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144
0000938549
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000357294
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
001-08551
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
(732) 747-7800
A K HOVNANIAN & P S REINHART CO-TTEE SOSSIE K NAJARIAN 2012 TRUST
Officer
Director
Class A Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
8th Floor
New York
NY
10004
123
27075.99
5325330
09/23/2024
NYSE
Class A Common
09/24/2009
Gift from Affiliate
Sirwart Hovnanian
Y
09/24/2009
46633
NA
N
Trustee of Trusts for Lucy K. Kalian's Family(3)
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
09/17/2024
4415
971476.60
SOSSIE K NAJARIAN 2012 TRUST
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
09/16/2024
13552
2915551.53
Ara K. Hovnanian
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
08/30/2024
9137
2070000.00
Ara K. Hovnanian as trustee for the Trust fbo Talene Tavit Baroyan
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
08/27/2024
644
143681.91
Ara K. Hovnanian
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
08/23/2024
20000
4589050.93
Ara K. Hovnanian as trusttee for Lucy Kalian Family Trust
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
07/11/2024
14000
2144738.58
Ara K. Hovnanian
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
06/28/2024
24686
3479184.06
Ara K. Hovnanian
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
06/27/2024
2283
319869.52
Ara K. Hovnanian
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
06/26/2024
1123
157151.50
Ara K. Hovnanian
90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor
Matawan
NJ
07747
Class A Common
06/24/2024
4548
667005.07
Reflects 123 shares sold by the Sossie K. Najarian 2012 Trust U/T DTD 12/18/12 of which Ara K.
Hovnanian is a trustee.
09/23/2024
/s/ Ara K Hovnanian, Trustee