Company: HOVVB
Filing Date: 2025-12-22
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001753926-25-001938
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Company: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
Filing Date: 2025-12-22
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
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5.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2025 has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report below.

ITEM 9B

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 9C

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

None.

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Table of Contents

PART III

ITEM 10

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information called for by Item 10, except as set forth in this Item 10, is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A in connection with our annual meeting of shareholders to be held on March 31, 2026, which will involve the election of directors.

Information About Our Executive Officers   

Our executive officers are listed below and brief summaries of their business experience and certain other information with respect to them are set forth following the table. Each executive officer holds such office for a one-year term.

Year

Started

With

Name

Age

Position

Company

 Ara K. Hovnanian 

68

 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company 

 1979 

 Brad G. O’Connor 

55

 Chief Financial Officer

 2004 

Alexander Hovnanian

35

President

2012

Michael Wyatt

59

Chief Operating Officer

 2015 

Mr. Hovnanian has been Chief Executive Officer since July 1997 and served as President from 1988 until November 2025. Mr. Hovnanian joined the Company in 1979, was appointed Executive Vice President in 1983, has been a Director of the Company since 1981 and was Vice Chairman from 1998 through November 2009. In November 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Board following the death of Kevork S. Hovnanian, the chairman and founder of the Company and the father of Mr. Hovnanian.

Mr. O’Connor was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2023 and Senior Vice President and Treasurer in April 2020. He held the position of Chief Accounting Officer from May 2011 until October 2023 and Treasurer from April 2020 through December 2024. He joined the Company as Vice President, Associate Corporate Controller in May