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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):  February 28, 2012
 
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
1-8551
(Commission File Number)
 
22-1851059
(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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Item 2.02.                      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On February 28, 2012, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing preliminary information with respect to its net contracts for the first quarter ended January 31, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. See “Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.”
 
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
 
Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit 99.1                  Press Release–Fiscal First Quarter Ended January 31, 2012.
 
 
 

 
 
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 and Corporate Counsel
         
 


Date: February 28, 2012
 
 
 

 
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit
     
Exhibit 99.1
 
Press Release–First Quarter Ended January 31, 2012.