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Centex Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release Date and Investor Conference Details DALLAS, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Centex Corporation (NYSE:CTX) will release earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 after the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In place of its regular quarterly earnings conference call, senior management will discuss the second quarter results at the beginning of the live webcast of its annual Investor Conference, which will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time at the Lansdowne Resort and Conference Center in Lansdowne, Va. The conference will feature presentations by senior management. Participants who do not attend the conference may access the audio portion of the conference (including the discussion of the second quarter results) and the accompanying slide presentations through the company's Web site at http://www.centex.com/ . During the discussion of the second quarter results, online participants will also be allowed to e-mail questions to the presenters through . No dial-in number will be provided for questions. What: Centex Corporation Annual Investor Conference (including discussion of second quarter fiscal 2005 results) Date: Oct. 27, 2004 Time: 9 a.m. Eastern (8 a.m. Central) Where: Access live broadcast through http://www.centex.com/ How: To listen to the live event, a participant must have a multimedia computer with speakers and the Windows Media or Real Player plug-in installed. To download the software prior to the event, participants should visit http://www.centex.com/ , click the conference call link and follow the pre-event instructions. It is suggested that participants access the webcast event page at least 15 minutes before the live event. Archive: To access the archive of the broadcast, visit http://ir.centex.com/ , click "webcasts and presentations" link. The archive will be available for 12 months following the live broadcast. To attend the investor conference in person, please register at http://www.centex.com/ . For transportation from Dulles airport, please visit http://www.lansdowneresort.com/ to request shuttle service. Through its subsidiaries, Dallas-based Centex ranks as one of the nation's leading companies in home building, financial services, construction services and home services. Centex was ranked No. 12 on Business Week's eighth annual list of the "Top 50 Best Performing Companies" in the U.S. and consistently ranks among the most admired companies in its industry, according to FORTUNE magazine. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: During its presentations at this conference, Centex will make forward-looking statements relating to results of operations. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. CPLBF DATASOURCE: Centex Corporation CONTACT: Matthew Moyer, Vice President - Investor Relations, or Sheila Gallagher, Vice President - Corporate Communications, both of Centex Corporation, +1-214-981-5000 Web site: http://www.centex.com/ http://ir.centex.com/ http://www.lansdowneresort.com/

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