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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-007566"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOV"
cik: "0000357294"
company_name: "HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T15:19:57.602526+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hovnanian shareholders approve stock plan share increase of 550,000 at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Second Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing share reserve by 550,000 shares.
- Directors elected with majority support; Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for fiscal 2022 (10,720,233 votes for).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed (9,186,802 votes for, 232,197 against).
- Plan is substantially identical to prior plan except for the increased share reserve; material features described in Feb. 11 proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-007566
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOV
- cik: 0000357294
- company_name: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774922007566/0001437749-22-007566-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774922007566/hov20220329_8k.htm

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