HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC (OTCMKTS:HOVVB) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC (OTCMKTS:HOVVB) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 11, 2018, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”), which amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008 (the “Rights Agreement”),between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent.

Under the Amendment, (i) each preferred stock purchase right, if exercisable, will initially represent the right to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company’s Series B Junior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, for a purchase price of $16.60 (decreased from $35.00) and (ii) the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be extended to August 14, 2021 (or August 14, 2019 if the stockholders of the Company have not approved the Amendment by such date).

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and the Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.03.

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

4.1

Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2.

4.2

Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as ExhibitC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).


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EX-4.1 2 ex_102887.htm EXHIBIT 4.1 ex_102864.htm Exhibit 4.1   AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT   This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to that certain rights agreement,…
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About HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC (OTCMKTS:HOVVB)

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. is a builder of residential homes. The Company designs, constructs, markets and sells single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. The Company has two distinct operations: homebuilding and financial services. Its homebuilding operations consist of six segments: Northeast: New Jersey and Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois and Ohio; Southeast: Florida, Georgia and South Carolina; Southwest: Arizona and Texas, and West: California. Its financial services operations provide mortgage loans and title services to the customers of its homebuilding operations. The Company markets and builds homes for first-time buyers, first-time and second-time move-up buyers, luxury buyers, active lifestyle buyers and empty nesters.