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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:18pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES<br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:18pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</b></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT<br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<br>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>January 11, 2018</b></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:18pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC</b><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>.</b></font><br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(State or Other</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Jurisdiction</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">of Incorporation)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>1-8551</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>22-1851059</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(IRS Employer</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Identification No.)</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>110 West Front Street<br>
P.O. Box 500<br>
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701</b><br>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(732) 747-7800</b><br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</font></p>

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<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since<br>
Last Report)</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">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):</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">Emerging growth company &#9744;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;</font></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif;">Item 1.01.<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> </font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">On January 11, 2018, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement (the &ldquo;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><b>Amendment</b>&rdquo;), which amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008 (the &ldquo;<b>Rights Agreement</b>&rdquo;),<b> </b>between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">Under the Amendment, (i) each preferred stock purchase right, if exercisable, will initially represent the right to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&rsquo;s Series B Junior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, for a purchase price of $16.60 (decreased from $35.00) and (ii) the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be extended to August 14, 2021 (or August 14, 2019 if the stockholders of the Company have not approved the Amendment by such date). </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and the Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders</u><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">.</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">The information set forth above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;C (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">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.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">By:<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ Larry Sorsby</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Name: J. Larry Sorsby</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">January 11, 2018</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</u></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">4.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_102887.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">4.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000035729408000032/rightsagreementexhibit.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;C (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).</font></a></p>
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hov20180110b_8k.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):
January 11, 2018
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC
.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
1-8551
(Commission File Number)
22-1851059
(IRS 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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
.
On January 11, 2018, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement (the "
Amendment
"), which amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008 (the "
Rights Agreement
"),
between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent.
Under the Amendment, (i) each preferred stock purchase right, if exercisable, will initially represent the right to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company
's Series B Junior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, for a purchase price of $16.60 (decreased from $35.00) and (ii) the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be extended to August 14, 2021 (or August 14, 2019 if the stockholders of the Company have not approved the Amendment by such date).
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and the Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03.
Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(d)
Exhibits
4.1
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2.
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit
C (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).
SIGNATURE
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/ Larry Sorsby
Name: J. Larry Sorsby
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
January 11, 2018
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Exhibit
4.1
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2.
Exhibit
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit
C (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).