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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
110 West Front Street
P.O. Box 500
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

Shareholder Meeting to be held on March 19, 2009

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Meeting Information

      

Meeting Type:

Annual

Meeting Date:

March 19, 2009

Meeting Time:

10:30 a.m.

For holders as of:    

January 22, 2009

Meeting Location:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     

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Voting items

                 
 

Proposals to be voted on at our Annual Meeting are listed below along with the Board of Directors' recommendations.

  
 
       

1.    

Election of Directors:
 
1)

Kevork S. Hovnanian  

5)    

Joseph A. Marengi

  
2)

Ara K. Hovnanian

 6)

John J. Robbins
3)

Robert B. Coutts

 7)

J. Larry Sorsby
4)

Edward A. Kangas

 8)

Stephen D. Weinroth
 
 
 
2.

Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2009.
 
 
3.

Consideration of such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.
 
 

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each of the nominees listed in proposal 1 and FOR proposal 2.
 
 

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