<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001437749-18-000531.txt : 20180111
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-18-000531
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180111
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180111

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/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08551
		FILM NUMBER:		18523899

	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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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES<br>
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE<br>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

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			<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identification No.)</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">P.O. Box 500</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">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) or (e), check the following box. <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#9746;</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">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) or (e), check the following box. <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#9744;</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#9744;</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: __________________ (if applicable)</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">This amendment hereby amends the registration statement on Form 8-A filed by Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the &ldquo;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Company</b>&rdquo;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<b>SEC</b>&rdquo;) on August 14, 2008 by supplementing Items 1 and 2 with the following. </font></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u><b>Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities to be Registered</b></u><b>.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">On January 11, 2018, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement (the &ldquo;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Amendment</b>&rdquo;), which amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008 (the &ldquo;<b>Rights Agreement</b>&rdquo;),<b> </b>between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Under the Amendment, (i) each preferred stock purchase right, if exercisable, will initially represent the right to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&rsquo;s Series B Junior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, for a purchase price of $16.60 (decreased from $35.00) and (ii) the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be extended to August 14, 2021 (or August 14, 2019 if the stockholders of the Company have not approved the Amendment by such date). </font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Rights Agreement, which is filed as <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u>Exhibit 4.1</u> hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference and the Amendment, which is filed as <u>Exhibit 4.2</u> hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference. </font></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.1</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;C (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.2</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2 (incorporated herein by reference to <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 11, 2018).</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>SIGNATURE</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 72pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 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, thereunto duly authorized.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</p>
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			<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="38%">(Registrant)</td>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">By: </font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u>/s/ J. Larry Sorsby</u></font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Name: J. Larry Sorsby</p>
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			<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="3%">Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</td>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Date: January 11, 2018</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000035729408000032/rightsagreementexhibit.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;C (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).</font></a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2 (incorporated herein by reference to <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 11, 2018).</font></p>
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