---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-008254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOV"
cik: "0000357294"
company_name: "HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:19:34.066984+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hovnanian amends bylaws for universal proxy; shareholders elect directors, ratify Deloitte

## Summary
- Bylaws amended to add procedural and informational requirements for shareholders using Rule 14a-19 universal proxy.
- All eight director nominees elected; votes for ranged from ~8.4M to ~9.1M, no dissident candidates.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as auditor for FY ending Oct 31, 2023 (10.7M for, 15.6K against).
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed (8.9M for, 209K against); shareholders voted for annual frequency (9.0M for one year).
- Board determined to hold advisory say-on-pay vote annually until next required frequency vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-008254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOV
- cik: 0000357294
- company_name: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/hov20230328_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008254.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC: Amended and restated bylaws to add procedural requirements for Universal Proxy Rule (Rule 14a-19) and expand disclosure requirements for nominating shareholders and director nominees (effective 2023-03-28).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-03-28
  source text: On March 28, 2023, the Board of Directors of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s by-laws (the "By-laws") principally, among other things, to add procedural and informational requirements for shareholders that intend to use Rule 14a-19 (the "Universal Proxy Rule") of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on whether a shareholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: (4) Non-binding advisory vote on whether a shareholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company ’ s named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: (3) Non-binding advisory vote on approval of the compensation of the Company ’ s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC shareholders approved Election of all directors at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: (1) Election of all directors of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023 at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: (2) Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company ’ s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm

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