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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA7><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA11><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA12><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA14><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA15><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>_________________________</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA17><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B>Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA18><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA20><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA21><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA22><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA23><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>22-1851059 </B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA24><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA25><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA27><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">_________________________<BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B></B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>110&nbsp;West Front Street<BR>P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;500<BR>Red Bank, New Jersey 07701<BR>(732) 747-7800</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA28><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices) </FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA29><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">_________________________<BR><B></B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA30><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)<BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">_________________________<BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B></B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>J. Larry Sorsby</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA31><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA32><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>110&nbsp;West Front Street</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA33><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;500</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA34><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Red Bank, New Jersey 07701</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA35><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>(732)&nbsp;747-7800</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA36><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA37><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>___________________________________</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA40><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Marisa D. Stavenas,&nbsp;Esq.</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA41><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA42><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>425 Lexington Avenue</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA43><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>New York, New York 10017-3954</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA44><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>(212) 455-2000</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA48><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" id=PARA273>&#9744; &nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA54><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA56><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Title of securities to be registered<SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;">(1)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA57><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Amount to be</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>registered</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;"><B>(1)(2)</B></SUP></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA58><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Proposed maximum offering</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>price per share</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;"><B>(3)</B></SUP></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA59><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Proposed maximum</B></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B></B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>aggregate</B></FONT> <FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>offering price</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;"><B>(3)(4)</B></SUP></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA60><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Amount of <BR>registration fee</B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;"><B>(3)</B></SUP><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;"><B>(4)</B></SUP></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA61><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Class B Common Stock, </FONT></B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>par value $0.01 per share</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA62><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>6,450,000 shares</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA63><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>$4.91 </B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA64><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>$31,669,500</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA65><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>$4,080</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA66><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights<SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;">(4)</SUP></FONT></B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA67><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>&#8212;</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA69><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>&#8212;</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA72><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA76><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(1)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA77><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued under the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2012 Amended and Restated Plan&#8221;) to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, anti-dilution provisions or similar transactions. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA81><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(2)</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B></B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA82><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This Registration Statement covers a maximum aggregate of 6,450,000</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B> </B></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;Class A Common Stock&#8221;), and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;Class B Common Stock&#8221; and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) approved for issuance under the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA86><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(3)</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA87><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to </FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee have been computed on the basis of</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> the average of the high and low prices per share of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 12, 2014. There is no established public trading market for the Company&#8217;s Class B Common Stock and, in order to trade Class B Common Stock, the shares must be converted into Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA91><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(4)</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA92><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Each share of Common Stock includes an associated Preferred Stock Purchase Right. Each Preferred Stock Purchase Right initially represents the right, if such Preferred Stock Purchase Right becomes exercisable, to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of its Series&nbsp;B Junior Preferred Stock for each share of Common Stock. The </FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights currently cannot trade separately from the underlying Common Stock and, therefore, do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional registration fee.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA97><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" id=PARA98><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA99><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On March 11, 2014 at the annual meeting of stockholders of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), the Company&#8217;s stockholders approved the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2012 Amended and Restated Plan&#8221;) which increased the number of shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), that may be issued under the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan by 6,450,000 Shares from the 5,000,000 Shares which were previously authorized for issuance under the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2012 Plan&#8221;) (as a result, the total number of shares authorized for issuance is 11,450,000). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to the additional 6,450,000 Shares authorized for issuance under the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" id=PARA100><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA101><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the 2012 Plan (Registration No. 333-180668), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2012, including the information contained therein, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;), except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA285><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>PART I</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA287><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" id=PARA288><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA289><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA105><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>PART II</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA109><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA111><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) by the Company are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA116><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 (File No. 001-08551);</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA121><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 31, 2014 (File No. 001-08551);</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA126><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 6, 2014, January 7, 2014, January 10, 2014 and March 12, 2014 (File No. 001-08551);</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA130><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(d)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA131><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The descriptions of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock contained in the Company&#8217;s Registration Statements on Form 8-A (File Nos. 001-08551), each filed on March 13, 2001, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions; and</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA136><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The descriptions of the Company&#8217;s preferred stock purchase rights contained in the Company&#8217;s Registration Statements on Form 8-A (File Nos. 001-08551), filed on August 14, 2008 and February 10, 2009, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" id=PARA117><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA138><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" id=PARA278.2><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA140><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA142><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B> </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" id=PARA143><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA144><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware grants each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of being or having been in any such capacity, if he acted in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto validly approved by stockholders to limit or eliminate the personal liability of the members of its board of directors for violations of the directors&#8217; fiduciary duty of care. </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA146><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Article FOUR of the Company&#8217;s Restated By-Laws contains the following provisions with respect to indemnification: </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt" id=PARA148><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Corporation shall indemnify any current or former Director or officer of the Corporation and his heirs, executors and administrators, and may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation and his heirs, executors and administers, against all expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonable incurred by him or by his heirs, executors and administrators in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought by or in tire right of the Corporation or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of his current or former position with the Corporation or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA150><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Any indemnification pursuant to the provisions above shall be made by the Company unless a determination (as provided for in the Company&#8217;s Restated By-Laws) is made that indemnification is not proper because the person has not met the applicable standards of conduct as set forth therein. </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA155><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</B> </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA160><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA162><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Red Bank, State of New Jersey on March 13, 2014.<B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" id=PARA280.13><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">By: </FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" id=PARA280.14><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;</FONT>J. Larry Sorsby</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" id=PARA280.18><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Name:&nbsp; J. Larry Sorsby</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" id=PARA280.22><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></FONT></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA172><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA174><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of J. Larry Sorsby, Brad G. O&#8217;Connor and David G. Valiaveedan or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, including any filings pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such said attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA176><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 13, 2014.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA181><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">/s/ Ara K. Hovnanian </FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA183><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" width=530>Ara K.&nbsp;Hovnanian</TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA185><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">/s/ J. Larry Sorsby</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA187><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" width=530>Robert B. Coutts</TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA202><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" width=530>Vincent Pagano Jr.</TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA206><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">/s/ Stephen D. Weinroth</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA208><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" width=530>Stephen D. Weinroth</TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA215><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B>Description of Document</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA216><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">4.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA217><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (1) </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA219><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Restated By-Laws of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (2) </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA220><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">4.3</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA221><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate. (3)</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA222><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">4.4</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA223><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Specimen Class B Common Stock Certificate. (3)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA225><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Certificate of Designations of the Series B Junior Preferred Stock of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., dated August 14, 2008. (4)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA227><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and National City Bank, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit C. (5)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA229><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. (6)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA230><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">5.1 *</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA231><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA233><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA235><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consent of Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA237><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA239><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">________________________</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN: 0pt" id=PARA240><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">* Filed herewith.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA245><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed March 15, 2013 (File No.&nbsp;001-08551).</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA250><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed December&nbsp;21, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-08551).</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA254><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(3)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA255><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-08551).</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA260><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;001-08551).</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" id=PARA265><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to the Registration Statement of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed August&nbsp;14, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;001-08551).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive Proxy Statement of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Schedule 14A, filed on January 27, 2014 (File No. 001-08551).</TD></TR></TABLE>
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hov20140312_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2014.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
22-1851059
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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110 West Front Street
P.O. Box 500
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(732) 747-7800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
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2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
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J. Larry Sorsby
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
110 West Front Street
P.O. Box 500
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(732) 747-7800
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Marisa D. Stavenas, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
(1)
Amount to be
registered
(1)(2)
Proposed maximum offering
price per share
(3)
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
(3)(4)
Amount of
registration fee
(3)
(4)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Class B Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share
6,450,000 shares
$4.91
$31,669,500
$4,080
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
(4)
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(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued under the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the "2012 Amended and Restated Plan") to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, anti-dilution provisions or similar transactions.
(2)
This Registration Statement covers a maximum aggregate of 6,450,000
shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock" and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Common Stock"), of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") approved for issuance under the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan.
(3)
Pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee have been computed on the basis of
the average of the high and low prices per share of the Company's Class A Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 12, 2014. There is no established public trading market for the Company's Class B Common Stock and, in order to trade Class B Common Stock, the shares must be converted into Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.
(4)
Each share of Common Stock includes an associated Preferred Stock Purchase Right. Each Preferred Stock Purchase Right initially represents the right, if such Preferred Stock Purchase Right becomes exercisable, to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of its Series B Junior Preferred Stock for each share of Common Stock. The
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights currently cannot trade separately from the underlying Common Stock and, therefore, do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional registration fee.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On March 11, 2014 at the annual meeting of stockholders of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's stockholders approved the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the "2012 Amended and Restated Plan") which increased the number of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), that may be issued under the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan by 6,450,000 Shares from the 5,000,000 Shares which were previously authorized for issuance under the 2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the "2012 Plan") (as a result, the total number of shares authorized for issuance is 11,450,000). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to the additional 6,450,000 Shares authorized for issuance under the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the 2012 Plan (Registration No. 333-180668), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2012, including the information contained therein, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the 2012 Amended and Restated Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Company are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 (File No. 001-08551);
(b)
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 31, 2014 (File No. 001-08551);
(c)
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 6, 2014, January 7, 2014, January 10, 2014 and March 12, 2014 (File No. 001-08551);
(d)
The descriptions of the Company's Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statements on Form 8-A (File Nos. 001-08551), each filed on March 13, 2001, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions; and
(e)
The descriptions of the Company's preferred stock purchase rights contained in the Company's Registration Statements on Form 8-A (File Nos. 001-08551), filed on August 14, 2008 and February 10, 2009, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware grants each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of being or having been in any such capacity, if he acted in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto validly approved by stockholders to limit or eliminate the personal liability of the members of its board of directors for violations of the directors' fiduciary duty of care.
Article FOUR of the Company's Restated By-Laws contains the following provisions with respect to indemnification:
The Corporation shall indemnify any current or former Director or officer of the Corporation and his heirs, executors and administrators, and may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation and his heirs, executors and administers, against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonable incurred by him or by his heirs, executors and administrators in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought by or in tire right of the Corporation or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of his current or former position with the Corporation or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
Any indemnification pursuant to the provisions above shall be made by the Company unless a determination (as provided for in the Company's Restated By-Laws) is made that indemnification is not proper because the person has not met the applicable standards of conduct as set forth therein.
The Company maintains a liability insurance policy providing coverage for its directors and officers in an amount up to $65,000,000.
Item 8.     Exhibits.
For a full list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this Registration Statement, which is incorporated into this Item 8 by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Red Bank, State of New Jersey on March 13, 2014.
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
/s/
J. Larry Sorsby
Name:  J. Larry Sorsby
Title:    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of J. Larry Sorsby, Brad G. O'Connor and David G. Valiaveedan or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, including any filings pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such said attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 13, 2014.
Signature
Title
/s/ Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Ara K. Hovnanian
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ J. Larry Sorsby
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
J. Larry Sorsby
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Brad G. O'Connor
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
Brad G. O'Connor
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Joseph A. Marengi
Director
Joseph A. Marengi
/s/ Robert B. Coutts
Director
Robert B. Coutts
/s/ Edward A. Kangas
Director
Edward A. Kangas
/s/ Vincent Pagano Jr.
Director
Vincent Pagano Jr.
/s/ Stephen D. Weinroth
Director
Stephen D. Weinroth
EXHIBIT LIST
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (1)
4.2
Restated By-Laws of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (2)
4.3
Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate. (3)
4.4
Specimen Class B Common Stock Certificate. (3)
4.5
Certificate of Designations of the Series B Junior Preferred Stock of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., dated August 14, 2008. (4)
4.6
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and National City Bank, as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit C. (5)
4.7
2012 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. (6)
5.1 *
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
23.1 *
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2 *
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 *
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
________________________
* Filed herewith.
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form 8-K, filed March 15, 2013 (File No. 001-08551).
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Current Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form 8-K, filed December 21, 2009 (File No. 001-08551).
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2009 (File No. 001-08551).
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to Quarterly Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2008 (File No. 001-08551).
(5)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits to the Registration Statement of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Form 8-A, filed August 14, 2008 (File No. 001-08551).
(6)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive Proxy Statement of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. on Schedule 14A, filed on January 27, 2014 (File No. 001-08551).