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Form 8-K TOLL BROTHERS INC For: Nov 10

November 10, 2014 10:35 AM EST




UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November�10, 2014
Toll Brothers, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
001-09186
23-2416878
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
250 Gibraltar Road, Horsham, PA
19044
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (215)�938-8000
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
On November�10, 2014, Toll Brothers, Inc. issued a press release which contained preliminary information about its contracts and home building revenues for the twelve-month and three-month periods ended October�31, 2014, as well as preliminary information about the value of its backlog at October�31, 2014. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information hereunder shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section�18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
ITEM�9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d). Exhibits
The following Exhibits are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit
No.����������������������������Item

99.1*
Press release of Toll Brothers, Inc. dated November�10, 2014 announcing its preliminary results for contracts, backlog and home building revenues for the twelve-month and three-month periods ended October�31, 2014.

* Filed electronically herewith




SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
Dated:
November�10, 2014
By:�
/s/ Joseph R. Sicree
Joseph R. Sicree
Senior Vice President,
Chief Accounting Officer


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EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Frederick N. Cooper (215) 938-8312
November�10, 2014


Toll Brothers Reports Preliminary 4th Quarter and FY 2014 Results
for Contracts, Backlog and Home Building Revenues


Horsham, PA, November�10, 2014 - In anticipation of its webcast presentation and related investor meetings on November 13, 2014, at the UBS Building and Building Products 11th Annual CEO Conference in New York City, Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nations leading builder of luxury homes, today announced preliminary results for contracts, backlog and home building revenues for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. These results are preliminary and unaudited. The Company will announce final totals when it releases fourth quarter and fiscal year earnings results on December 10, 2014, followed by a 2:00 P.M. (EST) conference call that will be broadcast live on its website.
Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights (preliminary and unaudited):
FY 2014s fourth-quarter total revenues of $1.35 billion and 1,807 units increased 29% in dollars and 22% in units, compared to FY 2013s fourth-quarter results of $1.04 billion and 1,485 units. The average price of homes delivered was $747,000, compared to $732,000 in FY 2014s third quarter and $703,000 in FY 2013s fourth quarter.
FY 2014s fourth-quarter net signed contracts of $970.2 million and 1,282 units rose 16% in dollars and 10% in units, compared to FY 2013s fourth-quarter net signed contracts of $839.0 million and 1,163 units. The average price per unit of net contracts signed in FY 2014s fourth quarter was $757,000, compared to $717,000 in FY 2014s third quarter and $721,000 in FY 2013s fourth quarter. On a per-community basis, FY 2014s fourth-quarter net signed contracts were 5.01, compared to fourth-quarter totals of 5.17 in FY 2013, 4.86 in FY 2012, 3.04 in FY 2011 and 2.94 in FY 2010.
The Company ended FY 2014 with a backlog of approximately $2.72 billion and 3,679 units, an increase of 3% in dollars and even in units, compared to FY 2013s year-end backlog of $2.63 billion and 3,679 units. The average price of units in FY 2014s fourth-quarteriend backlog was $739,000, compared to $737,000 at FY 2014s third-quarter end and $715,000 at FY 2013s fourth-quarter end.
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., Toll Brothers chief executive officer, stated: For the first time in four quarters, our contracts were up in both dollars and units compared to the prior years same period. We also saw solid growth in our traffic and deposits. We are pleased with our strong finish to FY 2014 and, given the fourth quarters improvement in demand, begin FY 2015 with optimism.
Toll Brothers financial highlights for the fiscal year end and fourth quarter ended October 31, 2014 (preliminary and unaudited):
FY 2014s home building revenues of $3.91 billion and 5,397 units increased 46% in dollars and 29% in units, compared to FY 2013s results of $2.67 billion and 4,184 units.
FY 2014s net signed contracts of $3.90 billion and 5,271 units increased 7% in dollars and were flat in units, compared to net signed contracts of $3.63 billion and 5,294 units in FY 2013.
The Company ended FY 2014 with 263 selling communities, compared to 256 at FY 2014s third-quarter end and 232 at FYE 2013.
During the fourth quarter of FY 2014, the Company repurchased 2.94 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $30.78 for a total purchase price of $90.4 million.



Toll Brothers, Inc., A FORTUNE 1000 Company, is the nations leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business in 1967 and became a public company in 1986.�Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TOL.�The Company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers and operates in 19 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, as well as in the District of Columbia.
Toll Brothers builds an array of luxury residential single-family detached, attached home, master planned resort-style golf, and urban low-, mid-, and high-rise communities, principally on land it develops and improves. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and management, home security, and landscape subsidiaries. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations.�The Company purchases distressed loan and real estate asset portfolios through its wholly owned subsidiary, Gibraltar Capital and Asset Management. The Company acquires and develops commercial and apartment properties through Toll Commercial and Toll Apartment Living, and the affiliated Toll Brothers Realty Trust, and develops urban low-, mid-, and high-rise for-sale condominiums through Toll Brothers City Living.
Toll Brothers was named 2014 Builder of the year by Builder magazine, and is honored to have been awarded Builder of the year in 2012 by Professional Builder magazine, making it the first two-time recipient. Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other philanthropic pursuits, the Company sponsors the Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world. For more information, visit www.tollbrothers.com.
Information presented herein for the fourth quarter ended October 31, 2014 is subject to finalization of the Companys regulatory filings, related financial and accounting reporting procedures and external auditor procedures.
Certain information included in this release is forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, information related to: anticipated operating results; anticipated financial performance, resources and condition; selling communities; home deliveries; average home prices; consumer demand and confidence; contract pricing; business and investment opportunities; market and industry trends; the anticipated benefits to be realized from the consummation of the Shapell acquisition; and post-closing asset sales.
Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect actual results and cause them to differ materially from expectations expressed herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: local, regional, national and international economic conditions; fluctuating consumer demand and confidence; interest and unemployment rates; changes in sales conditions, including home prices, in the markets where we build homes; conditions in our newly entered markets and newly acquired operations; the competitive environment in which we operate; the availability and cost of land for future growth; conditions that could result in inventory write-downs or write-downs associated with investments in unconsolidated entities; the ability to recover our deferred tax assets; the availability of capital; uncertainties in the capital and securities markets; liquidity in the credit markets; changes in tax laws and their interpretation; effects of governmental legislation and regulation; the outcome of various legal proceedings; the availability of adequate insurance at reasonable cost; the impact of construction defect, product liability and home warranty claims, including the adequacy of self-insurance accruals, and the applicability and sufficiency of our insurance coverage; the ability of customers to obtain financing for the purchase of homes; the ability of home buyers to sell their existing homes; the ability of the participants in various joint ventures to honor their commitments; the availability and cost of labor and building and construction materials; the cost of raw materials; construction delays; domestic and international political events; weather conditions; the anticipated benefits to be realized from the consummation of the Shapell acquisition; and post-closing asset sales. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the information under the captions Risk Factors and Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Any or all of the forward-looking statements included in this release are not guarantees of future performance and may turn out to be inaccurate. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Toll Brothers operates in two segments: Traditional Home Building and Urban Infill (City Living). Within Traditional Home Building, Toll operates in four geographic segments:

North:����Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York
Mid-Atlantic:����Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
South:
Florida, North Carolina, and Texas
West:����Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Washington

Three Months Ended
October 31,
Three Months Ended
October 31,
Units
$ (Millions)
2014
2013
2014
2013
HOME BUILDING REVENUES
North
392

345

$
234.3

$
197.0

Mid-Atlantic
427

372

264.9

226.9

South
363

358

259.9

229.4

West
502

385

424.3

338.7

Traditional Home Building
1,684

1,460

1,183.4

992.0

City Living
123

25

166.8

52.5

Total consolidated
1,807

1,485

$
1,350.2

$
1,044.5

CONTRACTS
North
286

341

$
174.0

$
213.6

Mid-Atlantic
287

278

185.7

175.9

South
293

281

223.5

192.4

West
368

226

306.5

204.2

Traditional Home Building
1,234

1,126

889.7

786.1

City Living
48

37

80.5

52.9

Total consolidated
1,282

1,163

$
970.2

$
839.0

BACKLOG
North
878

948

$
564.6

$
562.5

Mid-Atlantic
830

902

519.5

573.0

South
963

956

723.2

673.5

West
864

675

697.2

593.2

Traditional Home Building
3,535

3,481

2,504.5

2,402.2

City Living
144

198

215.2

227.3

Total consolidated
3,679

3,679

$
2,719.7

$
2,629.5



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Twelve Months Ended
October 31,
Twelve Months Ended
October 31,
Units
$ (Millions)
2014
2013
2014
2013
HOME BUILDING REVENUES
North
1,110

874

$
662.7

$
485.0

Mid-Atlantic
1,292

1,146

817.3

652.9

South
1,204

1,018

836.5

641.3

West
1,527

1,009

1,313.7

724.4

Traditional Home Building
5,133

4,047

3,630.2

2,503.6

City Living
264

137

280.9

170.7

Total consolidated
5,397

4,184

$
3,911.1

$
2,674.3

CONTRACTS
North
1,040

1,197

$
664.8

$
697.5

Mid-Atlantic
1,220

1,414

763.8

851.3

South
1,211

1,225

886.2

831.4

West
1,590

1,177

1,312.4

966.6

Traditional Home Building
5,061

5,013

3,627.2

3,346.8

City Living
210

281

268.8

287.1

Total consolidated
5,271

5,294

$
3,896.0

$
3,633.9







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