, excess reorg value and goodwill are subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair-value based test. NVR continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate that the remaining value of excess reorg value and goodwill may not be recoverable. NVR completed the annual assessment of impairment during the first quarter of 2004, and as of March 31, 2004, management believes that excess reorg value and goodwill were not impaired. This conclusion is based on management’s judgment, considering such factors as NVR’s history of operating success, NVR’s well recognized brand names and the significant positions held in the markets in which NVR operates. However, changes in strategy or adverse changes in market conditions could impact this judgment and require an impairment loss to be recognized for the amount that the carrying value of excess reorg value and/or goodwill exceeds their fair value.

 

Warranty/Product Liability Accruals

 

Warranty and product liability accruals are established to provide for estimated future expenses as a result of construction and product defects, product recalls and litigation incidental to NVR’s business. Liability estimates are determined based on management judgment considering such factors as historical experience, the likely current cost of corrective action, manufacturers’ and subcontractors’ participation in sharing the cost of corrective action, consultations with third party experts such as engineers, and discussions with our General Counsel and other outside counsel retained to handle specific product liability cases.

 

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Although NVR considers the warranty and product liability accrual reflected on the March 31, 2004 balance sheet (see note 8) to be adequate, there can be no assurance that this accrual will prove to be adequate over time to cover losses due to increased costs for material and labor, the inability or refusal of manufacturers or subcontractors to financially participate in corrective action, unanticipated adverse legal settlements, or other unanticipated changes to the assumptions used to estimate the warranty and product liability accrual.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of NVR’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of NVR’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have been no changes in NVR’s internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation referred to above that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, NVR’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

NVR repurchased the following shares of its common stock during the first quarter of 2004:

 

Period


   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)


   Average
Price
Paid per
Share


   Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs (1)


   Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs (1)


January 1 - 31, 2004

   257,330    $ 442.77    257,330    $ 77,094

February 1 - 29, 2004

   None      —      —        —  

March 1 - 31, 2004

   None      —      —        —  

(1) On December 17, 2003, NVR publicly announced the Board’s approval for NVR to repurchase up to an aggregate of $200,000 of its common stock in one or more open market and/or privately negotiated transactions (“December Authorization”). The December Authorization does not have an expiration date and was the only outstanding repurchase authorization during the first quarter of 2004.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

     (a) Exhibits:
     31.1    Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
     31.2    Certification of NVR’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
     32    Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     (b) Reports on Form 8-K

 

NVR furnished a Form 8-K on January 27, 2004 reporting the issuance of a press release announcing the financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2003.

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


   Page

31.1

   Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).    23

31.2

   Certification of NVR’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).    24

32

   Certification of NVR’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.    25

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

May 7, 2004

 

NVR, Inc.

       

By: /s/ Paul C. Saville


       

Paul C. Saville

       

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

                Officer and Treasurer

 

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