hov_8k-022212.htm
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):  February 22, 2012
 
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.)
     
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 3.02.                      Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 
Pursuant to agreements with bondholders dated February 22, 2012 and February 28, 2012, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an aggregate of 1,182,801 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, in exchange for an aggregate of approximately $4.8 million of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness, consisting of $3.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2017 and approximately $1.8 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 12.072% senior subordinated amortizing notes (the “exchanges”).
 
The exchanges were effected with existing bondholders and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchanges.  Accordingly, the exchanges were effected pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
 
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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.
  
  (Registrant)  
       
 
By:
/s/          Michael Discafani          
   
Name:   Michael Discafani
  
   
Title:     Vice President and Corporate Counsel
  
       
       
       
Date: March 5, 2012      
 
 

 
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