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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 U/T DTD 12/18/12
Officer
Director
Class A Common Stock
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
8th Floor
New York
NY
10004
1000
157821.20
5346560
03/21/2024
NYSE
Class A Common Stock
09/24/2009
Gift from Affiliate
Sirwart Hovnanian
Y
09/24/2009
1000
NA
Y
Reflects 1,000 Shares sold by the Sossie K. Najarian 2012 Trust U/T DTD 12/18/12 of which Ara K. Hovnanian is a trustee.
03/21/2024
/s/ Ara K Hovnanian, Trustee