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Issuer:     HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV)
CIK:        0000357294
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-008254
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/0001437749-23-008254-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774923008254/hov20230328_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008254

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