SEC Company Response from HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV, HOVNP, HOVVB) (CIK 0000357294) (HOV) — Jun 24, 2005
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV, HOVNP, HOVVB) (CIK 0000357294)
Date: June 24, 2005 · CIK: 0000357294 · Accession: 0001047469-05-017994
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File numbers found in text: 333-125738
Letter
VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE Division of Corporation Finance United States Securities and Exchange Commission F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Dear Ms. Hardy:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and the Subsidiary Registrants hereby request that the effective date of the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 2:00 pm (Washington, D.C. time) on June 24, 2005, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
As you requested, the undersigned hereby acknowledge that:
1. should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
2. the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the undersigned from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
3. the undersigned may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
If you have any questions, please contact Vincent Pagano Jr. of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, at 212-455-3125.
Very truly yours,
Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm [Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Letterhead] June 24, 2005 VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE Re: Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiary Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-3 File No. 333-125738 Ms. Jennifer Hardy Division of Corporation Finance United States Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Dear Ms. Hardy: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and the Subsidiary Registrants hereby request that the effective date of the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 2:00 pm (Washington, D.C. time) on June 24, 2005, or as soon as practicable thereafter. As you requested, the undersigned hereby acknowledge that: 1. should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; 2. the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the undersigned from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and 3. the undersigned may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. If you have any questions, please contact Vincent Pagano Jr. of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, at 212-455-3125. Very truly yours, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Subsidiary Registrants /s/ Peter S. Reinhart Peter S. Reinhart Senior Vice President and General Counsel