UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 20, 2014
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UCP, Inc.
(
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
001-36001
90-0978085
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
99 Almaden Boulevard
Suite 400
San Jose, California
95113
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 207-9499
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
5.02(b). On February 20, 2014, Deno G. Bokas resigned as the Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of UCP, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Bokas is expected to remain employed by the Company through approximately March 21, 2014.
5.02(c). Effective February 20, 2014, William J. La Herran, age 48, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, was reappointed as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer as part of his duties as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. La Herran has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its predecessor since 2005. He previously served as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer from the completion of the Company’s initial public offering to the appointment of Mr. Bokas to such office. Mr. La Herran’s Employment Agreement with the Company, dated July 23, 2013, was not amended in connection with his reappointment as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. A form of Mr. La Herran’s Employment Agreement is filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-187735), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2013.
There are no family relationships existing between Mr. La Herran and any executive officer or director of the Company. There have been no transactions, and no transactions are currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Mr. La Herran or any member of his immediate family had or will have any interest, that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 25, 2014
UCP, Inc.
By:
/s/ William J. La Herran
William J. La Herran
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


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