hov20180402_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): April 2, 2018

 

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

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 90 Matawan Road, 5th Floor

Matawan, New Jersey 07747
(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)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

  

 

 

 

Item 8.01.            Other Events.

 

As previously disclosed, on December 18, 2017, the parties to the derivative and class action lawsuit filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Chancery Court”) by Plaintiff Joseph Hong entitled Joseph Hong v. Ara K. Hovnanian, et al, Civil Action No. 12999-CB, finalized a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) to resolve the matter. The Settlement Agreement remains subject to approval by the Chancery Court.

 

On April 2, 2018, the Chancery Court rescheduled the hearing to approve the Settlement Agreement to Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

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, Corporate Counsel and Secretary

 

  

 

 

 

 

Date: April 2, 2018