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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950123-11-015738.txt : 20110218
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20110218164451
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-11-015738
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110218

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000357294
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				221851059
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08551
		FILM NUMBER:		11625024

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 WEST FRONT STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 500
		CITY:			RED BANK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7327477800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 WEST FRONT STREET PO BOX 500
		STREET 2:		110 WEST FRONT STREET  PO BOX 500
		CITY:			RED BANK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07701
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>United States</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-A</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">22-1851059</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation or Organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">110 West Front Street <BR>
P.O. Box 500<BR>
Red Bank, New Jersey
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">07701</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Title of each class <BR>
To be so registered
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Name of each exchange on which<BR>
Each class is to be registered</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">7.25% Tangible Equity Units
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">The New York Stock Exchange</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.
<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): 333-171349
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">None<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Title of Class)<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Item&nbsp;1.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to Be Registered.</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is registering its 7.25% Tangible Equity Units
(the &#147;Units&#148;) pursuant to this Form 8-A. A description of the Units is included in the sections
captioned &#147;Description of Debt Securities,&#148; &#147;Description of Capital Stock,&#148; &#147;Description of Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock
Purchase Units&#148; and &#147;Description of Units&#148; in the Prospectus forming a part of the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-171349). Such descriptions are
incorporated by reference herein. A description of the Units is also included in the sections
captioned &#147;Description of the Units, &#147;Description of the Purchase Contracts,&#148; &#147;Description of the
Amortizing Notes&#148; and &#147;Limitation on Beneficial Ownership of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, Units and
Separate Purchase Contracts&#148; in the Company&#146;s Prospectus Supplement dated February&nbsp;3, 2011 filed
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148;). Such Prospectus, as
supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Item&nbsp;2.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Exhibits.</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
herein by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q (No.&nbsp;001-08551) for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31,
2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (No.&nbsp;001-08551),
filed December&nbsp;9, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated herein by
reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (No.
001-08551), filed December&nbsp;21, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Class&nbsp;A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
(No.&nbsp;001-08551) for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations of the Series&nbsp;B Junior
Preferred Stock of the Company, dated August&nbsp;14, 2008
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (No.&nbsp;001-08551) for the quarter ended
July&nbsp;31, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;14, 2008, between the
Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent, which
includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit
A, Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit&nbsp;B and the Summary
of Rights as Exhibit&nbsp;C (incorporated by reference to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.
001-08551), filed August&nbsp;14, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus included in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No&nbsp;333-171349)
(incorporated herein by reference, filed on December&nbsp;22, 2010,
as amended on January&nbsp;26, 2011, and as supplemented).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;9, 2011,
among the Company, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, as Purchase Contract
Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of the
Purchase Contracts from time to time (incorporated herein
by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
(No.&nbsp;001-08551), filed on February&nbsp;15, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Unit (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 hereof).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Purchase Contract (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 hereof).</TD>
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3


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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of K. Hovnanian Senior Subordinated Debt Indenture
among K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the Company, as
guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-171349), filed on December&nbsp;22, 2010 and
amended on January&nbsp;26, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amortizing Notes Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
February&nbsp;9, 2011, among K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.,
the Company and the other guarantors named therein and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated herein
by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
(No.&nbsp;001-08551), filed on February&nbsp;15, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amortizing Note (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.9 hereof).</TD>
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4


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: February 18, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Peter S. Reinhart
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Peter S. Reinhart&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President and
General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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5

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
herein by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
(No.&nbsp;001-08551) for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (No.&nbsp;001-08551),
filed December&nbsp;9, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated herein by
reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (No.
001-08551), filed December&nbsp;21, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Class&nbsp;A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
(No.&nbsp;001-08551) for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations of the Series&nbsp;B Junior
Preferred Stock of the Company, dated August&nbsp;14, 2008
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (No.&nbsp;001-08551) for the quarter ended
July&nbsp;31, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;14, 2008, between the
Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent, which
includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit
A, Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit&nbsp;B and the Summary
of Rights as Exhibit&nbsp;C (incorporated by reference to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.
001-08551), filed August&nbsp;14, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus included in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration
No 333-171349) (incorporated herein by reference, filed on
December&nbsp;22, 2010, as amended on January&nbsp;26, 2011, and as supplemented).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;9, 2011,
among the Company, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, as Purchase Contract
Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of the
Purchase Contracts from time to time (incorporated herein
by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
(No.&nbsp;001-08551), filed on February&nbsp;15, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Unit (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 hereof).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Purchase Contract (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 hereof).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of K. Hovnanian Senior Subordinated Debt
Indenture among K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., the Company, as
guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-171349), filed on December&nbsp;22, 2010 and amended on
January&nbsp;26, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amortizing Notes Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
February&nbsp;9, 2011, among K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.,
the Company and the other guarantors named therein and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated herein
by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
(No.&nbsp;001-08551), filed on February&nbsp;15, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amortizing Note (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.9 hereof).</TD>
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