SEC FORM
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SEC Form 3
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2016
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
[ HOV ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
| Chief Operating Officer |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Class A Common Stock |
192,428
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D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy) |
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06/07/2022 |
Class A Common Stock |
25,000 |
2.16 |
D |
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| Employee Stock Option (right to buy) |
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06/11/2019 |
Class A Common Stock |
22,500 |
2.55 |
D |
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| Employee Stock Option (right to buy) |
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06/10/2020 |
Class A Common Stock |
20,000 |
4.73 |
D |
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| Employee Stock Option (right to buy) |
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05/17/2017 |
Class A Common Stock |
16,500 |
23.91 |
D |
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| Market Share Units |
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06/10/2021 |
Class A Common Stock |
60,000
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D |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
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| Remarks: |
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Nancy A. Marrazzo Attorney-in-Fact |
11/08/2016 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Nancy Marrazzo, Michael Discafani, Amy Sharples, and J.
Larry Sorsby signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned (including
without limitation, the execution of any applications for EDGAR access codes,
including the Form ID), it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 2nd day of November, 2016.
Signature:
/s/Lucian Theon Smith III
