UCP, Inc. - FORM 10-Q

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

______________________

FORM 10-Q

SQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017

£TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission file number 001-36001

UCP, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	90-0978085 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

99 Almaden Blvd., Suite 400, San Jose, CA 95113

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(408) 207-9499

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes S No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes S No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer	£	Accelerated filer	S
Non-accelerated filer	£	Smaller reporting company	£
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Emerging growth company	S

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Yes S No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes £ No S

On May 3, 2017, the registrant had 7,958,314 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share outstanding and 100 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share outstanding.

UCP, INC.

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS



		Page No.
	PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income or Loss for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	6
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk	54
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	54

	PART II - OTHER INFORMATION	54

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	54
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	54
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	55
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	55
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	55
Item 5.	Other Information	55
Item 6.	Exhibits	56

	Signatures	57

UCP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except shares and per share data)



	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	34,270		$	40,931
Restricted cash	1,547			1,547
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	35,817			42,478
Real estate inventories	389,379			373,207
Fixed assets, net	855			883
Intangible assets, net	82			101
Receivables	3,677			5,628
Deferred tax assets, net	5,227			5,482
Other assets	7,081			6,327
Total assets	$	442,118		$	434,106

Liabilities and equity
Accounts payable	$	16,533		$	18,435
Accrued liabilities	30,998			25,342
Customer deposits	4,526			2,449
Notes payable, net	87,001			86,658
Senior notes, net	74,550			74,336
Total liabilities	213,608			207,220

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

Equity
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 50,000,000 authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2017; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016	—			—
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 authorized, 8,104,660 issued and 7,958,314 outstanding as of March 31, 2017; 8,042,834 issued and 7,896,488 outstanding as of December 31, 2016	81			80
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 authorized, 100 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2017; 100 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016	—			—
Additional paid-in capital	97,532			97,123
Treasury stock at cost; 146,346 shares as of March 31, 2017; 146,346 as of December 31, 2016	(1,250		)	(1,250		)
Accumulated earnings	5,821			4,675
Total UCP, Inc. stockholders’ equity	102,184			100,628
Noncontrolling interest	126,326			126,258
Total equity	228,510			226,886
Total liabilities and equity	$	442,118		$	434,106

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

UCP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR LOSS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except shares and per share data)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
REVENUE:
Homebuilding	$	94,002		$	68,225
Land development	496			—
Total revenue:	94,498			68,225

COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Cost of sales - homebuilding	76,653			56,206
Cost of sales - land development	475			461
Impairment on real estate	102			—
Total cost of sales	77,230			56,667
Gross margin - homebuilding	17,349			12,019
Gross margin - land development	21			(461		)
Gross margin - impairment on real estate	(102		)	—
Total gross margin	17,268			11,558
Sales and marketing	5,149			4,076
General and administrative	8,502			7,275
Total expenses	13,651			11,351
Income from operations	3,617			207
Other income, net	460			28
Net income before income taxes	$	4,077		$	235
Provision for income taxes	(621		)	(5		)
Net income	$	3,456		$	230
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	2,310		$	134
Net income attributable to UCP, Inc.	1,146			96
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—			—
Comprehensive income	$	3,456		$	230
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	2,310		$	134
Comprehensive income attributable to UCP, Inc.	$	1,146		$	96

Earnings per share of Class A common stock:
Basic	$	0.14		$	0.01
Diluted	$	0.14		$	0.01

Weighted average shares of Class A common stock:
Basic	7,950,723			8,021,747
Diluted	8,102,962			8,022,601

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

UCP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except number of shares)



	UCP, Inc. Shareholders’ Equity
	Shares of common stock outstanding		Common stock				Additional paid-in capital			Treasury stock			Accumulated deficit			Noncontrolling interest			Total equity
	Class A	Class B	Class A		Class B
Balance as of December 31, 2015	8,014,434	100	$	80	$	—	$	94,683		$	—		$	(4,563	)	$	127,208		$	217,408
Class A - Issuance of common stock for RSUs, net of withholding taxes paid for vested RSUs	11,157						(20		)							(25		)	(45		)
Stock-based compensation expense							80									105			185
Net income													96			134			230
Balance as of March 31, 2016	8,025,591	100	$	80	$	—	$	94,743		$	—		$	(4,467	)	$	127,422		$	217,778

Balance as of December 31, 2016	7,896,488	100	$	80	$	—	$	97,123		$	(1,250	)	$	4,675		$	126,258		$	226,886
Class A - Issuance of common stock for RSUs, net of withholding taxes paid for vested RSUs	61,826		1				(122		)							(158		)	(279		)
Re-allocation from stock issuances							411									(411		)	—
Stock-based compensation expense							181									236			417
Excess income tax benefit from stock based awards							(61		)										(61		)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest																(1,909		)	(1,909		)
Net income													1,146			2,310			3,456
Balance as of March 31, 2017	7,958,314	100	$	81	$	—	$	97,532		$	(1,250	)	$	5,821		$	126,326		$	228,510

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

UCP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2017			2016
Operating activities
Net income	$	3,456		$	230
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation	417			185
Excess income tax benefit from stock based awards	(61		)	—
Abandonment charges	102			419
Impairment on real estate inventories	102			—
Depreciation and amortization	143			156
Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration	—			8
Deferred income taxes, net	255			—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Real estate inventories	(15,348		)	(10,839		)
Receivables	1,951			(71		)
Other assets	(740		)	1,104
Accounts payable	(1,902		)	(2,697		)
Accrued liabilities	5,229			(1,230		)
Customer deposits	2,077			454
Income taxes payable	427			(64		)
Net cash used in operating activities	(3,892		)	(12,345		)
Investing activities
Purchases of fixed assets	(106		)	(22		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(106		)	(22		)
Financing activities
Distribution to noncontrolling interest	(1,909		)	—
Proceeds from notes payable	39,771			35,476
Repayment of notes payable	(39,375		)	(33,112		)
Debt issuance costs	(871		)	(12		)
Withholding taxes paid for vested RSUs	(279		)	(45		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(2,663		)	2,307
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(6,661		)	(10,060		)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning of period	42,478			40,729
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of period	$	35,817		$	30,669

Non-cash investing and financing activity
Exercise of land purchase options acquired with acquisition of business	$	10		$	6
Issuance of Class A common stock for vested restricted stock units	$	1,007		$	113

Supplemental cash flow information
Income taxes paid	$	—		$	70

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

UCP, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

As used in this report, unless the context otherwise requires or indicates, references to “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “UCP” refer to UCP, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including UCP, LLC.

Business Description and Organizational Structure of the Company

The Company is a homebuilder and land developer with expertise in residential land acquisition, development and entitlement, as well as home design, construction and sales. The Company’s homebuilding and land development operations are each segmented into two geographic regions, West and Southeast. We operate in the states of California, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The Company’s operations began in 2004 and principally focused on acquiring land, entitling and developing it for residential construction, and selling residential lots to third-party homebuilders. In 2010, the Company formed Benchmark Communities, LLC, its wholly-owned homebuilding subsidiary, to design, construct and sell high quality single-family homes. On April 10, 2017, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to merge with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Communities, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and unless the context otherwise requires, “Century”). In the merger, each outstanding share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A common stock”), will be converted into the right to receive $5.32 in cash and 0.2309 of a newly issued share of Century common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Century Common Stock”). The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions, including the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting. See Note 13, “Subsequent Event” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the merger.

The Company is a holding company, whose principal asset is its interest in UCP, LLC, the subsidiary through which it directly and indirectly conducts its business. As of March 31, 2017, the Company held a 43.3% economic interest in UCP, LLC and PICO Holdings, Inc. (“PICO”), a NASDAQ-listed, diversified holding company, held the remaining 56.7% economic interest in UCP, LLC.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 3, 2017. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s results for the interim periods presented. These consolidated and segment results are not necessarily indicative of the Company’s future performance.

As an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, the Company has taken advantage of certain temporary exemptions from various reporting requirements, including reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements. The Company could be an emerging growth company until the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the July 23, 2013 completion of its initial public offering, although a variety of circumstances can cause it to lose this status earlier.

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the disclosure and reported amounts of assets and liabilities reported at the date of the financial

statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for each reporting period. The significant estimates made in the preparation of the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements relate to the assessment of real estate impairments, valuation of assets and liabilities acquired, cost capitalization, accrued obligations, warranty reserves, income taxes and contingent liabilities. While management believes that the carrying value of such assets and liabilities are appropriate as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, it is reasonably possible that actual results could differ from the estimates upon which the carrying values were based.

Related Party Transactions

Agreements Related to our Initial Public Offering

As of March 31, 2017, PICO holds an economic and voting interest in our Company equal to approximately 56.7%. The Company is party to certain agreements with PICO, including an Exchange Agreement (pursuant to which PICO has the right to cause the Company to exchange PICO’s interests in UCP, LLC for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to equitable adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and repurchases by UCP of Class A common stock), an Investor Rights Agreement (pursuant to which PICO has certain rights, including the right to select two individuals for nomination for election to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) for as long as PICO owns at least a 25% voting interest in the Company), a Tax Receivable Agreement (pursuant to which PICO is entitled to 85% of any cash savings in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that the Company actually realizes as a result of any increase in tax basis caused by PICO’s exchange of UCP, LLC interests for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock) and a Registration Rights Agreement, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock that PICO may receive in exchanges made pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. In connection with the pending merger transaction with Century, each of the Company, UCP, LLC and PICO has agreed to terminate the Exchange Agreement, the Tax Receivable Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement (without any payments from, or any cost or expense to, any such party) subject to and contingent upon the completion of the proposed merger with Century.

Voting Agreement

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, on April 10, 2017, Century, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century, PICO, the Company and UCP, LLC entered into a voting support and transfer restriction agreement (the “Voting Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Voting Agreement, PICO agreed, among other things, to vote all outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company currently held or thereafter acquired by PICO (the “PICO Shares”) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and against any proposal by third parties to acquire the Company, and to take certain other actions in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Exchange (as defined below), in each case subject to the limitations set forth in the Voting Agreement. Among other such limitations, PICO’s obligation to vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement will be reduced to such number of PICO Shares as is equal to 28% of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Company if the Board changes its recommendation in respect of an Intervening Event (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and the Voting Agreement automatically terminates if the Merger Agreement is terminated (including if the Company terminates the Merger Agreement to accept a Superior Company Proposal, as defined in the Merger Agreement).

The foregoing description of the Voting Agreement is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Voting Agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 11, 2017.

Agreement to Exchange

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, on April 10, 2017, the Company, UCP, LLC and PICO entered into an agreement to exchange (the “Agreement to Exchange”), pursuant to which PICO exercised its right under the Exchange Agreement to effect the exchange of all of its Series A Units of UCP, LLC for shares of Class A common stock (the “Exchange”). Under the Agreement to Exchange, the Exchange will occur immediately prior to, and remain subject to the consummation immediately thereafter of, the merger.

The foregoing description of the Agreement to Exchange is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement to Exchange, which is filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 11, 2017.

2017 Agreement with PICO. On February 6, 2017, PICO submitted a written notice of its nomination of Eric H. Speron (a current Class I director) and Keith M. Locker for election to our Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and various governance related proposals to be voted upon at such meeting (the “PICO Notice”). On March 29, 2017, we entered into an agreement with PICO (the “2017 Agreement with PICO”) with respect to, among other things, the matters set forth in the

PICO Notice. Pursuant to this agreement, we have agreed to, among other things, (i) expand our Board from six to seven directors immediately prior to the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and nominate Messrs. Locker and Speron and Kathleen R. Wade (a Current Class I director) to be elected at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to serve as directors with a term expiring at our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and (ii) submit, recommend and solicit proxies in favor of governance proposals at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The governance proposals address the declassification of our Board, the calling of special meetings of stockholders, stockholder action by written consent, removal of directors and amendments to our bylaws. PICO has agreed to, among other things, vote all common stock held by it in favor of each of the Board’s director nominees at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and in favor of each governance proposal and to withdraw the PICO Notice. The foregoing description of the 2017 Agreement with PICO is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2017 Agreement with PICO, which is filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2017. The Board has determined to await the result of the special meeting of stockholders at which stockholders will be asked to adopt the Merger Agreement. If the Merger Agreement is adopted and the transaction with Century is thereafter consummated, there will be no need to hold an annual meeting of stockholders during 2017. Alternatively, if the Merger Agreement is not approved and the transaction with Century is not consummated, the Board intends to convene an annual meeting of stockholders during 2017 at which the above-described governance matters, among other items, will be presented to stockholders for consideration.

Segment Reporting

The Company has segmented its operating activities into two operating segments, West and Southeast, and two reportable segments, Homebuilding and Land development. Each reportable segment includes real estate with similar economic characteristics, including similar historical and expected long-term gross margin percentages, product types, geography, production processes and methods of distribution.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid instruments purchased with original maturities of three months or less. The Company has approximately $15.1 million of cash held in money market accounts on its condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Cash items that are restricted as to withdrawal or usage include deposits of $1.5 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, related to a construction loan, credit card agreements, contractor’s license and a letter of credit.

As part of the Company’s adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-18 (“ASU 2016-18”), Statement of Cash Flows - Restricted Cash, restricted cash is included as a component of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents on a retrospective basis. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows during the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the beginning and ending balances for cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash increased by approximately $0.9 million.

Capitalization of Interest

The Company capitalizes interest to real estate inventories during the period that real estate is undergoing development. Interest capitalized as a cost of real estate inventories is included in cost of sales-homebuilding or cost of sales-land development as related homes or real estate are delivered.

Advertising Expenses

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Real Estate Inventories and Cost of Sales

The Company capitalizes pre-acquisition costs, the purchase price of real estate, development costs and other allocated costs, including interest, during development and home construction. Pre-acquisition costs, including non-refundable land deposits, are expensed to cost of sales when the Company determines continuation of the related project is not probable. Applicable costs incurred after development or construction is substantially complete are charged to sales and marketing or general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses, as appropriate.

Land, development and other common costs are typically allocated to real estate inventories based on the number of homes to be constructed. Direct home construction costs are recorded using the specific identification method. Cost of sales-homebuilding includes the construction costs of each home and all applicable land acquisition, real estate development, capitalized interest and related allocated common costs. Changes to estimated total development costs subsequent to initial home closings in a community are allocated to remaining homes in the community. Cost of sales-land development includes land acquisition and development costs, capitalized interest, impairment charges, abandonment charges for projects that are no longer economically viable, and real estate taxes.

Real estate inventories are stated at cost, unless the carrying amount is determined not to be recoverable, in which case real estate inventories are written down to fair value.

All real estate inventories are classified as held until the Company commits to a plan to sell the real estate, the real estate can be sold in its present condition, the real estate is being actively marketed for sale and it is probable that the real estate will be sold within twelve months. Homes completed or under construction are included in real estate inventories in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

Impairment and Abandonment of Real Estate Inventories

The Company evaluates real estate inventories for impairment when conditions exist suggesting that the carrying amount of real estate inventories is not fully recoverable and may exceed its fair value. Indicators of impairment include, but are not limited to, significant decreases in local housing market values, decreases in the selling prices of comparable homes, significant decreases in gross margins and sales absorption rates, costs in excess of budget, and actual or projected cash flow losses. The Company prepares and analyzes cash flows at the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets.

When estimating future cash flows of its real estate assets, the Company makes various assumptions, including: (i) expected sales prices and sales incentives (based on, among other things, an estimate of the number of homes available in the market, pricing and incentives, and potential sales price adjustments based on market and economic trends); (ii) expected sales pace and cancellation rates (based on local housing market conditions, competition and historical trends); (iii) costs incurred to date and expected to be incurred (including, but not limited to, land and land development costs, home construction costs, indirect construction costs, and selling and marketing costs); (iv) alternative product offerings that may be offered that could have an impact on sales pace, sales price and/or building costs; and (v) alternative uses for the property.

If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of real estate inventories may be impaired, such impairment will be measured based upon the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of such asset(s) determined using the estimated future discounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, generated from the use and ultimate disposition of such asset(s). Such losses, if any, are reported within cost of sales for the period.

We estimate the fair value of each impaired community by determining the present value of the estimated future cash flows at a discount rate commensurate with the risk of the respective community. In determining the fair value of land held for sale, management considers, among other things, prices for land in recent comparable sale transactions, market analysis studies, which include the estimated price a willing buyer would pay for the land, and recent bona fide offers received from third parties.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, approximately $0.1 million of impairment losses were recorded with respect to the Company’s real estate inventories at its Glenmoor community, located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (“Glenmoor”). As of March 31, 2017, a model home in the Glenmoor project suffered damages due to a fire resulting in approximately $0.1 million in impairment loss. See Note 8, “Fair Value Disclosures--Non-Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value--Non-Recurring Estimated Fair Value of Real Estate Inventories” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the impairment of the real estate asset.

No such real estate impairment losses were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Abandonment charges during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Abandonment charges are included in cost of sales in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss for the period in which they were recorded. These charges were related to the Company electing not to proceed with one or more land acquisitions after the incurrence of costs during due diligence.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with determinable useful lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated remaining useful lives (ranging from six months to five years), added to the value of land when an intangible option is used to purchase the related land, or expensed in the period when the option is cancelled. Acquired intangible assets with contractual terms are generally amortized over their respective contractual lives. When certain events or changes in operating conditions occur, an impairment assessment is performed for the intangible assets.

Fixed Assets, Net

Fixed assets are carried at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated remaining useful lives of the assets. Computer software and hardware are depreciated over three to five years, office furniture and fixtures are depreciated over five years, vehicles are depreciated over five years and leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of their useful life or lease term and range from one to five years. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, while significant improvements are capitalized. Depreciation expense is included in G&A expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss.

Receivables

The detail of receivables is set forth below (in thousands):



	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Warranty insurance receivables	$	1,118	$	1,118
Manufacturer rebates	554		454
Reimbursement for land development work	1,760		4,016
Other receivables	245		40
Total	$	3,677	$	5,628

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts recorded.

Other Assets

The detail of other assets is set forth below (in thousands):



	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Customer deposits in escrow	$	4,475	$	2,394
Prepaid expenses	942		1,098
Other deposits and prepaid interest	1,595		1,345
Funds held in escrow	—		1,490
Other assets	69		—
Total	$	7,081	$	6,327

Homebuilding, Land Development Sales and Other Revenues Profit Recognition

In accordance with applicable guidance under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360 - Property, Plant, and Equipment, revenue from home sales and other real estate sales is recorded and any profit is recognized when the respective sales are closed. Sales are closed when all conditions of escrow are met, title passes to the buyer, appropriate consideration is received and collection of associated receivables, if any, is reasonably assured and the Company has no continuing involvement with the sold asset. The Company does not offer financing to any buyers. Sales price incentives are accounted for as a reduction of revenues when the sale is recorded. If the earnings process is not complete, the sale and any related profits are deferred for recognition in future periods. Any profit recorded is based on the calculation of cost of sales, which is dependent on an allocation of costs.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the period during which the awards vest in accordance with applicable guidance under ASC Topic 718 - Compensation - Stock Compensation. See Note 9, “Equity--Stock-Based Compensation” to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on stock-based compensation.

As part of the Company’s adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 (“ASU 2016-09”), Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), the classification for the excess income tax benefit from stock based awards is presented as an operating activity on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 provides clarification for certain share-based payment transactions and the classification of such transactions on the statement of cash flows and requires all amendments within ASU 2016-09 to be adopted in the same period. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

Stock Repurchase Program

Our Board authorized the Stock Repurchase Program on June 6, 2016, to repurchase up to $5.0 million of the Company’s Class A common stock between June 7, 2016 and June 1, 2018. Treasury stock represents shares repurchased under the Stock Repurchase Program, which are reflected as a reduction in Stockholders’ Equity in accordance with ASC Topic 505-30 - Equity - Treasury Stock. The number of shares repurchased is based on the settlement date and factored into our weighted average calculation for earnings per share (“EPS”). See Note 9, “Equity--Stock Repurchase Program” to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the Stock Repurchase Program.

Warranty Reserves

Estimated future direct warranty costs are accrued and charged to cost of sales-homebuilding in the period in which the related homebuilding revenue is recognized. Amounts accrued are based upon estimates of the amount the Company expects to pay for warranty work. The Company assesses the adequacy of its warranty reserves on a quarterly basis and adjusts the amounts recorded, if necessary, in the period in which the change in estimate occurs. Annually, or more frequently as needed, the Company engages a third-party actuary to assist in the analysis of warranty reserves based on historical data and industry trends for our communities. Warranty reserves are included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Changes in warranty reserves are detailed in the table set forth below (in thousands):



	Three months ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Warranty reserves, beginning of period	$	5,642		$	2,852
Warranty reserves accrued	659			471
Warranty expenditures	(175		)	(106		)
Warranty reserves, end of period	$	6,126		$	3,217

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

The Company enters into purchase and option agreements for the purchase of real estate as part of the normal course of business. These purchase and option agreements enable the Company to acquire real estate at one or more future dates at pre-determined prices. The Company believes these acquisition structures reduce its financial risk associated with real estate acquisitions and holdings and allow the Company to better manage its cash position and return metrics.

In accordance with ASC Topic 810, "Consolidation," the Company assesses each purchase agreement to acquire real estate from an entity to determine if a variable interest entity ("VIE") may be created. Although the Company may not have legal title to the underlying land, if the Company determines that it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, the Company would consolidate the VIE in its accompanying consolidated financial statements and reflect such assets and liabilities as “Real estate inventories not owned.” In determining if the Company is the primary beneficiary, the Company considers, among other things, whether it has the ability to control the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance. Such activities include, but are not limited to: the ability to determine the budget or scope of the VIE; the ability to control financing decisions for the VIE; and the ability to acquire or dispose of property owned or controlled by the VIE.

Based on the current provisions of the relevant accounting guidance, the Company evaluated its purchase and option agreements for real estate in place as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. None met consolidation criteria under the accounting guidance.

Income Taxes

The Company’s provision for income tax expense includes federal and state income taxes currently payable and those deferred because of temporary differences between the income tax and financial reporting basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities. The asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes also requires the Company to reflect the effect of a tax rate change on accumulated deferred income taxes in income in the period in which the change is enacted.

The Company evaluates deferred tax assets regularly to determine if adjustments to its valuation allowance are required based on all available positive and negative evidence to consider whether it is more likely than not that any of the deferred tax assets will be realized. If it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is recorded.

During the three months ended December 31, 2016, the Company evaluated all available evidence in determining the likelihood that it will be able to realize all or some portion of its deferred tax assets prior to their expiration. Upon completing this evaluation, the Company concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will be able to realize its deferred tax assets. As of March 31, 2017, the Company continues to conclude that it is more likely than not that the Company will be able to realize its deferred tax assets.

The Company recognizes any uncertain income tax positions on income tax returns at the largest amount that is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority. An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized unless it has a greater than 50% likelihood of being sustained. The Company recognizes any interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. For each of the periods presented, the Company did not record any interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. See Note 12, “Income Taxes” to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the Company’s income taxes for the applicable period.

Price Participation Interests

Certain land purchase contracts and other agreements include provisions for additional payments to the land sellers. These additional payments are contingent on certain future outcomes, such as selling homes above a certain preset price or achieving an internal rate of return above a certain preset level. These additional payments, if triggered, are accounted for as cost of sales when they become due, however, they are neither fully determinable, nor due, until the transfer of title to the buyer is complete. Accordingly, no liability is recorded until the sale is complete.

Noncontrolling Interest

The Company reports the share of the results of operations that are attributable to other owners of its consolidated subsidiaries that are less than wholly-owned as noncontrolling interest in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. In the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss, the income or loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest is reported separately, and the accumulated income or loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest, along with any changes in ownership of the subsidiary, is reported as a component of total equity.

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the noncontrolling interest reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements includes PICO's share of 56.7% and 56.8%, respectively, of the income related to UCP, LLC. See Note 9, "Equity--Noncontrolling Interest" to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on noncontrolling interest.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

There were no new accounting pronouncements as of March 31, 2017 that has had or is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. For a further discussion of recently issued accounting standards that are not yet required to be adopted by the Company, see the “Recently Issued Accounting Standards” disclosed in Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 that was filed with the SEC on March 3, 2017.

2. INCOME PER SHARE

Basic income per share of Class A common stock is computed by dividing net income or loss attributable to UCP, Inc. by the weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share of Class A common stock is computed similarly to basic income per share except that the weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding during the period is increased to include additional shares from the assumed exercise of any Class A common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method, if dilutive. The Company’s restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and stock options (“Options”) are considered Class A common stock equivalents for this purpose. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, incremental Class A common stock equivalents of 152,239 and 854 shares, respectively, were included in calculating diluted income per share.

Basic and diluted net income per share of Class A common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 have been computed as follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):



	Three months ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Numerator
Net income attributable to UCP, Inc.	$	1,146	$	96

Denominator
Weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding - basic	7,950,723		8,021,747

Effect of dilutive securities:
RSUs	152,239		854
Total shares for purpose of calculating diluted net income per share	8,102,962		8,022,601

Earnings per share:
Net income per share of Class A common stock - basic	$	0.14	$	0.01
Net income per share of Class A common stock - diluted	$	0.14	$	0.01

The following RSUs and Options issued were excluded in the computation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 because the effect would be anti-dilutive:



	Three months ended March 31,
	2017	2016
Anti-dilutive securities	454,301	190,329

3. REAL ESTATE INVENTORIES

Real estate inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs	$	10,223	$	9,232
Land held and land under development	113,004		101,609
Finished lots	73,350		86,622
Homes completed or under construction	165,081		148,627
Model homes	27,721		27,117
Total	$	389,379	$	373,207

Deposits and pre-acquisition costs include costs relating to land purchase or option contracts. Land held and land under development includes costs incurred during site development, such as land, development, indirect costs and permits. Homes completed or under construction and model homes include all costs associated with home construction, including land, development, indirect costs, permits and fees, and vertical construction.

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had $10.2 million of deposits and pre-acquisition costs for 3,743 lots with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $124.4 million, net of deposits. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had $9.2 million of deposits and pre-acquisition costs for 2,607 lots with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $106.0 million, net of deposits.

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had completed homes included in inventories of approximately $29.8 million and $21.1 million, respectively, as shown in the charts below ($ in millions):

Interest Capitalization

Amounts capitalized to home inventories and land inventories were as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Interest expense capitalized as cost of home inventory	$	2,662		$	2,368
Interest expense capitalized as cost of land inventory	418			575
Total interest expense capitalized	3,080			2,943
Previously capitalized interest expense included in cost of sales - homebuilding	(2,350		)	(1,539		)
Previously capitalized interest expense included in cost of sales - land development	(11		)	—
Net activity of capitalized interest	719			1,404
Capitalized interest expense in beginning inventory	17,659			13,274
Capitalized interest expense in ending inventory	$	18,378		$	14,678

Interest is capitalized on real estate inventories during development. Interest capitalized is included in cost of sales in the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss as related sales are recognized.

4. FIXED ASSETS, NET

Net fixed assets consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Computer hardware and software	$	2,049		$	2,043
Office furniture and equipment and leasehold improvements	933			911
Vehicles	161			83
Total	3,143			3,037
Accumulated depreciation	(2,288		)	(2,154		)
Fixed assets, net	$	855		$	883

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was $135,000 and $147,000, respectively. Depreciation expense is recorded in G&A expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss.

5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Other purchased intangible assets consisted of the following:



	March 31, 2017							December 31, 2016
(in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Ending Balance		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Ending Balance
Architectural plans	$	170	$	(103	)	$	67	$	170	$	(94	)	$	76
Land option	583		(568		)	15		583		(558		)	25
Total	$	753	$	(671	)	$	82	$	753	$	(652	)	$	101

Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 related to the architectural plans was approximately $8,500 for both periods. The architectural plans intangible amortization period is 5 years. Amortization expense is recorded in G&A expenses in the accompanying unaudited cond

ensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss. Future estimated amortization expense related to the architectural plans intangibles over the next five years is as follows:



(in thousands)	December 31,
Remainder of 2017	$	25
2018	34
2019	8
Total	$	67

Additionally, $10,000 related to land options was capitalized to real estate inventories during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $20,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, zero and $15,000, respectively, was related to abandonment.

6. ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):



(in thousands)	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Real estate development cost to complete	$	16,674	$	10,347
Accrued expenses	5,424		5,855
Warranty reserves (Note 1)	6,126		5,642
Contingent consideration (Note 11)	360		360
Accrued payroll liabilities	2,414		3,138
Total	$	30,998	$	25,342

7. NOTES PAYABLE AND SENIOR NOTES, NET

The Company obtains various types of debt financing in connection with its acquisition, development and construction of real estate inventories and its construction of homes. Often, these debt obligations are secured by the underlying real estate. Certain loans are funded in full at the initial loan closing and others are revolving facilities under which the Company may borrow, repay and reborrow up to a specified amount during the term of the loan. Acquisition indebtedness matures on various dates, but is generally repaid when lots are released from the lien securing the relevant loan based upon a specific release price, as defined in the relevant loan agreement, or the loan is refinanced. Construction and development debt is required to be repaid with proceeds from home closings based upon a specific release price, as defined in the relevant loan agreement.

Certain construction and development debt agreements include provisions that require minimum tangible net worth and liquidity; limit leverage and risk asset ratios; specify maximum loan-to-cost or loan-to-value ratios (whichever is lower). During the term of the loan, the lender may require the Company to obtain a third-party written appraisal of the fair value of the underlying real estate collateral. If the appraised fair value of the collateral securing the loan is below the specified minimum, the Company may be required to make principal payments in order to maintain the required loan-to-value ratios. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $168.7 million and $164.0 million, respectively, of loan commitments related to its acquisition, development and construction loans (“ADC”). Of the total loan commitments, approximately $81.4 million and $77.2 million, respectively, was available to the Company. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the weighted average interest rate on the Company’s outstanding debt was 6.51% and 6.48%, respectively. Interest rates charged under the Company’s variable rate debt are based on the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a spread ranging from 2.75% to 3.75% or the U.S. Prime rate (“Prime”) plus a spread of 0.99%.

The Company’s 2017 Senior Notes (the “2017 Notes”) with $75.0 million in principal outstanding mature in October of 2017, and an additional $30.1 million in ADC loans are also set to mature in the ordinary course of business during 2017. With respect to the $30.1 million in ADC loans, these loans are project specific loans and are scheduled to mature in the ordinary course of closing out of

the sales phase for each of these projects and we anticipate the sales proceeds from the designated home closings will provide a more than adequate source of cash for the repayment of these loans. For the 2017 Senior Notes our existing available cash, available borrowing capacity and cash expected to be generated from our backlog of home sales will be sufficient to repay this obligation when due.

On October 21, 2014, the Company completed the private offering of $75.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 8.5% 2017 Notes. The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $72.5 million, after paying the debt issuance costs and offering expenses. The net proceeds from the offering were used for general corporate purposes, including financing construction of homes, acquisition of entitled land, development of lots and working capital.

The 2017 Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2014 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. The 2017 Notes bear interest at 8.5% per annum, payable on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The 2017 Notes mature on October 21, 2017, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased.

As of March 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with the applicable financial covenants under the Indenture and all of its loan agreements.

Notes payable and 2017 Notes consisted of the following (in thousands):



Variable Interest Rate:	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
LIBOR + 3.50% through 2017 ^(a)	3,894			4,693
LIBOR + 3.75% through 2017 ^(a)	20,558			31,533
Prime + 0.25% through 2018 ^(b)	2,338			—
LIBOR + 2.75% through 2018 ^(a)	8,700			10,500
LIBOR + 3.75% through 2018 ^(a)	42,073			26,444
5.50% through 2017	1,844			2,476
5.00% through 2017	3,807			5,607
Total variable notes payable	$	83,214		$	81,253

Fixed Interest Rate:	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
10.00% through 2017	$	—		$	1,604
8.00% through 2018	4,000			4,000
Total fixed notes payable	$	4,000		$	5,604

Senior notes, net of discount	74,911			74,871
Total notes payable and senior notes	$	162,125		$	161,728

Debt issuance costs ^(c)	(574		)	(734		)
Total notes payable and senior notes, net	$	161,551		$	160,994


(a)	LIBOR is the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate. As of March 31, 2017, LIBOR was 0.98278%.


(b)	Prime is the U.S Prime Rate. At March 31, 2017, Prime was 4.00%.


(c)	Debt issuance costs for non-revolver loans were $0.6 million and $0.7 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

As of March 31, 2017, principal maturities of notes payable and senior notes for the years ending December 31 are as follows:



(in thousands)	December 31,
2017	$	105,014
2018	57,111
2019 and thereafter	—
Total	$	162,125

8. FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES

The accounting guidance regarding fair value disclosures defines fair value as the price that would be received for selling an asset or the price paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions.

The Company determines the fair values of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy established in accordance with ASC Topic 820 - Fair Value Measurements, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The classification of a financial asset or liability within the hierarchy is based upon the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:


•	Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets


•	Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are inactive; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets at measurement date


•	Level 3—Valuations derived from techniques where one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable in active markets at measurement date

Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and receivable approximated their carrying values because of the short-term nature of these assets or liabilities. The estimated fair value of the Company’s debt is based on cash flow models discounted at current market interest rates for similar instruments, which are based on Level 3 inputs. There were no transfers between fair value hierarchy levels during the three months ended March 31, 2017 or the year ended December 31, 2016.

The following presents the carrying value and fair value of the Company’s financial instruments that are not carried at fair value:



		March 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
(in thousands)	Level in Fair Value Hierarchy	Carrying Value		Estimated Fair Value		Carrying Value		Estimated Fair Value
Notes payable	Level 3	$	87,214	$	87,458	$	86,857	$	86,843
2017 notes	Level 3	74,911		74,900		74,871		74,838
Total debt		$	162,125	$	162,358	$	161,728	$	161,681

The estimated fair value of the Company's debt is the present value of the contractual debt payments, based on cash flow models, discounted at the then-current interest rates, plus an estimate of the then-current credit spread, which is an estimate of the rate at which the Company could obtain replacement debt. These parameters are Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. To estimate the contractual cash flows, discount rates, and thereby the debt fair value, the Company considers various internal and external factors including: (1) loan economic data, (2) collateral performance, (3) market interest rate data, (4) the discount curve and implied forward rate curve, and (5) other factors, which may include market, region and asset type evaluations. While the Company considered rates on existing and recently closed loan facilities in addition to the current refinancing fixed rate as of March 31, 2017, these unobservable inputs were not incorporated into its final estimate of fair value.

Recurring Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value

The following presents the Company’s recurring financial instruments that are carried at fair value (in thousands):



Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3		Balance at March 31, 2017
Contingent consideration	—	—	$	360	$	360

Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3		Balance at December 31, 2016
Contingent consideration	—	—	$	360	$	360

Estimated Fair Value of Contingent Consideration

The change in estimated fair value of the contingent consideration relating to our 2014 acquisition of the assets and liabilities of Citizens Homes, Inc. used in the purchase of real estate and the construction and marketing of residential homes in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee (the “Citizens Acquisition”) for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	Contingent Consideration
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	2,707
Change in fair value	8
Balance as of March 31, 2016	$	2,715

	Contingent Consideration
Balance as of December 31, 2016	$	360
Change in fair value	—
Balance as of March 31, 2017	$	360

The contingent consideration arrangement relating to Citizens Acquisition requires the Company to pay up to a maximum of $6.0 million of additional consideration based upon the achievement of various pre-tax net income performance milestones ("performance milestones") by the assets acquired in the Citizens Acquisition over a five-year period that commenced on April 1, 2014. Payout calculations are made based on calendar year performance except for the sixth payout calculation which will be calculated based on the achievement of performance milestones from January 1, 2019 through March 25, 2019. Payouts are made on an annual basis. The potential undiscounted amount of all future payments that the Company could be required to make under the contingent consideration arrangement is between $0 and $6 million.

The fair value of the contingent consideration of $0.4 million as of March 31, 2017 was estimated based on applying the weighted probability of achievement of the performance milestones. There was no change in estimated fair value of the contingent consideration for the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the change in estimated fair value of the contingent consideration was $8,000.

The fair value of the contingent consideration of $0.4 million as of March 31, 2017 was estimated based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market, which ASC Topic 820 - Fair Value Measurements, refers to as Level 3 inputs. Key assumptions include: (1) forecast adjusted pre-tax net income over the contingent consideration period; (2) revenue appreciation; (3) cost inflation; and (4) sales and marketing and general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses. The estimated revenue appreciation of 4.5%, cost inflation of 1.5%, and SG&A expenses were applied to forecast adjusted net income over the contingent consideration period.

The fair value of the contingent consideration of $2.7 million as of March 31, 2016 was estimated based on applying the income approach and a weighted probability of achievement of the performance milestones. The estimated fair value of the contingent consideration was calculated by using a Monte Carlo simulation. The measurement is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market, which ASC Topic 820 - Fair Value Measurements, refers to as Level 3 inputs. Key assumptions include: (1) forecast adjusted pre-tax net income over the contingent consideration period; (2) risk-adjusted discount rate reflecting the risk inherent in the forecast adjusted pre-tax net income; (3) risk-free interest rates; (4) volatility of adjusted pre-tax net income; and (5) the Company’s credit spread. The risk-adjusted discount rate applied to forecast adjusted net income was 12.7% plus the applicable risk-free rate, resulting in a discount rate ranging from 12.7% to 13.2% over the contingent consideration period. The estimated volatility rate of 18.6% and a credit spread of 11.0% were applied to forecast adjusted net income over the contingent consideration period.

Non-Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value

Non-financial assets and liabilities include items such as inventory and long lived assets that are measured at fair value, on a nonrecurring basis, when events and circumstances indicate the carrying value is not recoverable.

Non-Recurring Estimated Fair Value of Real Estate Inventories

The following presents the Company’s non-financial instruments that were measured at fair value, on a non-recurring basis, by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):



Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3		Total Impairment During the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Real estate and development costs - Glenmoor model home			$	—	$	102

Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3		Total Impairment During the Year Ended December 31, 2016
Real estate and development costs - Heathers at Westport project			$	1,066	$	192
Real estate and development costs - Sundance project			$	5,782	$	2,397

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company had a non-recurring fair value measurement that resulted in a real estate impairment loss at its Glenmoor project in South Carolina. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $0.1 million with respect to the Company’s real estate inventories at Glenmoor for the model home that suffered damages due to a fire. The carrying value of Glenmoor model home was written down to its fair value. See Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on impairment of real estate inventories.

There were no such real estate impairment losses recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

There were no other non-financial fair value measurements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and year ended December 31, 2016.

9. EQUITY

Noncontrolling Interest

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company held an economic interest in UCP, LLC and is its sole managing member of approximately 43.3% and 43.2%, respectively. The noncontrolling interest reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements includes PICO’s 56.7% and 56.8% share of the income related to UCP, LLC as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

The carrying value and ending balance as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 of the noncontrolling interest was calculated as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Beginning balance of noncontrolling interest	$	126,258		$	127,208
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	2,310			5,210
Re-allocation of stock issuances	(411		)	(1,962		)
Stock-based compensation expense attributable to noncontrolling interest	236			657
Stock issuance attributable to noncontrolling interest	(158		)	(25		)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest	(1,909		)	(4,830		)
Ending balance of noncontrolling interest	$	126,326		$	126,258

The distribution to the noncontrolling interest relates to cash distributions, which we refer to as “tax distributions,” that UCP, LLC is obligated to make as noted in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on March 3, 2017.

Stock Repurchase Program

As part of the Board approved Stock Repurchase Program, between June 7, 2016 and June 1, 2018, management is authorized to repurchase up to $5.0 million of the Company’s Class A common stock in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other transactions. The Stock Repurchase Program is subject to prevailing market conditions and other considerations, including our liquidity, the terms of our debt instruments, planned land investment and development spending, acquisition and other investment opportunities and ongoing capital requirements.

Since inception of the program through March 31, 2017, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 146,346 shares of Class A common stock for total consideration of $1.2 million, inclusive of commissions. The remaining value of shares that may be repurchased under the Stock Repurchase Program as of March 31, 2017 is approximately $3.8 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company had no stock repurchases.

Re-Allocation from Stock Issuances

The Company allocates Class A common stock issued in connection with the vesting of RSUs issued under the UCP, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) and stock-based compensation expense between additional paid-in-capital and noncontrolling interest within its accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of equity. The equity allocations for the noncontrolling interest are based on the economic and voting interest percentages of the Company and its noncontrolling interest holder, PICO. Issuances of Class A common stock for RSUs affect the economic and voting interest percentages, which accordingly are adjusted at the end of each issuance period. The economic and voting interest percentages prevailing during the period are used to determine the current period equity allocations for the noncontrolling interest.

Stock-Based Compensation

The LTIP was adopted in July 2013 and provides for the grant of equity-based awards, including options to purchase shares of Class A common stock, Class A stock appreciation rights, Class A restricted stock, Class A RSUs and performance awards. The LTIP automatically expires on the tenth anniversary of its effective date. The Company’s board of directors may terminate or amend the LTIP at any time, subject to any stockholder approval required by applicable law, rule or regulation.

The number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock authorized under the LTIP was 1,834,300 shares. To the extent that shares of the Company’s Class A common stock subject to an outstanding option, stock appreciation right, stock award or performance award granted under the LTIP are not issued or delivered by reason of the expiration, termination, cancellation or forfeiture of such award or the settlement of such award in cash, then such shares of the Company’s Class A common stock generally shall again be available under the LTIP, subject to certain exceptions.

The RSUs and Options granted to the Company’s employees and certain members of the Company’s board of directors are subject to the following vesting schedule:



Grant period	Award(s) Granted	Grant Recipient(s)	Vesting Schedule
Year ended December 31, 2014	RSUs and Options	Company’s employees	a) 10% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date, b) 20% vest on second anniversary of the grant date, c) 30% vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, and d) 40% vest on the fourth anniversary of the grant date

Second quarter of 2016	RSUs	Company’s employees	a) 20% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date, b) 20% vest on second anniversary of the grant date, c) 20% vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, d) 20% vest on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, and e) 20% vest on the fifth anniversary of the grant date

Third quarter of 2016	RSUs	Certain members of the Company’s board of directors	a) 25% vested on August 5, 2016, b) 25% vest on November 4, 2016, c) 25% vest on February 3, 2017, and d) 25% vest on May 4, 2017

First quarter of 2017	RSUs	Company’s employees	a) 20% vested on the first anniversary of the grant date, b) 20% vest on second anniversary of the grant date, c) 20% vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, d) 20% vest on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, and e) 20% vest on the fifth anniversary of the grant date

The grant-date fair value of the RSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $4.5 million. There were no Options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, there were no RSUs nor Options granted.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recognized $0.4 million of stock-based compensation expense, which was, included in G&A expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income or loss. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company recognized $0.2 million of stock-based compensation expense.

The following table summarizes the Options activity for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:



	Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)⁽¹⁾
Outstanding at December 31, 2015	149,605	$	16.20	8.20	—
Options granted	—	—		—	—
Options exercised	—	—		—	—
Options forfeited	—	—		—	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2016	149,605	$	16.20	7.90	—

Outstanding at December 31, 2016	116,652	$	16.20	7.20	—
Options granted	—	—		—	—
Options exercised	—	—		—	—
Options forfeited	—	—		—	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2017	116,652	$	16.20	6.90	—

Options vested and exercisable as of March 31, 2017	69,992	$	16.20	—	—
Options expected to vest as of March 31, 2017	46,660


⁽¹⁾	The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the amount by which the fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the Option. The fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock as of March 31, 2017 was $10.15 per share.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of Options.

The following table summarizes the RSU activity for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:



	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per share)
Outstanding and unvested at December 31, 2015	48,531		$15.99
Granted	—		—
Vested	(18,610	)	$16.20
Forfeited	—		—
Outstanding and unvested at March 31, 2016	29,921		$15.86

Outstanding and unvested at December 31, 2016	284,313		$8.88
Granted	383,288		$	11.70
Vested	(85,387	)	$	9.22
Forfeited	—		—
Outstanding and unvested at March 31, 2017	582,214		$10.69

Unrecognized compensation cost for RSUs and Options issued under the LTIP was $6.1 million (net of estimated forfeitures) as of March 31, 2017; approximately $5.8 million of the unrecognized compensation costs related to RSUs and $0.3 million related to Options. The compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 4.4 years for the RSUs and 0.9 years for the Options.

10. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company segmented its operating activities into two operating segments, West and Southeast, and two reportable segments, Homebuilding and Land development.



Operating Segments	Reportable Segments	State
West	Homebuilding	California, Washington
	Land development	California, Washington
Southeast	Homebuilding	North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
	Land development	North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Each reportable segment includes real estate with similar economic characteristics, including similar historical and expected long-term gross margin percentages, product types, geography, production processes and methods of distribution.

The reportable segments follow the same accounting policies as the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements described in Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” Operating results of each reportable segment are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have been achieved had the reportable segment been an independent, stand-alone entity during the periods presented.

The Company evaluates the performance of the operating segments based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, gross margin. “Gross Margin” is defined as operating revenues less cost of sales (cost of construction and acquisition, interest, abandonment, impairment and other cost of sales related expenses). Corporate sales, G&A expense and non-segment gains or losses are reflected within overall corporate expenses, as this constitutes the Company’s primary business objective, supporting all segments. Corporate expenses are not particularly identifiable to any one segment.

Financial information relating to reportable segments is as follows:



	Three months ended March 31,
	Revenues				Gross Margin
(in thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Homebuilding
West	$	76,969	$	56,758	$	14,689	$	10,313
Southeast	17,033		11,467		2,558		1,706
Total homebuilding	94,002		68,225		17,247		12,019
Land development
West	496		—		21		(122		)
Southeast	—		—		—		(339		)
Total land development	496		—		21		(461		)
Total	$	94,498	$	68,225	$	17,268	$	11,558

Reconciliation of gross margin to net income is as follows:



	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2017			2016
Gross margin	$	17,268		$	11,558
Sales and marketing	5,149			4,076
General and administrative	8,502			7,275
Income from operations	3,617			207
Other income, net	460			28
Net income before income taxes	4,077			235
Provision for income taxes	(621		)	(5		)
Net income	$	3,456		$	230

Total assets for each reportable and operating segment as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, are shown in the table as follows:



(in thousands)	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Homebuilding
West	$	273,893	$	225,770
Southeast	59,659		53,359
Total homebuilding	333,552		279,129
Land development
West	55,826		94,078
Southeast	—		—
Total land development	55,826		94,078
Other ^(a)	52,740		60,899
Total	$	442,118	$	434,106


^(a)	Other assets primarily include cash and cash equivalents, deposits, fixed assets, receivables and deferred tax assets which are maintained centrally and used according to the cash flow requirements of all reportable segments.

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal and Regulatory Matters

Lawsuits, claims and proceedings have been or may be instituted or asserted against the Company in the normal course of business, including actions brought on behalf of various classes of claimants. The Company is also subject to local, state and federal laws and regulations related to land development activities, home construction standards, sales practices, employment practices and environmental protection. As a result, the Company is subject to periodic examinations or inquiries by agencies administering these laws and regulations.

The Company records a reserve for potential legal claims and regulatory matters when they are probable of occurring and a potential loss is reasonably estimable. The accrual for these matters is based on facts and circumstances specific to each matter and the Company revises these estimates when necessary.

In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting outcomes of legal claims and related contingencies, the Company generally cannot predict their ultimate resolution, related timing or any eventual loss. If the evaluations indicate loss contingencies that could be material are not probable, but are reasonably possible, disclosure of the nature with an estimate of possible range of losses or a statement that such loss is not reasonably estimable is made. The Company is not involved in any material litigation nor, to the Company's knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against it. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company did not have any accruals for asserted or unasserted matters.

Purchase Commitments

In the ordinary course of business, we may enter into purchase or option contracts to procure lots for development and construction of homes. We are subject to customary obligations associated with entering into contracts for the purchase of land. These contracts to purchase properties typically require a cash deposit and are generally contingent upon satisfaction of certain requirements by the sellers, including obtaining applicable property and development entitlements.

We may also utilize purchase or option contracts with land sellers as a method of acquiring land in staged takedowns to help us manage the financial and market risks associated with land holdings and to reduce the use of funds from corporate financing sources. Purchase or option contracts generally require a non-refundable deposit for the right to acquire lots over a specified period of time at pre-determined prices. We generally have the right to terminate obligations under both purchase or option contracts by forfeiting the cash deposit with no further financial responsibility to the land seller.

Purchase contracts provide the Company with an option to purchase land. The ability to enter into option purchase agreements depends on the availability of land that sellers are willing to sell under option takedown arrangements, the availability of capital from financial intermediaries to finance the development of land, general housing market conditions and local market dynamics.

As of March 31, 2017, we had outstanding $10.2 million of cash deposits pertaining to purchase or option contracts for 3,743 lots with an aggregate remaining purchase price of approximately $124.4 million. As of December 31, 2016, we had outstanding $9.2 million of cash deposits pertaining to purchase or option contracts for 2,607 lots with an aggregate remaining purchase price of approximately $106.0 million.

Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) has listed the pocket gopher as a threatened species under the Federal Endangered Species Act. This species is present on land owned by UCP in Washington State. The Company believes that this project will incur additional costs relating to the listing of the pocket gopher by USFWS, including potential costs related to (i) acquiring offsite mitigation property, (ii) redesigning the project to incorporate onsite mitigation, and (iii) processing the required approvals with USFWS and the city.

During meetings with USFWS, the Company discussed acquiring additional land in the same county to satisfy the mitigation requirements through the purchase and dedication of offsite property. Two specific pieces of agricultural property were identified, and the local USFWS office has informally indicated these properties appear to be suitable to satisfy the mitigation requirements. Based on these discussions, the Company is currently under contract to purchase approximately $955,000. However, the Company is unable to completely quantify the costs until the mitigation requirements are established by USFWS, either through its general modeling tool, or the approval of an individual habitat conservation plan for the project. The purchase costs of mitigation property are included in the appropriate project budgets. Accordingly, no liability has been recorded at March 31, 2017. The Company will continue to assess the impact of this regulatory action and will record any future liability as additional information becomes available.

Surety Bonds

The Company obtains surety bonds from third parties in the normal course of business to ensure completion of certain infrastructure improvements at its projects. The performance bonds secure the completion of projects and/or support of obligations to build community improvements, such as roads, sewers, water systems and other utilities. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had outstanding surety bonds totaling $23.5 million and $55.2 million, respectively. In the event that any such surety bond issued by a third party is called because the required improvements are not completed, the Company could be obligated to reimburse the issuer of the bond. Performance bonds do not have stated expiration dates. Rather, the Company is released from a performance bond as the underlying performance is completed. We do not expect that a material amount of any currently outstanding performance bonds will be called.

Letter of Credit

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had $0.6 million outstanding in a letter of credit as part a bond offering at East Garrison, located in Monterey, California. The Company had $0.6 million outstanding in a letter of credit as of December 31, 2016.

Operating Leases

The Company leases some of its offices under non-cancellable operating leases that expire at various dates through 2020 and thereafter. Rent expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 for office space was approximately $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Future minimum payments under all operating leases for the years ending December 31 are as follows (in thousands):



2017	$	685
2018	828
2019	403
2020	275
2021	89
Thereafter	—
Total	$	2,280

12. INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were based on federal statutory income tax rates, affected by state income taxes, changes in deferred tax assets, changes in valuation allowances, and certain preferential treatment of deductions and credits relating to homebuilding activities.

The Company continues to believe that it will be able to realize its deferred tax assets, therefore no valuation allowance was recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in the year over year income tax provision is primarily as a result of the Company’s full valuation allowance recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2016, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017. See Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies--Income Taxes” for a further discussion of income taxes.

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On April 10, 2017, the Company, Century and Casa Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), entered into the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity in the Merger. The Board has unanimously approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and resolved to recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote to adopt the Merger Agreement and approve the Merger.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each issued and outstanding share of the Company’s Class A common stock (excluding any shares (i) owned by the Company, Century, Merger Sub or any of their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries or (ii) held by any stockholder who properly demands and perfects his, her or its appraisal rights with respect to such shares) will be converted into the right to receive and become exchangeable for (A) $5.32 in cash, without any interest thereon (the “Cash Consideration”) and (B) 0.2309 (the “Stock Exchange Ratio”) of a share of Century Common Stock. No fractional shares of Century Common Stock will be issued in the Merger, and Company stockholders will receive cash in lieu of any fractional shares.

The Merger Agreement provides that, at the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (a “Company Option”) will be converted into an option (an “Adjusted Option”) to purchase shares of Century Common Stock on the same terms and conditions (including vesting terms, conditions and schedules), with the number of such shares of Century Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the total number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock underlying such Company Option, multiplied by (ii) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement and below), and with the exercise price of such Adjusted Option equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the exercise price per share applicable to such Company Option, by (ii) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio. Additionally, at the Effective Time, each restricted stock unit with respect to a share of the Company’s Class A common stock (a “Company Restricted Stock Unit”) will be converted into a restricted stock unit

with respect to a share of Century Common Stock on the same terms and conditions (including vesting terms, conditions and schedules), and relating to a number of shares of Century Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock subject to such Company Restricted Stock Unit, multiplied by (ii) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio, with any fractional shares rounded to the nearest whole number of shares of Century Common Stock. As defined in the Merger Agreement, the term “Equity Award Exchange Ratio” shall be equal to the sum of (i) the Stock Exchange Ratio and (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Cash Consideration by (y) the average closing sale price of a share of Century Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the five consecutive trading days ending on and including the second complete trading day immediately preceding the closing of the Merger, rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth.

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties made by each of the Company and Century, and also contains customary pre-closing covenants, including covenants, among others, (i) by the Company to operate its businesses in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and to refrain from taking certain actions without Century’s consent, (ii) by the Company not to solicit, initiate, or knowingly encourage or facilitate and, subject to certain exceptions, not to participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or otherwise knowingly cooperate with, assist, or participate in any effort by, any person (other than Century and Merger Sub) regarding any proposal of an alternative transaction, (iii) by the Company to call and hold a special stockholders meeting and, subject to certain exceptions, require the Board to recommend to the Company’s stockholders that they vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger and (iv) by each of Century, Merger Sub and the Company to use all reasonable efforts to obtain governmental, regulatory and third party approvals.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for each of the Company and Century, including in the event that (i) the parties mutually agree to termination, (ii) the Merger is not consummated on or before October 15, 2017 (the “Outside Date”), (iii) any law or order permanently prohibits consummation of the Merger, (iv) any condition to the obligation of either party to consummate the Merger becomes incapable of satisfaction before the Outside Date, (v) the requisite approval of the Company’s stockholders is not obtained, (vi) either party is in breach of its respective representations and warranties or covenants under the Merger Agreement such that a closing condition is not satisfied (subject to notice and cure and other customary exceptions), (vii) the Board changes its recommendation to the Company’s stockholders or (viii) the Company enters into an agreement providing for a superior alternative transaction.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions, including adoption of the Merger Agreement by our stockholders at a special meeting.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 11, 2017.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make forward-looking statements in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in other sections of this report that are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report are forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical facts. These statements may include words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “project,” “goal,” “intend” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements may include projections of our future financial or operating performance, our anticipated growth strategies, anticipated trends in our business and other future events or circumstances. These statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events and may prove to be inaccurate.

Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods which may prove to be incorrect or imprecise and may prove to be inaccurate. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events described in any forward-looking statements will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:


•	the possibility that the proposed merger transaction with Century will not close, including by the failure to obtain stockholder approvals or the failure to satisfy other closing conditions under the Merger Agreement or by the termination of the Merger Agreement;


•	failure to plan and manage the proposed merger effectively and efficiently;


•	the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the merger may not be realized or may take longer to realize than expected;


•	unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities that may arise from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, whether or not completed;


•	the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against us or Century regarding the merger;


•	economic changes, either nationally or in the markets in which we operate, including declines in employment, volatility of mortgage interest rates, declines in consumer sentiment and an increase in inflation;


•	downturns in the homebuilding industry, either nationally or in the markets in which we operate;


•	continued volatility and uncertainty in the credit markets and broader financial markets;


•	the operating performance of our business;


•	changes in our business and investment strategy;


•	availability of land to acquire and our ability to acquire land on favorable terms or at all;


•	availability, terms and deployment of capital;


•	disruptions in the availability of mortgage financing or increases in the number of foreclosures in our markets;


•	shortages of or increased prices for labor, land or raw materials used in housing construction;


•	delays or restrictions in land development or home construction, or reduced consumer demand resulting from adverse weather and geological conditions or other events outside our control;


•	the cost and availability of insurance and surety bonds;


•	changes in, or the failure or inability to comply with, governmental laws and regulations;


•	the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals and the opening of communities;


•	the degree and nature of our competition;


•	our leverage and debt service obligations;


•	our future operating expenses, which may increase disproportionately to our revenue;


•	our ability to achieve operational efficiencies with future revenue growth;


•	our relationship, and actual and potential conflicts of interest, with PICO, which owns a 56.7% economic interest in our primary operating subsidiary, UCP, LLC, as of March 31, 2017 and has commensurate voting power in UCP, Inc.; and


•	availability of, and our ability to retain, qualified personnel.

For a further discussion of these and other factors, see the “Risk Factors” disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on March 3, 2017 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A that was filed with the SEC on April 28, 2017. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking statements discussed in this report might not occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. While forward-looking statements reflect our good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes, except as required by law.

OVERVIEW

Recent Developments

On April 10, 2017, we entered into the Merger Agreement pursuant to which we have agreed to merge with Century. In the merger, each outstanding share of Class A common stock will be converted into the right to receive $5.32 in cash and 0.2309 of a newly issued share of Century Common Stock. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions, including the adoption of the Merger Agreement by our stockholders at a special meeting.

Select Operating Metrics

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the same period during 2016:

•Consolidated net income increased to $3.5 million as compared to $0.2 million;

•Basic earnings per share of Class A common stock (“EPS”) for the quarter was $0.14 as compared to $0.01;

•Net new home orders increased 20.0% to 270;

•Backlog value increased 29.6% to $176.6 million;

•Home deliveries increased 35.3% to 226;

•Average sales price (“ASP”) of a home closed increased 1.7% to $416,000 per home;

•Homebuilding revenue increased by $25.8 million, or 37.8%, to $94.0 million;

•Consolidated gross margin increased by 140 basis points to 18.3%;

•Homebuilding gross margin increased by 70 basis points to 18.3%;

•As a percentage of total revenue, sales and marketing expenses decreased to 5.4% from 6.0%; and

•As a percentage of total revenue, general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses decreased to 9.0% from 10.7%.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, our homebuilding revenues increased by $25.8 million, or 37.8%, to $94.0 million, as compared to $68.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The growth in homebuilding revenue was primarily due to the 35.3% increase in homes delivered and the 1.7% increase in ASP of homes delivered during the three months ended March 31, 2017. Homes delivered during the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased to 226 homes delivered as compared to 167 homes delivered during the three months ended March 31, 2016. The ASP of homes delivered increased to $416,000 as compared to $409,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

As a result of strong market demand, we have been able to reduce our use of sales incentives. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, sales incentives accounted for 2.2% of revenues down from 2.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The most significant decline in the use of sales incentives was in our North Carolina, Central Valley, the Pacific Northwest and Tennessee divisions partially offset by increases in our Southern California and South Carolina divisions. The Bay Area division remained relatively flat, with only a small decrease. Sales incentives are a reduction to revenue as we record sales incentives as a reduction in the sales price of a home.

Our land development segment revenues, given our opportunistic strategy towards this business segment, vary from quarter to quarter. Land development segment revenue increased to $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to no land development revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2016 as a result of a single lot sale and the recognition of deferred revenue associated with a previous land sale. We regularly analyze the highest and best use of each of our land holdings. Through the first quarter of 2017, we determined that there were no opportunities for additional land sales at margins that justified foregoing the margins available from building homes through our homebuilding operations, Benchmark Communities.

Consolidated net income was $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase of $3.2 million in net income was primarily due to an increase in home deliveries during

the three months ended March 31, 2017 that drove homebuilding revenue growth to $94.0 million from $68.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Furthermore, our consolidated net income during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was positively impacted by our ability to increase revenue while maintaining sales and marketing and general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, which improved by 13.3%, to 14.4% of total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2017 from 16.6% during the three months ended March 31, 2016. The combination of increased unit deliveries and revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2017 with a focus on managing our SG&A expenses reduced our operating expenses as a percentage of revenue.

We continue to focus our efforts on allocating capital in order to enhance our return metrics. Each new opportunity is evaluated on its ability to meet our risk-adjusted return thresholds. We require higher returns when we take additional risk by entitling and developing land, while we will accept slightly lower returns when we are purchasing finished lots on an option basis. Our focus is on return metrics including internal rate of return, return on assets, return on equity and return on invested capital. Once underway, our focus is on effectively managing our existing communities, inventory and absorption pace in order to seek improved gross margins. Our approach is proactive and focused on identifying operational efficiencies across all of our operations, including our corporate office.

Backlog consists of homes under contract that have not yet been delivered. Our backlog value as of March 31, 2017 was $176.6 million, representing approximately a $40.4 million increase, or 29.6%, as compared to our March 31, 2016 backlog of $136.2 million. The increase in backlog value was primarily due to strong new orders growth for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The number of homes in backlog increased by 99 homes to 406 homes in backlog, representing an increase of 32.2%, as of March 31, 2017 as compared to 307 homes in backlog as of March 31, 2016. The ASP of each home in backlog decreased by 2.0% to $435,000 as of March 31, 2017 from $444,000 as of March 31, 2016 as a result of product and geographic mix.

As of March 31, 2017, we had $34.3 million of cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash, on hand. We had outstanding debt of $161.6 million and equity of $228.5 million. As a result, our Debt-to-Capital and Net Debt-to-Capital was 41.4% and 38.4%, respectively. Our Net Debt-to-Capital is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources-Debt-to-Capital and Net Debt-to-Capital Ratios” below for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

We continue to focus on finding the proper balance between maintaining adequate land positions to provide for continued growth and prudently managing our balance sheet. As such, land investment opportunities that met our underwriting criteria were such that our total lots owned and controlled increased by 1,411 lots. As of March 31, 2017, we owned or controlled a total of 8,049 residential lots, representing a 9.2 year supply based on our delivery of 879 homes for the twelve months ended March 31, 2017.

As of March 31, 2017, we had 560 homes in inventory. Excluding model homes, we had 411 homes under construction and 83 completed homes as shown in the charts below:

Our Business Environment and Current Outlook

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the overall U.S. housing market continued to show signs of improvement, driven by factors such as continued supply and demand imbalance, low mortgage rates, employment growth and rising consumer confidence. Individual markets continue to experience varying results, as local home inventories, affordability and employment factors strongly influence local markets.

Homebuilding and land development are local businesses. As a result, we expect local market conditions will affect our community count, revenue and operating performance. Local market trends are the principal factors that impact our revenue and our revenue-related expenses. For example, when these trends are favorable, we expect our revenues from homebuilding and land development, as well as the expenses that vary with revenue, to generally increase; conversely, when these trends are negative, we expect our revenue and expenses that vary with revenue to generally decline, although in each case the impact may not be immediate or directly proportional. When trends are favorable, we expect to increase our community count by opening additional communities and expanding existing communities; conversely, when these trends are negative, we expect to reduce or maintain our community count or decrease the pace at which we open additional communities and expand existing communities.

Our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 reflect our continued focus on a number of initiatives, including growing our homebuilding operations and revenues (by seeking increased home sales at our existing communities), improving our gross margin percentage, improving our operating efficiency (by seeking to reduce non-revenue-related expenses as a percentage of revenue), and managing our balance sheet (by maintaining appropriate cash balances, real estate inventories and leverage).

We believe that our land position in markets where the approval process for land development and home construction is stringent and time consuming gives us a competitive advantage. We believe that by serving diverse market segments, including first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, mitigates the risk associated with any one market segment. We also believe that we operate in geographic markets that currently have strong housing fundamentals. These markets include the San Francisco Bay area, San Jose and the South Bay, Monterey, greater Los Angeles and the Central Valley areas of California, Seattle, Washington, Charlotte, North Carolina, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee.

During the remainder of 2017, we intend to seek revenue growth and increased productivity from our homebuilding operations in both our West and Southeast operating segments, with significant focus on our Southeast operating divisions as well as our Pacific Northwest division as we work to fully leverage our operating expense investment. We also intend to continue our strategy of selectively buying and selling land when we believe that it is opportunistic to do so. We also intend to seek additional regional and corporate-level operating efficiencies. Additionally, we intend to maintain appropriate cash balances and liquidity in order to meet our obligations and provide growth capital for our operations.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Data - For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016



	Three months ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2017			2016			Change
Revenue:
Homebuilding	$	94,002		$	68,225		$	25,777
Land development	496			—			496
Total revenue	94,498			68,225			26,273
Cost of sales:
Homebuilding	76,653			56,206			20,447
Land development	475			461			14
Impairment on real estate	102			—			102
Gross margin	17,268			11,558			5,710
Expenses:
Sales and marketing	5,149			4,076			1,073
General and administrative	8,502			7,275			1,227
Total expenses	13,651			11,351			2,300
Income from operations	3,617			207			3,410
Other income	460			28			432
Net income before tax	$	4,077		$	235		$	3,842
Provision for income taxes	(621		)	(5		)	(616		)
Net income	$	3,456		$	230		$	3,226

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to results reported in accordance with GAAP, we have provided information in this quarterly report derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements not prepared in accordance with GAAP. These are considered non-GAAP financial measures and should be construed as supplemental information along with our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Specifically, we refer to the following non-GAAP financial measures in various sections of this report:

•Adjusted gross margin; and

•Net debt-to-capital ratio

Our reasons for the use of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are included below in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Select Operating Metrics - For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

Net New Home Orders and Cancellation Rate

⁽¹⁾ “Net new home orders” refers to new home sales contracts reduced by the number of sales contracts canceled during the relevant period.

⁽²⁾ “Cancellation rate” refers to sales contracts canceled divided by sales contracts executed during the relevant period.

Net new home orders during the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by 45 homes, or 20.0%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. In our West operating segment, net new home orders increased 25.0% during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016, primarily in our Bay Area division. The growth in our Bay Area division was a result of strong demand coupled with an increase in active selling communities in our Bay Area division to nine from seven active selling communities during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016. Net new home orders in our West operating segment also increased in our Southern California division during the three months ended March 31, 2017 with the number of active selling communities remaining constant. Our West operating segment continues to experience strong demand that is exceeding building capacity in many communities. As a result, we continue to limit sales to approximately a six-month supply of backlog.

Our Southeast operating segment experienced an increase of 2.0% during the three months ended March 31, 2017 in net new home orders primarily in our North Carolina and South Carolina divisions, slightly offset with a decrease in net new home orders in our Tennessee division as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. Currently, we have no active communities open for sale in Tennessee; we are actively developing land so that we can open new communities for sale late in 2017 and in 2018. We intend to seek additional land purchases in our Southeast operating segment in 2017 to provide adequate land to increase new order activity.

Active Selling Communities and Absorption

⁽¹⁾ “Average Active Selling Communities” refers to the average number of open selling communities at the end of each month during the period.

⁽²⁾“Active Selling Communities” consists of those communities where we have more than 15 or more homes remaining to deliver.

⁽³⁾ “Absorption per Community” refers to the number of net new home orders sold per month in each active selling community for the period.

The number of average active selling communities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 decreased by one, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we closed-out two communities, one in each of our South Carolina and Tennessee divisions. There were no new community openings during the three months ended March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, we had 18 average active selling communities located in our West operating segment and nine in our Southeast operating segment. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we had 19 average active selling communities located in our West operating segment and nine in our Southeast operating segment.

Absorption per community per month during the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by 0.6 homes per community per month as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. This was primarily due to growth in absorption to 4.1 homes per community per month in our West operating segment and 1.9 homes per community per month in our Southeast operating segment during the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to 3.1 homes per community per month in our West operating segment and 1.8 homes per community per month in our Southeast operating segment during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Backlog - As of March 31, 2017

Our backlog value as of March 31, 2017 represented an increase of approximately $40.4 million, or 29.6%, as compared to our backlog value as of March 31, 2016. The increase as of March 31, 2017 was due to an increase of 99 unit homes in backlog, partially offset by a decrease of $9,000 in the ASP of homes in backlog as of March 31, 2017 as compared to March 31, 2016. The increase in the number of homes in backlog was a result of an increase of 70 homes in backlog in our West operating segment and an increase of 29 homes in backlog in our Southeast operating segment as of March 31, 2017 as compared to March 31, 2016.

The mix of homes in backlog between our two operating segments changed as of March 31, 2017 as compared to March 31, 2016 (as shown in the charts below):

Percentage of Homes in Backlog by Segment

⁽¹⁾

“Backlog” refers to homes under sales contracts that have not yet closed at the end of the relevant period. Sales contracts relating to homes in backlog may be canceled by the purchaser for a number of reasons, such as the prospective purchaser's inability to obtain mortgage financing. Upon a cancellation, the escrow deposit is returned to the prospective purchaser (other than with respect to certain design-related deposits, which we retain). Accordingly, backlog may not be indicative of our future revenue.

Owned and Controlled Lots - As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016

We owned or controlled, pursuant to purchase or option contracts, the number of lots set forth in the graphs below:

As of March 31, 2017, our total lots owned and controlled increased by 1,411 lots since December 31, 2016. Total owned increased by 275 lots and total controlled increased by 1,136 lots. On a segment basis, our West operating segment increased the total owned and controlled lots by 95 lots and our Southeast operating segments increased the total owned and controlled lots by 1,316 lots.

Of the 8,049 owned and controlled lots as of March 31, 2017, 1,040 lots were finished, 766 lots were under development, 3,098 lots were approved with primary entitlements and 3,073 lots were unentitled, of which 2,948 of the unentitled lots are under our control while we process entitlements, and 72 lots under contract for sale. This increase in the number of controlled lots reflects our strategy of seeking to increase deliveries in our three Southeast divisions and the Pacific Northwest division in order to more fully leverage our operating expense investment. The increase in owned lots during three months ended March 31, 2017 reflects our focus on managing our existing inventory across our geographies with a focus on improving our return metrics. On a segmented basis, our West operating segment decreased the number of owned lots by 153 and our Southeast operating segment increased the number of owned lots by 428. Our West operating segment increased the number of controlled lots by 248 and our Southeast operating segments increased the number of controlled lots by 888.

As of December 31, 2016, our total lots owned and controlled was 6,638 lots, of which 4,031 were owned and 2,607 were controlled. On a segment basis, our West operating segment consisted of 4,075 lots and our Southeast operating segment consisted of 2,563 lots.

Of the 6,638 owned and controlled lots as of December 31, 2016, 1,048 lots were finished, 1,083 lots were under development, 3,747 lots were approved with primary entitlements and 760 lots were unentitled, of which 635 of the unentitled lots are under our control while we process entitlements. Our number of controlled lots reflects our strategy of seeking to increase deliveries in our three Southeast divisions and the Pacific Northwest division in order to more fully leverage our operating expense investment. The number of owned lots as of December 31, 2016 reflects our focus on managing our existing inventory across our geographies with a focus on improving our return metrics. On a segmented basis, our West operating segment had 3,205 owned lots and 870 controlled lots. Our Southeast operating segment had 826 owned lots and 1,737 controlled lots.


⁽¹⁾	Controlled lots are those subject to a purchase or option contract.

Revenue

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, total revenue increased by $26.3 million, or 38.5%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in total revenue was the result of an increase of 59 homes in home deliveries, an increase of $1.7 million in the ASP of homes delivered during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and an increase in land development revenue of $0.5 million, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Homebuilding revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by $25.8 million, or 37.8%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase was primarily the result of a 35.3% increase in home deliveries and a 1.7% increase in the ASP of homes delivered to $416,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. Of this revenue increase, $1.7 million was related to an increase in ASP and $24.1 million was related to the increase in homes delivered. The increase in ASP during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily the result of an increase in the number of homes delivered in our West operating segment, which accounted for 71.2% of deliveries, or a 40.0% increase, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Land development revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by $0.5 million, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, land development revenue consisted of the sale of one lot in our Red Hawk community and the recognition of deferred revenue in our Meadowood community, both located in Fresno County in California.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales in our homebuilding segment for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by $20.4 million, or 36.4%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. Of this increase, $19.9 million was due to the increase in the number of homes delivered, and $0.7 million was due to the increase in the ASP and therefore cost per home sold during the three months ended March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, cost of sales in our land development segment increased by $14,000, or 3.0%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of lots sold and an increase in the average cost per lot sold during the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. Abandonment charges during the three months ended March 31, 2017 were $0.1 million.

We continuously evaluate our real estate inventories for impairment when conditions exist suggesting that the carrying amount of real estate inventories is not fully recoverable and may exceed its fair value.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have provided information in this report relating to “adjusted gross margin” which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is gross margin. We calculate adjusted gross margin from GAAP gross margin by adding back capitalized interest, and impairment and abandonment charges. We use adjusted gross margin information as a supplemental measure when evaluating our operating performance. We believe this information is meaningful, because it isolates the impact that leverage and non-cash impairment and abandonment charges have on gross margin. However, because adjusted gross margin information excludes interest expense, and impairment and abandonment charges, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results, the utility of adjusted gross margin information as a measure of our operating performance is limited.

Other companies may not calculate adjusted gross margin information in the same manner that we do. Accordingly, adjusted gross margin information should be considered only as a supplement to gross margin information as a measure of our performance.

Gross Margin (“GM”) and Adjusted Gross Margin (“Adjusted GM”)

Homebuilding gross margin percentage during the three months ended March 31, 2017, increased 0.7%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in homebuilding gross margin during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily due to: (1) our ability to move sales prices higher coupled with our ability to contain the impact of increasing labor and material costs, and (2) the continued shift to more profitable pre-sales homes while reducing the number of sales of unsold homes. Homebuilding adjusted gross margin percentage during the three months ended March 31, 2017, increased 1.1%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in homebuilding adjusted gross margin during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily due to lower financing costs.

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, our homebuilding gross margin was 17.6% primarily due to an increase in the average gross margin in our East Garrison master planned community. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, ASP in our West and Southeast operating segments of $494,000 and $221,000, respectively. Homebuilding adjusted gross margin percentage during the three months ended March 31, 2016 was 19.9%.

Land Development Gross Margin

Land development gross margin percentage during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was 4.2%. Land development adjusted gross margin during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was 27.0%. Land development gross margin and adjusted gross margin during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily due to an increase in land development revenue and an increase in the number of lots sold, partially offset by a decision to abandon a number of land acquisition opportunities resulting in $0.1 million in abandonment charges.

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we did not sell any land, but recognized $0.4 million in abandonment charges, included as part of cost of sales - land development, in our West and Southeast operating segments.

The following table provides a reconciliation of adjusted gross margin information to gross margin information the most comparable GAAP financial measure:



	Three months ended March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2017			%		2016			%

Consolidated Gross Margin & Adjusted Gross Margin
Revenue	$	94,498		100.0	%	$	68,225		100.0	%
Cost of sales	77,230			81.7	%	56,667			83.1	%
Gross margin	17,268			18.3	%	11,558			16.9	%
Add: interest in cost of sales	2,361			2.5	%	1,539			2.3	%
Add: impairment and abandonment charges	204			0.2	%	419			0.6	%
Adjusted gross margin⁽¹⁾	$	19,833		21.0	%	$	13,516		19.8	%
Consolidated gross margin percentage	18.3		%			16.9		%
Consolidated adjusted gross margin percentage⁽¹⁾	21.0		%			19.8		%

Homebuilding Gross Margin & Adjusted Gross Margin
Homebuilding revenue	$	94,002		100.0	%	$	68,225		100.0	%
Cost of home sales	76,755			81.7	%	56,206			82.4	%
Homebuilding gross margin	17,247			18.3	%	12,019			17.6	%
Add: interest in cost of home sales	2,350			2.5	%	1,539			2.3	%
Add: impairment and abandonment charges	102			0.1	%	—			—	%
Adjusted homebuilding gross margin⁽¹⁾	$	19,699		21.0	%	$	13,558		19.9	%
Homebuilding gross margin percentage	18.3		%			17.6		%
Adjusted homebuilding gross margin percentage⁽¹⁾	21.0		%			19.9		%

Land Development Gross Margin & Adjusted Gross Margin
Land development revenue	$	496		100.0	%	$	—		—	%
Cost of land development sales	475			95.8	%	461			—	%
Land development gross margin	21			4.2	%	(461		)	—	%
Add: interest in cost of land development	11			2.2	%	—			—	%
Add: impairment and abandonment charges	102			20.6	%	419			—	%
Adjusted land development gross margin⁽¹⁾	$	134		27.0	%	$	(42	)	—	%
Land development gross margin percentage	4.2		%			—		%
Adjusted land development gross margin percentage⁽¹⁾	27.0		%			—		%


*	Percentages may not add due to rounding.


⁽¹⁾	Adjusted gross margin, adjusted homebuilding gross margin and adjusted land development gross margin are non-GAAP financial measures.

Sales and Marketing, and General and Administrative Expenses

Our operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:




As a percentage of total revenue
	Three months ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Sales and marketing	5.4	%	6.0	%
G&A	9.0	%	10.7	%
Total SG&A	14.4	%	16.6	%

* Percentages may not add due to rounding.

Sales and marketing expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased approximately $1.1 million, or 26.3%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in sales and marketing expense was primarily attributable to the 35.3% increase in the number of homes delivered and the associated commission and closing cost expenses on these deliveries, most notably in our West operating segment. As a percentage of total revenue, sales and marketing expenses decreased primarily due to the 38.5% increase in total revenue, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016.

G&A expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by approximately $1.2 million, or 16.9%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The primary reason for the increase in G&A expense during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was an increase in bonus expense as a result of the Company’s increased earnings during the quarter coupled with an increase in stock-based compensation and legal fees associated with the merger agreement with Century Communities as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we recorded $0.9 million in severance related expenses incurred and an $8,000 reduction in contingent consideration. Contingent consideration is associated with the Citizens Acquisition. As a percentage of revenue, G&A expenses decreased to 9.0% primarily due to the revenue growth and our continued focus to manage G&A expenses tightly.

Other Income

Other income during the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased by approximately $0.4 million, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016, primarily due to the extinguishment of debt.

Provision for Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, a provision for income taxes of $621,000 was recorded as compared to $5,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The difference in the amount of taxes recorded period over period is driven primarily as a result of the full valuation allowance we maintained on our deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016 we concluded that it was more likely than not that we would realize the benefit of our deferred tax assets and, as such, the valuation allowance was reversed. See Note 12, “Income Taxes” and Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies--Income Taxes” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for a further discussion of income taxes.

Net Income and Earnings per Share of Class A Common Stock

Our net income and earnings per share of Class A common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

As a result of the foregoing factors, our net income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased $3.2 million, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The net income attributable to UCP, Inc. for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $1.1 million, as compared to net income of $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Net income attributable to UCP, Inc. for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $1.1 million, as compared to net income of $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

EPS of UCP, Inc. Class A common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $0.14 per basic and diluted share, as compared to $0.01 per basic share and diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

REPORTING SEGMENTS

The Company periodically evaluates its homebuilding and land development operations in an effort to allocate resources properly. Based on this evaluation, the Company has classified its operating activities into two operating segments, West and Southeast, and two reportable segments, Homebuilding and Land development. See Note 10, “Segment Information” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. The following table presents financial information related to our homebuilding and land development reporting segments for the periods indicated:



	Three months ended March 31,
	2017						2016
(Dollars in thousands)	Revenues		Gross Margin		GM %		Revenues		Gross Margin			GM %
Homebuilding
West	$	76,969	$	14,689	19.1	%	$	56,758	$	10,313		18.2	%
Southeast	17,033		2,558		15.0	%	11,467		1,706			14.9	%
Total homebuilding	94,002		17,247		18.3	%	68,225		12,019			17.6	%
Land development
West	496		21		4.2	%	—		(122		)	—	%
Southeast	—		—		—	%	—		(339		)	—	%
Total land development	496		21		4.2	%	—		(461		)	—	%
Total	$	94,498	$	17,268	18.3	%	$	68,225	$	11,558		16.9	%

As previously discussed, the higher gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, was the result of the Company’s ability to raise sales prices in excess of cost increases.

Homebuilding Operations

The following charts and tables present information concerning homes delivered, ASP and revenue for our homebuilding operations by our West and Southeast operating segments for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:

The decrease in the ASP of a home delivered in our West operating segment during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was largely a result of product mix with an increase in deliveries in entry level and first-time home buyer markets in the San Francisco Bay area division.



Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Segment	Homebuilding Revenue (in thousands)		% of Total Homebuilding Revenue		Homes Delivered	% of Total Homes Delivered		ASP (in thousands)
West	$	76,969	81.9	%	161	71.2	%	$	478
Southeast	17,033		18.1	%	65	28.8	%	262
Total	$	94,002	100.0	%	226	100.0	%	$	416



Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Segment	Homebuilding Revenue (in thousands)		% of Total Homebuilding Revenue		Homes Delivered	% of Total Homes Delivered		ASP (in thousands)
West	$	56,758	83.2	%	115	68.9	%	$	494
Southeast	11,467		16.8	%	52	31.1	%	221
Total	$	68,225	100.0	%	167	100.0	%	$	409

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, our West operating segment accounted for a majority of the percentage of homes closed. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the percentage of homes closed in our West and Southeast operating segments reflect continued strong demand into 2017.

Land Development Operations

The following chart and table presents information concerning revenues and lots sold for our land development operations by our West and Southeast operating segments:



	Three months ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Segment	Land Development Revenue (in thousands)		Lots Sold	Land Development Revenue (in thousands)		Lots Sold
West	$	496	1	$	—	—
Southeast	—		—	—		—
Total	$	496	1	$	—	—

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, our West operating segment accounted for a majority of the lots sold.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our principal uses of capital for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 are funding our operating expenses, investing activities (principally acquiring and developing land, and building homes) and repaying liabilities. Our principal sources of liquidity are cash on hand, cash provided by operations and cash provided by financing activities (such as acquisition, development and construction financing). As of March 31, 2017, we had approximately $35.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, which includes $1.5 million of restricted cash. We also had available borrowing capacity on our acquisition, development and construction financing of $81.4 million, of which $6.1 million was immediately available and the remaining balance is available to fund project specific development activities as those progress during 2017.

Our 2017 Senior Notes with $75 million in principal outstanding mature in October of 2017, and an additional $30.1 million in acquisition, development and construction (“ADC”) loans are also set to mature in the ordinary course of business. With respect to the $30.1 million in ADC loans maturing in 2017, these loans are project specific loans and are scheduled to mature in the ordinary course of closing out of the sales phase for each of these projects and we anticipate the sales proceeds from the designated home closings will provide a more than adequate source of cash for the repayment of these loans. For the 2017 Senior Notes, we have various alternatives to meet this obligation when it comes due in October 2017. We believe that we currently have sufficient capital resources to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months including the repayment of this debt obligation when it matures. The sources include available cash, available borrowing capacity and cash being generated from our backlog of home sales. As part of this consideration, we generally have the ability to defer future investment activity, such as acquiring and developing land, or building additional homes for sale where borrowing capacity is currently not available.

We also believe that we have access to new sources of capital, as needed, to fund further investment in our business for land acquisitions and new development activities. As of March 31, 2017, our Debt to Total Capital and Net Debt to Total Capital, was 41.4% and 38.4%, respectively, providing us with significant financial flexibility.

Long-term Funding Strategy

Our funding strategy contemplates the use of debt and the reinvestment of cash from operations. We generally attempt to match the duration of our real estate assets with the duration of the capital that finances each real estate asset. We generally look to finance our homes under construction, which have a short duration, with a combination of long-term capital (equity and long-term debt) and short-term bank financing. We generally look to finance our finished lots that will be put in production within one year, and therefore have a short duration, with a combination of long-term capital (equity and long-term debt) and short-term bank financing. We generally look to finance our assets with a long duration, such as land held for future development or finished lots that will not be put into production for more than one year, with long-term capital (equity and long-term debt).

Senior Notes

The 2017 Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2014 (the “Indenture”) and are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of our subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Senior Notes and the guarantees are the Company’s, and the Subsidiary Guarantors’, senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of our and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ existing and future senior unsecured debt and senior in right of payment to all of our and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ future subordinated debt. The 2017 Notes and the guarantees are effectively subordinated to any of our and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt.

We may redeem the 2017 Notes, in whole but not in part, at any time at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus a “make-whole” premium. The make-whole premium is approximately $531,000 per month for each month that we pre-pay the 2017 Notes in advance. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, we must offer to repurchase the 2017 Notes for cash at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the 2017 Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date. Under the Indenture, a “change of control” generally means (i) any person or group of related persons acquires more than 35% of our voting stock or (ii) we transfer all or substantially all of our consolidated assets to any person or group of related persons, in each case other than PICO and its affiliates.

The Indenture provides for customary “events of default” which could cause, or permit, the acceleration of the 2017 Notes. Such events of default include: (i) a default in any payment of principal or interest on the 2017 Notes; (ii) failure to comply with certain covenants contained in the Indenture; (iii) defaults under certain other indebtedness or the acceleration of certain other indebtedness prior to maturity; (iv) the failure to pay certain final judgments; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency.

The Indenture limits our and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur or guarantee additional unsecured and secured indebtedness (provided that we may incur indebtedness so long as our ratio of indebtedness to consolidated tangible assets (on a pro forma basis) would be equal to or less than 45% and provided that the aggregate amount of secured debt may not exceed the greater of $75 million or 30% of our consolidated tangible assets); pay dividends and make certain investments and other restricted payments, including purchase of our stock; acquire unimproved real property in excess of $75 million per fiscal year or in excess of $150 million over the term of the 2017 Notes, except to the extent funded with subordinated obligations or the proceeds of equity issuances; create or incur certain liens; transfer or sell certain assets; and merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer or sell all or substantially all of our consolidated assets.

Additionally, the Indenture requires us to: (i) maintain at least $50 million of consolidated tangible assets not subject to liens securing indebtedness (the “Minimum Unlevered Asset Pool Test”); (ii) maintain a minimum net worth of at least $175 million (the “Minimum Net Worth Test”); (iii) maintain a minimum of $15 million of unrestricted cash and/or cash equivalents (the “Minimum Liquidity Test”); and (iv) not permit decreases in the amount of consolidated tangible assets by more than $25 million in any fiscal year or more than $50 million at any time after the issuance of the 2017 Notes (the “Consolidated Tangible Assets Test”).

The foregoing is only a brief description of the 2017 Notes and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture.

As set forth below, as of March 31, 2017, we were in compliance with each of the Minimum Unlevered Asset Pool Test, the Minimum Net Worth Test, the Minimum Liquidity Test and the Consolidated Tangible Assets Test. Capitalized terms used in the following table shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.



(In thousands, except percentages)	As of March 31, 2017			Requirement
Minimum Unlevered Asset Pool Test
Consolidated tangible assets	$	423,649
Consolidated tangible assets subject to liens ⁽¹⁾	218,585
Consolidated tangible assets not subject to liens ⁽¹⁾	$	205,064		≥ $ 50,000

Minimum Net Worth Test
Consolidated tangible assets	$	423,649
Total indebtedness	161,551
Net worth	$	262,098		≥ $ 175,000

Minimum Liquidity Test
Cash and cash equivalents	$	35,817
Restricted cash ⁽²⁾	1,547
Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents⁽²⁾	$	34,270		≥ $ 15,000

Consolidated Tangible Assets Test				Requirement
Consolidated tangible assets as of March 31, 2017	$	423,649
Consolidated tangible assets as of January 1, 2017	414,138
Increase in consolidated tangible assets during 2017 ⁽³⁾	$	9,511		Δ ≥ ( $25,000)

Consolidated tangible assets as of March 31, 2017	$	423,649
Consolidated tangible assets as of October 21, 2014	293,784
Increase in consolidated tangible assets since October 21, 2014 ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	$	129,865		Δ ≥ ($50,000)

Funded Debt to Tangible Assets Ratio Test
Funded debt as of March 31, 2017	$	161,551
Consolidated tangible assets as of March 31, 2017	423,649
Funded debt to tangible assets ratio	38		%	≤ 45%


(1)	“Liens,” as used in this table, means Liens other than Liens of the type described in clauses (b), (c), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (t), (v), (w), (x) and (y) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” under the Indenture. In general, this excludes certain Liens securing obligations that are not indebtedness for money borrowed.


(2)	Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents excludes restricted cash and other restricted cash balance requirements. Restricted cash excludes the $15 million requirement under the Indenture for purposes of the tests shown above.


(3)	We may not permit our Consolidated Tangible Assets to decrease by more than $25 million in any fiscal year or more than $50 million in the aggregate at any time after October 21, 2014 (i.e. the date of issue of the 2017 Notes).


(4)	Based on Consolidated Tangible Assets as of September 30, 2014, the end of the quarter immediately preceding the issue of the 2017 Notes.

In addition, (i) as of March 31, 2017 no Default or Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) had occurred under the Indenture; (ii) all Asset Dispositions (as defined in the Indenture) made under the “Asset Disposition” covenant contained in the Indenture (Section 3.10) during the three months ended March 31, 2017 were made in compliance with such covenant; and (iii) any Restricted Payments (as defined in the Indenture) made during the three months ended March 31, 2017 complied in all respects with the requirements of the “Restricted Payments” covenant contained in the Indenture (Section 3.19).

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

In addition to the results reported in accordance with GAAP, we have provided information in this report relating to “net debt-to-capital ratio” which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is the ratio of debt-to-capital. We believe that our leverage ratios provide useful information to the users of our financial statements regarding our financial position and cash and debt management.

The ratio of net debt-to-capital is computed as the quotient obtained by dividing net debt (which is debt less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents) by the sum of net debt plus stockholders’ and member's equity. We believe the ratio of net debt-to-capital is a relevant financial measure for investors to understand the leverage employed in our operations and as an indicator of our ability to obtain financing. We reconcile this non-GAAP financial measure to the ratio of debt-to-capital in the table above.

In addition, other companies may not calculate net debt-to-capital ratios in the same manner that we do. Accordingly, the net debt-to-capital ratio should be considered only as a supplement to the ratio of debt-to-capital information as a measure of our financial leverage.

Debt-to-Capital and Net Debt-to-Capital Ratios

The following table provides a reconciliation of our net debt-to-capital ratio to the most comparable GAAP financial measure:



(Dollars in thousands)	As of March 31, 2017			As of December 31, 2016
Debt	$	161,551		$	160,994
Equity	228,510			226,886
Total capital	$	390,061		$	387,880
Ratio of debt-to-capital	41.4		%	41.5		%
Debt	$	161,551		$	160,994

Net cash and cash equivalents	$	35,817		$	42,478
Less: restricted cash and minimum liquidity requirement	16,552			16,547
Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents	$	19,265		$	25,931

Net debt	$	142,286		$	135,063
Equity	228,510			226,886
Total adjusted capital	$	370,796		$	361,949
Ratio of net debt-to-capital⁽¹⁾	38.4		%	37.3		%


⁽¹⁾	The ratio of net debt-to-capital is a non-GAAP financial measure.

Cash Flows - Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

Our comparison of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016, is as follow (in thousands):

Cash flows used in operating activities decreased by $8.5 million as compared to 2016 primarily due to the following:


•	We generated $4.2 million of net income before non-cash expenses of stock-based compensation, impairment and abandonment charges on real estate inventories, as well as, depreciation and amortization as compared to net income before non-cash expenses of $1.0 million for the same period during 2016.

•

We used $15.3 million to finance an increase in real estate inventories, an increase of $4.5 million as compared to the same period during 2016. The increase in inventories during the March 31, 2017 period was primarily attributable to a $16.5 million increase in the amount of homes completed or under construction and $11.4 million increase in the amount of land held and land under development, partially offset by a $13.3 million decrease in finished lots. As of March 31, 2017, we had 560 homes in inventory as compared to 452 homes in inventory as of March 31, 2016.


•	We generated $1.2 million in other assets and receivables during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $1.0 million we used to finance growth in other assets and receivables during the same period in 2016.

Cash flows used in investing activities increased $0.1 million as compared to 2016 primarily due to the following:


•	We increased our purchases of fixed assets by $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016.

Cash flows used in financing activities increased $5.0 million as compared to 2016 primarily due to the following:


•	We decreased our net borrowings by $2.0 million as compared to the same period in 2016. The net borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2017 were proceeds from acquisition, development and construction loans which totaled $39.8 million while repayments on these loans totaled $39.4 million.


•	We incurred $0.9 million in debt issuance costs for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $12,000 for the same period during 2016.


•	We paid $1.9 million in a cash tax distribution to our noncontrolling interest (i.e. PICO) during the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the same period in 2016, we paid no cash tax distribution to our noncontrolling interest.

As of March 31, 2017, our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balance was $35.8 million.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

Our off-balance sheet arrangements and contractual obligations have been disclosed in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as noted below:

Land Purchase and Land Option Contracts

For information regarding our land purchase and land option contracts, see Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies--Purchase Commitments” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Loan Commitments

For information regarding our debt, see Note 7, “Notes Payable and Senior Notes, net” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Surety Bonds

For information regarding our surety bonds, see Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies--Surety Bonds” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

INFLATION AND SEASONALITY

Inflation

Our business can be adversely impacted by inflation, primarily from higher land, financing, labor, material and construction costs. In addition, inflation can lead to higher mortgage rates, which can significantly affect the affordability of mortgage financing to home buyers. While we attempt to pass on cost increases to customers through increased prices, when weak housing market conditions exist, we are often unable to offset cost increases with higher selling prices. Additionally, rising mortgage rates may result in a decrease in the number of homes we sell and a reduction in selling prices.

Seasonality

Historically, the homebuilding industry experiences seasonal fluctuations in quarterly operating results and capital requirements. We typically experience the highest new home order activity in spring and summer, although this activity is also highly dependent on the number of active selling communities, the timing of new community openings and other market factors. Since it typically takes four to six months to construct a new home, we generally deliver more homes in the second half of the year as spring and summer home orders convert to home deliveries. Because of this seasonality, home starts, construction costs and related cash outflows have historically been highest in the second and third quarters, and the majority of cash receipts from home deliveries occur during the second half of the year. We expect this seasonal pattern to continue over the long-term, although it may be affected by volatility in the homebuilding industry.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report regarding the impact of certain recent accounting pronouncements on our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. Our primary market risk related to fluctuations in interest rates on our variable interest rate debt, which consists of our secured acquisition, construction and development loans. As of March 31, 2017, we had approximately $83.2 million of variable interest rate debt outstanding (or 51.3% of total indebtedness) with a weighted average interest rate of 4.64% per annum. If interest rates on our variable interest rate debt increase or decrease by 0.1 percent, our interest expense will increase or decrease by approximately $83,000. We did not hedge our exposure to changes in interest rates with swaps, forward or option contracts on interest rates, or other types of derivative financial instruments during the three months ended March 31, 2017. However, we may choose to hedge our exposure to changes in interest rates with these or other types of instruments in the future if, for example, we incur significant amounts of additional variable rate debt. We have not entered into and currently do not hold derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.

Based on the current amount and terms of our variable interest rate debt, we do not believe that the future changes in interest rates will have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

With the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, our management evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)- 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of March 31, 2017. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2017.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2017, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are not currently a party to any material litigation; however, the nature of our business exposes us to the risk of claims and litigation in the normal course of business. Other than routine litigation arising in the normal course of business, we are not presently subject to any material litigation, nor, to our knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against us. Although we are not currently involved in any material litigation, legal proceedings, regardless of outcome, can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors. See Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes in our assessment of our risk factors from those set forth in our Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table summarizes repurchases of our Class A common stock made during the three months ended March 31, 2017:



Period	Total number of shares of Class A common stock purchased ^(a)	Average price paid per share of Class A common stock ^(a)		Total number of shares of Class A common stock purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs ^(b)	Maximum dollar value of shares of Class A common stock that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs ^(c)
January 1 to January 31, 2017	—	$	—	—	$	3,750,011
February 1 to February 28, 2017	—	$	—	—	$	3,750,011
March 1 to March 31, 2017	—	$	—	—	$	3,750,011
Total	—	$	—	—	$	3,750,011

^(a)Average price paid per share of Class A common stock repurchased, inclusive of commissions.


^(b)	These amounts represent shares repurchased by the Company under its Stock Repurchase Program. For additional information regarding stock repurchases, see Note 9, “Equity--Stock Repurchase Program,” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.


^(c)	Under the Stock Repurchase Program, which was established on June 6, 2016, management is authorized to purchase up to $5.0 million of Class A common stock through June 1, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, there were no shares of Class A common stock repurchased.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS



Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 10, 2017, among Century Communities, Inc., Casa Acquisition Corp., and UCP, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed April 11, 2017))
3.1		Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, of UCP, Inc., effective April 10, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed April 11, 2017))
10.1*		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017, between UCP, Inc. and Dustin L. Bogue (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed February 3, 2017))
10.2*		Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017, between UCP, Inc. and James M. Pirrello (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed February 3, 2017))
10.3		Agreement, made and entered into as of March 29, 2017, by and between PICO Holdings, Inc. and UCP, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed March 30, 2017))
10.4		Voting Support and Transfer Restriction Agreement, dated April 10, 2017, by and among Century Communities, Inc., PICO Holdings, Inc., UCP, Inc. and UCP, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed April 11, 2017))
10.5		Agreement to Exchange, entered into as of April 10, 2017, by and among UCP, Inc., UCP, LLC and PICO Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed April 11, 2017))
10.6*		Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated April 10, 2017, by and between Dustin L. Bogue and UCP, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed April 11, 2017))
31.1		Certification of Dustin L. Bogue, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2		Certification of James M. Pirrello, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1		Certification of Dustin L. Bogue, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2		Certification of James M. Pirrello, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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 thereunto duly authorized.



		UCP, Inc.


Date:	May 5, 2017	By:	/s/	James M. Pirrello

		James M. Pirrello
		Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer
		(Principal Financial Officer and Authorized Signatory)

UCP, Inc. - FORM 10-Q - May 4, 2017

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