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 9B
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Coopers LLP.

Mr. Alexander Hovnanian was appointed President in November 2025. He had held the position of Executive Vice President, National Homebuilding Operations since March 2020. He joined the Company full-time in 2012 and has held various positions in the Company's homebuilding operations. He attended Harvard Business School from 2014 to 2016 and after obtaining his MBA, he returned to employment with the Company. In November 2017, Mr. Hovnanian was appointed Area President followed by a promotion to Division President of the Northeast Division in December 2018.

Mr. Wyatt was appointed Chief Operating Officer in November 2025. He had been Group President of the East Group operations since May 2020. He held the position of Region President of the California Region from June 2019 to May 2020. He joined the Company as Division President of the Northern California Division in September 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wyatt spent 16 years with Centex Corporation (“Centex Homes”) and six years with the PulteGroup, Inc. (“Pulte Homes”). He held Division President roles in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Northern California for Centex Homes. After the merger of Centex Homes and Pulte Homes, Mr. Wyatt continued in the corporate office for Pulte Homes, where he spent six years managing home building operations rising to Senior Vice President of Home Building Operations when he left to join the Company.

Code of Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines

In more than 60 years of doing business, we have been committed to enhancing our shareholders’ investment through conduct that is in accordance with the highest levels of integrity. Our Code of Ethics is a set of guidelines and policies that govern broad principles of ethical conduct and integrity embraced by our Company. Our Code of Ethics applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, and all other associates of our Company, including our directors and other officers.

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We also remain committed to fostering sound corporate governance principles. The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines assist the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) in fulfilling its responsibilities related to corporate governance conduct. These guidelines serve as a framework addressing the function, structure, and operations of the Board, for purposes of promoting consistency of the Board’s role in overseeing the work of