-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Jq6HzrL43g/TNao75lKwY3weUCHHXN1jnXXYR8wm7foAg5+0ji4lGVO3eaO+Hk9K /lJBCZDWe08bxFlMnoZ0Fw== 0000357294-07-000012.txt : 20070504 0000357294-07-000012.hdr.sgml : 20070504 20070504084253 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000357294-07-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070430 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition FILED AS OF DATE: 20070504 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000357294 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 221851059 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08551 FILM NUMBER: 07817860 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 HWY 35 STREET 2: PO BOX 500 CITY: RED BANK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07701 BUSINESS PHONE: 7327477800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 HWY 35 PO BOX 500 STREET 2: 10 HWY 35 PO BOX 500 CITY: RED BANK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07701 8-K 1 apreoper043007cover.htm PRELIMINARY OPERATING RESULTS FOR 2ND QTR 2007

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 4, 2007

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other

Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

1-8551

(Commission File Number)

 

22-1851059

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

110 West Front Street

P.O. Box 500

Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(732) 747-7800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since

Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

 

Item 2.02.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 4, 2007, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. issued a press release announcing its preliminary operating results for the fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2007. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release Dated May 4, 2007.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ J. Larry Sorsby                           

 

 

 

 

 

Name: J. Larry Sorsby

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 4, 2007

 

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number

Exhibit

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release Dated May 4, 2007.

 

 

 

 

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 EX-99 2 apreoper043097body.htm ATTACHED RELEASE PRELIMINARY 2ND QTR EARNINGS

 

 

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

News Release

 

 

 

Contact:

Kevin C. Hake

Jeffrey T. O’Keefe

 

 

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

Director of Investor Relations

 

732-747-7800

732-747-7800  

 

 

 

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES REPORTS PRELIMINARY OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL 2007

 

RED BANK, NJ, May 4, 2007 – Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: HOV) today announced preliminary operating results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2007. The Company delivered 3,196 homes during its second quarter, a decrease of 30% from the same quarter a year ago, excluding 275 homes in unconsolidated joint ventures.

 

Prior to the effect of land-related charges, the Company expects to report a net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 of approximately $0.30 per common share, below the Company’s prior guidance of a net loss between $0.05 to $0.20 per common share.

 

The Company expects to incur approximately $15 million to $20 million of pretax charges related to land impairment and write-offs of predevelopment costs and land deposits in the second quarter. After the effect of land-related charges, the Company expects to report a net loss for the second quarter of $0.45 to $0.50 per common share. These results are preliminary and the Company is still completing its review of financial results and impairment charges.

 

Net contracts for the quarter were 3,116, a decrease of 21% from last year's second quarter, excluding 202 net contracts for unconsolidated joint ventures. Cancellations for the second quarter were 32% of gross contracts, a decrease from a rate of 36% reported in the first quarter of 2007. Excluding the Company’s operations in Fort Myers-Cape Coral, which continued to experience exceptionally high cancellations, net contracts in the second quarter decreased 17% and the cancellation rate was 30%.

 

These contract results reflect a continued challenging operating environment in most of the Company’s markets, which were exacerbated by recent problems in the sub-prime mortgage market. The adverse publicity surrounding the sub-prime market has further damaged home buyers’ psychology, resulting in decreased demand and leading to continued use of sales incentives. As a result of this challenging operating environment, consolidated net contracts in March and April declined approximately 30% from the prior year, as compared to a 3% year-over-year increase in February, which was previously reported.

 

The Company expects to finalize and release results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2007 after the close of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, May 31, 2007. The Company will webcast its second quarter earnings conference call at 11:00 a.m. ET on Friday, June 1, 2007. In conjunction with its earnings release, the Company expects to update its 2007 guidance to reflect the charges and operating results for the first half of the year and its expectations for the remaining quarters of the year.

 

The Company is providing preliminary second quarter 2007 operating results in anticipation of upcoming investor meetings. Hovnanian’s senior management will present at the UBS 2007 Leveraged Finance Conference on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 10:45 a.m. ET and at the Sixth Annual JMP Securities Research Conference on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. ET. The presentations will be webcast live through the "Investor Relations" section of Hovnanian Enterprises' Web site at http://www.khov.com.

 

 


 

 

 

About Hovnanian Enterprises

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., founded in 1959 by Kevork S. Hovnanian, Chairman, is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey. The Company is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The Company’s homes are marketed and sold under the trade names K. Hovnanian Homes, Matzel & Mumford, Forecast Homes, Parkside Homes, Brighton Homes, Parkwood Builders, Windward Homes, Cambridge Homes, Town & Country Homes, Oster Homes, First Home Builders of Florida and CraftBuilt Homes. As the developer of K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons communities, the Company is also one of the nation’s largest builders of active adult homes.

 

Additional information on Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., including a summary investment profile and the Company’s 2006 annual report, can be accessed through the “Investor Relations” section of Hovnanian Enterprises’ website at http://www.khov.com. To be added to Hovnanian's investor e-mail or fax lists, please send an e-mail to IR@khov.com or sign up at http://www.khov.com.

 

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. is a member of the Public Home Builders Council of America (“PHBCA”) (www.phbca.org), a nonprofit group devoted to improving understanding of the business practices of America's largest publicly-traded home building companies, the competitive advantages they bring to the home building market, and their commitment to creating value for their home buyers and stockholders. The PHBCA's 14 member companies build one out of every five homes in the United States.

 

Note: All statements in this Press Release that are not historical facts should be considered as "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, (1) changes in general and local economic and business conditions, (2) adverse weather conditions and natural disasters, (3) changes in market conditions, (4) changes in home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes, (5) government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes and the environment, (6) fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing, (7) shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor, (8) the availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots, (9) levels of competition, (10) availability of financing to the Company, (11) utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations, (12) geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war and (13) other factors described in detail in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2006.

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