---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-26-000607"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOV"
cik: "0000357294"
company_name: "HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:03:34.929660+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hovnanian shareholders approve 100,000-share increase to stock incentive plan at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Fourth Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing share reserve by 100,000 shares.
- All eight director nominees were elected; auditor Deloitte & Touche ratified; advisory vote on exec compensation passed.
- Plan is substantially identical to prior plan except for the increased share reserve; became effective March 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-26-000607
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOV
- cik: 0000357294
- company_name: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000175392626000607/0001753926-26-000607-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000175392626000607/hov-20260331.htm

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