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EXHIBIT 4.4    
    



	NUMBER	 	

 	 	SHARES
	A	 	
	 	 	 	

	
CLASS A COMMON STOCK	
 	

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE	
 	

CUSIP 442487 2013
 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
	

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that	
 	
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	
 	

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CLEVELAND, OH OR NEW YORK, NY
	

is the owner of	
 	
FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.01 EACH OF THE CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF	
 	

 
	Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate,
 and the shares represented hereby, are issued and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and of the amendments thereof, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This certificate is not valid
unless countersigned and registered by the transfer Agent and Registrar.








	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

	 	 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be hereunto imprinted.	 	 
	

[CORPORATE SEAL]	
 	

Dated	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Attest:	
 	

 	
 	

By	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

Secretary	
 	

 	
 	

Chairman	
 	

 








	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

	 	 	COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
	 	 	 	 	NATIONAL CITY BANK	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Cleveland, OH)	 	TRANSFER AGENT

AND REGISTRAR

AUTHORIZED OFFICER
	 	 	 	 	BY:	 	 










        The Company will furnish to any stockholder, upon request to its principal office or to any of its transfer offices and without charge, a full statement of the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock of the Company, or series thereof, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. 


        The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 



	TEN COM	 	—as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—	 	 
	 	Custodian	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Cust)	 	 	 	(Minor)
	TEN ENT	 	—as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	

JT TEN	
 	

—as joint tenants with right

of survivorship and not as

tenants in common	
 	

 	
 	

Act	
 	

 
 (State)
	

 	
 	

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.








	        For value received,	 	 
	 	hereby sell, assign and transfer unto





	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE	 	 
	 
	 	 

	 
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee
	 

	 






	 
	 	Shares
	of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute





	and appoint	 	 

	 

	Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.








	Dated,	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 






        NOTICE:
The signature of this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change
whatever. 











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