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

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</b></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</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</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 30, 2018</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>HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(I.R.S<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">. Employer<br>
			Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>110 West Front Street<br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">P.O. Box 500<br>
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701</font></b><br>
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">(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></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Not Applicable</b></p>

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

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-right:7.2pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;">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>

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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;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;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&#9744;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&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="margin: 0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></p>

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

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Item 8.01.&nbsp;<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><u>Other Events. </u></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">On January 30, 2018, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (&ldquo;Hovnanian&rdquo;) issued a press release relating to the previously announced exchange offer (the &ldquo;Exchange Offer&rdquo;) by its wholly owned subsidiary, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (&ldquo;K. Hovnanian&rdquo;), to exchange up to $185,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 8.000% Senior Notes due 2019 (the &ldquo;Existing Notes&rdquo;) for (1) cash, (2) its newly issued 13.5% Senior Notes due 2026 (the &ldquo;New 2026 Notes&rdquo;) and (3) its newly issued 5.0% Senior Notes due 2040 (the &ldquo;New 2040 Notes&rdquo; and, together with the New 2026 Notes, the &ldquo;New Notes&rdquo;) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a Confidential Offering Memorandum, dated December 28, 2017 (as was amended or supplemented from time to time, the &ldquo;Offering Memorandum&rdquo;), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (as was amended or supplemented from time to time, the &ldquo;Letter of Transmittal&rdquo; and, collectively with the Offering Memorandum, the &ldquo;Exchange Offer Documents&rdquo;). In the press release, Hovnanian announced the results of the Exchange Offer, including that as of the expiration time for the Exchange Offer on January 29, 2018, K. Hovnanian had received tenders from holders of $170,226,000<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;of the total outstanding principal amount of Existing Notes, which amount exceeded the minimum exchange condition of $140,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes. </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">The Exchange Offer was made within the United States only to &ldquo;qualified institutional buyers&rdquo; pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), and outside the United States to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The New Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The information contained in this report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes, the Existing Notes or any other securities of Hovnanian or K. Hovnanian in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is 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;">Item 9.01. <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u></font><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;">(d) <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><i>Exhibits.</i></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">The following exhibits are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K:</p>

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

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-right:3.6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:32.4pt;">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 <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">authorized.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:60.8%;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:60.8%;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">(Registrant)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:60.8%;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">By:<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<u>/s/ Michael Discafani</u></font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:65.4%;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">Name: Michael Discafani</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:65.4%;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">Title: Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Date: <font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">January 30, 2018</font></p>

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hov20180129_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 30, 2018
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
1-8551
22-1851059
(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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.        ☐
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On January 30, 2018, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. ("Hovnanian") issued a press release relating to the previously announced exchange offer (the "Exchange Offer") by its wholly owned subsidiary, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. ("K. Hovnanian"), to exchange up to $185,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 8.000% Senior Notes due 2019 (the "Existing Notes") for (1) cash, (2) its newly issued 13.5% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "New 2026 Notes") and (3) its newly issued 5.0% Senior Notes due 2040 (the "New 2040 Notes" and, together with the New 2026 Notes, the "New Notes") on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a Confidential Offering Memorandum, dated December 28, 2017 (as was amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offering Memorandum"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (as was amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Letter of Transmittal" and, collectively with the Offering Memorandum, the "Exchange Offer Documents"). In the press release, Hovnanian announced the results of the Exchange Offer, including that as of the expiration time for the Exchange Offer on January 29, 2018, K. Hovnanian had received tenders from holders of $170,226,000
of the total outstanding principal amount of Existing Notes, which amount exceeded the minimum exchange condition of $140,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes.
The Exchange Offer was made within the United States only to "qualified institutional buyers" pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The New Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The information contained in this report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes, the Existing Notes or any other securities of Hovnanian or K. Hovnanian in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d)
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press release, dated January 30, 2018, announcing the expiration of the Exchange Offer
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, Corporate Counsel and Secretary
Date:
January 30, 2018