f8kreinhart.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):  June 20, 2011
 
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)
 
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 20, 2011, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Peter S. Reinhart, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the Company, will retire effective July 31, 2011. Mr. Reinhart has been with the Company for 33 years, initially joining the Company as Corporate Counsel in 1978.
 
 

 
 
 

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: June 23, 2011