hov20140221_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): February 24, 2014

 

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

(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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 2.02.        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On February 24, 2014, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release providing preliminary information with respect to its fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2014 in connection with the Company’s presentation at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield and Leveraged Finance Conference. The presentation will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 9:40 a.m. ET and will webcast live as discussed in the press release. 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 liabilities 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, 2014.

 

 
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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/ J. Larry Sorsby                           

   

Name: J. Larry Sorsby

   

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: February 24, 2014

 

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

     

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release–Fiscal First Quarter Ended January 31, 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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