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): Apirl 15, 2006

 

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.)

 

 

 

 

 

10 Highway 35, 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 5.02.                                              Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

On April 18, 2006, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding the passing of
Geaton A. DeCesaris, Jr., a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.                                              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release Dated April 18, 2006.

 

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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/

Paul W. Buchanan

 

 

 

Name:

Paul W. Buchanan

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President –
Corporate Controller

Date:  April 18, 2006

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release Dated April 18, 2006.

 

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