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): September 3, 2002
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 1-8551 22-1851059
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(State or Other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction Identification No.)
of Incorporation)
10 Highway 35, P.O. Box 500
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(732) 747-7800
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
dated September 3, 2002.
Exhibit 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
dated September 3, 2002.
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
On September 3, 2002, the principal executive officer, Ara K.
Hovnanian, and the principal financial officer, J. Larry Sorsby, of Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc. each signed and delivered to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") certification statements in accordance with the SEC's
Order No. 4-460 (June 27, 2002). Copies of the certifications are attached as
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this report.
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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.
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(Registrant)
By: /s/ Peter S. Reinhart
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Name: Peter S. Reinhart
Title: Senior Vice President
General Counsel
Date: September 3, 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number Exhibit
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Exhibit 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
dated September 3, 2002.
Exhibit 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
dated September 3, 2002.
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Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal
Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances
Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, ARA K. HOVNANIAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.,
state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
as of the date on which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
o the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2001 filed with the Commission of Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.;
o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. filed
with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
o any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
/s/ Ara K. Hovnanian 3rd day of September 2002.
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Ara K. Hovnanian
September 3, 2002 /s/ Dana L. Aumack
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
DANA L. AUMACK
NOTARY PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY
My Commission Expires June 20, 2007
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Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal
Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances
Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, J. LARRY SORSBY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.,
state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
as of the date on which it was filed); and
o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
o the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2001 filed with the Commission of Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.
o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. filed
with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
o any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
/s/ J. Larry Sorsby 3rd day of September 2002.
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J. Larry Sorsby
September 3, 2002 /s/ Dana L. Aumack
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
DANA L. AUMACK
NOTARY PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY
My Commission Expires June 20, 2007
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