RED BANK, N.J., April 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV) (the "Company") announced today the pricing of a registered underwritten public offering by K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. ("K. Hovnanian"), the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, of its 10⅝% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (the "Notes"). The offering was priced at 105.5% of the $12.0 million principal amount of Notes to be issued, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $11.6 million. The Notes are being issued as additional 10⅝% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 under the indenture dated as of October 20, 2009. Credit Suisse is serving as the sole book-running manager for the offering. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering together with cash on hand to fund the redemption of all of K. Hovnanian's outstanding 11½% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 and 18.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 and to pay related fees and expenses.
The Notes will be issued pursuant to an effective registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3 and available for review on the SEC's website at, . A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on the SEC's website, . Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 or by calling 1-800-221-1037.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. Any offer of the securities will be made only by means of a prospectus, forming a part of the effective registration statement, the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and other related documents.
About Hovnanian Enterprises
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., founded in 1959 by Kevork S. Hovnanian, 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, 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, Brighton Homes, Parkwood Builders, Town & Country Homes and Oster 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.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
All statements in this press release that are not historical facts should be considered as "forward-looking statements". 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 industry and business conditions and impacts of the sustained homebuilding downturn, (2) adverse weather and other environmental conditions and natural disasters, (3) changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company's business, (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, tax laws, 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) levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company's operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company's outstanding indebtedness, (13) the Company's sources of liquidity, (14) changes in credit ratings, (15) availability of net operating loss carryforwards, (16) operations through joint ventures with third parties, (17) product liability litigation and warranty claims, (18) successful identification and integration of acquisitions, (19) significant influence of the Company's controlling stockholders, (20) geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war, and (21) other factors described in detail in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and Form 10-Q for the year and quarter ended October 31, 2010 and January 31, 2011, respectively. Except as otherwise required by applicable securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.
CONTACT: J. Larry Sorsby Executive Vice President and CFO 732-747-7800 Jeffrey T. O'Keefe Vice President of Investor Relations 732-747-7800
