UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): June 20, 2011
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 1-8551 (Commission File Number) | 22-1851059 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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110 West Front Street
P.O. Box 500
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(732) 747-7800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On June 20, 2011, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Peter S. Reinhart, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the Company, will retire effective July 31, 2011. Mr. Reinhart has been with the Company for 33 years, initially joining the Company as Corporate Counsel in 1978. |
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.
| | | | | HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. | |
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| | | | | By: | /S/ J. LARRY SORSBY |
| | | | | | Name: J. Larry Sorsby |
| | | | | | Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: June 23, 2011
