Option Grant. Each Stock Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by minutes of a meeting, or by a unanimous written consent without a meeting, of the Committee and by an Award Agreement dated as of the Date of Grant and executed by the Company and by the appropriate participant.

Option Grant. Whenever the Committee deems it appropriate to grant Options, an Award Agreement shall be given to the Participant stating the number of shares for which Options are granted, the exercise price per share, whether the options are Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, and the conditions to which the grant and exercise of the Options are subject. The Award Agreement shall set forth all restrictions on disposition and transfer applicable to the Option shares. Incentive Stock Options may be granted to employees of the Company or an Affiliate. Non-employee directors and Consultants shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options. No Option (or portion thereof) that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be invalid for failure to so qualify, but instead such Option (or portion thereof) shall constitute a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

Option Grant. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee, as of the Date of Grant, the right and option (this “Option”) to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Shares”) for the exercise price per share (the “Exercise Price”), all as set forth below. Such Option shall vest and terminate according to the vesting schedule and term information described below. All terms of this Stock Option Grant Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan:

Grant of Option. The Participant has been granted an Option to purchase Shares, subject to the terms and conditions of the Notice, this Agreement and the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail. If designated in the Notice as an Incentive Stock Option (“ISO”), the Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code. However, if the Option is intended to be an ISO, to the extent that it exceeds the U.S. $100,000 rule of Code Section 422(d) it shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option (“NQSO”).

Grant of Option. If, at any time during the Term hereof the Lease, Landlord elects to construct the building within the Project currently designed to be comprised of approximately 95,000 rentable square feet and having an address of 3150 South Delaware (but which may be redesigned to increase the rentable square footage to up to 265,000 rentable square footage) (the “Station 5 Building”) as depicted on Exhibit B and make the Station 5 Building available for lease, Tenant shall have a one-time right to expand the Premises by leasing the Station 5 Building in accordance with the terms, covenants and conditions contained in this Paragraph 42 (the “Expansion Option”).

Grant of Option. In accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of # the Plan, and # this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Grantee a non-qualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase the number of shares of Stock set forth in [Schedule 1] attached hereto ("[Schedule 1]"), at the Option Price per share set forth in [Schedule 1].

Grant of Option. The Company grants to the Optionee on the date set forth above (the “Date of Grant”) an option (the “Option”) to purchase, on the terms provided herein and in the Plan (including, without limitation, the exercise provisions in [Section 6(b)] of the Plan), the number of Class A Units of the Company set forth above (the “Units”) with an exercise price per Unit as set forth above, in each case subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan in respect of transactions occurring after the date hereof.

Grant of the Option. For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants the right to purchase, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, all or any part of an aggregate number of Class A Shares set forth above. This grant is made subject to the terms and conditions of the 2012 Company Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, (the "Plan"), which Plan is incorporated herein by reference and subject to the amendments to the Plan. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings assigned to such terms under the Plan. The purchase price of the Shares subject to the Option (the "Grant Price") shall be the price per Share set forth above. This Option is not an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code").

Stock Option Grant Notice. “Stock Option Grant Notice” shall mean the Stock Option Grant Notice attached to this Agreement.

The undersigned Participant has been granted an Option to purchase Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as follows: