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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;7, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CalAtlantic Group, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>33-0475989</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>15360 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, California 92618 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE RYLAND GROUP, INC. EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John P. Babel, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>15360 Barranca Parkway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Irvine, California 92618 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(949)&nbsp;789-1600 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffrey E. Beck </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Snell&nbsp;&amp; Wilmer L.L.P. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Arizona Center </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>400
East Van Buren </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Phoenix, Arizona 85004 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(602) 382-6000 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and
&#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered(1)(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per
Share</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum<BR>Aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering Price(1)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CalAtlantic Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Compensation Plan obligations (2)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">100%</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">N/A</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$15,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1510.50</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The deferred compensation plan obligations are unsecured obligations of CalAtlantic Group, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the plan for a select group of directors and eligible
management and highly compensated employees. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PART I </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 1. Plan Information.* </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 2. Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">* The documents containing the information specified in Parts&nbsp;I and II of this
Form S-8 will be delivered to each employee who is eligible to participate in The Ryland Group, Inc. Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan II in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. These documents are not being
filed with the SEC either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">PART II </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this Post-Effective Amendment and are deemed to
be a part hereof from the date of filing: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on June&nbsp;3, 2015,&nbsp;June&nbsp;15, 2015,&nbsp;July&nbsp;2, 2015,&nbsp;September&nbsp;8, 2015,&nbsp;October&nbsp;1, 2015 and October&nbsp;5, 2015 (in each
case, other than information that is furnished but that is deemed not to have been filed). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The securities being registered represent obligations (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) of the Registrant to pay to the participants in The Ryland
Group, Inc. Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan II (the &#147;Plan&#148;), deferred compensation upon the first (or later) to occur of, their retirement or termination of service, a fixed date specified by the participant, disability,
and/or a &#147;change in control.&#148; Pursuant to the Plan, an employee participant may defer annual cash compensation related to services performed during any calendar year, while director participants may defer their annual retainer fees and/or
stock awards, along with any increases or decreases in value credited to or against such deferred amounts.&nbsp;The Obligations are payable in cash and shares of common stock of the Registrant in a single sum distribution or in installments, in
accordance with the Plan and the participants deferral election.&nbsp;There is no trading market for the Obligations.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plan allows
eligible employee participants to defer receipt of a portion of their annual base salary and annual bonus. Employee participants are eligible to receive matching contributions from the Registrant in an amount equal to 50 cents for each dollar
contributed by a participant up to 6% of a participant&#146;s annual base salary and annual bonus. These contributions are in excess of the limitations on contributions that apply to the Registrant&#146;s
</P>
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401(k) qualified plan.&nbsp;Matching contributions vest upon the earlier of one-third at the end of each of the employee&#146;s first three years of service, or the death, disability, retirement
from service on or after age 65, or a &#147;change in control&#148; of the Registrant and are only made by the Registrant to employee participants that have made the maximum amount of salary deferrals under the Registrant&#146;s 401(k) qualified
plan.&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant&#146;s non-employee directors may elect to defer a portion of their annual retainer fee and common stock grants into the Plan.&nbsp;Shares of common stock deferred into the Plan are payable solely in common
stock.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Plan, participants make irrevocable deferral elections for their annual compensation prior to the end of the year
preceding the plan year in which the services giving rise to the compensation to be deferred are performed or, at the discretion of the committee administering the plan, prior to six months before the end of the performance service period for the
compensation being deferred if the compensation is determined to be &#147;performance-based.&#148; Generally speaking, participants may elect to defer up to 100% of their annual base salary and annual bonus into the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The value of aggregate earnings or losses in deferred accounts within the Plan is determined based upon the performance of hypothetical
investment funds selected by the participant from a range of choices provided by the Registrant or the committee administering the plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Participants may elect to receive distributions from their accounts under the Plan upon the first (or later) to occur of, their retirement or
termination of service, a fixed date specified by the participant, disability, death, and/or a &#147;change in control.&#148; If an employee participant is a &#147;specified employee&#148; and elects to receive his or her deferred compensation on a
termination of service, payment will not be paid to him or her prior to the date that is six months following their termination of service. Such distributions may be paid by the Registrant to the participant, in accordance with the
participant&#146;s deferral election, in a lump sum cash payment or up to 15 annual installments.&nbsp;Participants also may withdraw their funds due to an unforeseeable financial emergency at the sole discretion of the Registrant and in accordance
with Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 . </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Obligations are unsecured general obligations of the Registrant and
rank <I>pari passu</I> with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant.&nbsp;The Obligations are not subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or
garnishment.&nbsp;Any attempt by any person to transfer or assign benefits under the Plan, other than a claim for benefits by a Participant or his or her beneficiary(ies), will be null and void.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Obligations are not subject to redemption prior to the occurrence of the participant&#146;s retirement or termination of service, the
fixed payment date selected by the participant, disability, death and/or a &#147;change in control.&#148;&nbsp;The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Registrant.&nbsp;The Registrant has established a &#147;rabbi
trust&#148; to serve as a source of funds from which it can satisfy the Obligations.&nbsp;Participants in the Plan will have no rights to any assets held by the &#147;rabbi trust,&#148; except as general creditors of the Registrant.&nbsp;Assets of
the &#147;rabbi trust&#148; will at all times be subject to the claims of the Registrant&#146;s general creditors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CalAtlantic is a Delaware corporation. Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or
in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set
forth above, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Further subsections of DGCL Section&nbsp;145 provide that: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;145 or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith;</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise; and</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out
of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section&nbsp;145.</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify
officers and directors of CalAtlantic under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. CalAtlantic&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws provide, in effect, that, to the fullest extent and under the circumstances permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, CalAtlantic will indemnify any person (and the estate of any person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of CalAtlantic or is or was serving at the
request of CalAtlantic as a director or officer of another corporation or enterprise. CalAtlantic may, in its discretion, similarly indemnify its employees and agents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CalAtlantic has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CalAtlantic&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relieves its
directors from monetary damages to CalAtlantic or its stockholders for breach of such director&#146;s fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Under Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, a corporation may relieve its
directors from personal liability to such corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of their fiduciary duty as directors except (i)&nbsp;for a breach of the duty of loyalty, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good
faith, or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for willful or negligent violations of certain provisions in the DGCL imposing certain requirements with respect to stock repurchases, redemptions and
dividends, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CalAtlantic currently
maintains an insurance policy which, within the limits and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, covers certain expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by directors and officers in connection with proceedings that may be brought against
them as a result of an act or omission committed or suffered while acting as a director or officer of CalAtlantic. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from
Registration Claimed. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See
Exhibit&nbsp;Index. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California on this 6<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of October, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>CALATLANTIC GROUP, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John P Babel, Esq.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">John P. Babel, Esq.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Larry&nbsp;T.&nbsp;Nicholson, Jeff J. McCall and
John P. Babel his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys and agents full power and authority to do any and all acts and things necessary or advisable in
connection with such matters, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date(s) indicated: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Larry T. Nicholson</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Larry T. Nicholson</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Scott D. Stowell</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Executive Chairman and Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Scott D. Stowell</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Jeff J. McCall</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeff J. McCall</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Bruce A. Choate</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bruce A. Choate</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Douglas C. Jacobs</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Douglas C. Jacobs</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ William L. Jews</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>William L. Jews</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ David J. Matlin</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David J. Matlin</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Robert E. Mellor</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Robert E. Mellor</B></P></TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Norman J. Metcalfe</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Norman J. Metcalfe</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Peter Schoels</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Peter Schoels</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>/s/ Charlotte St. Martin</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;1 , 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charlotte St. Martin</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.1</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CalAtlantic Group, Inc.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.2</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of CalAtlantic Group, Inc.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.3</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Designations of CalAtlantic Group, Inc.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2015 </TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.4</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">of December 20, 2011, between the Registrant and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mellon Investor
Services LLC, as Rights Agent</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2011</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.5</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2014, by and between the Registrant and Computershare, Inc. (as successor in interest to Mellor Investor Services LLC) as Rights Agent</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 31, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.6</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated June 14, 2015, between the Registrant and MP CA Homes, LLC</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.7</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Ryland Group, Inc. Executive and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deferred Compensation Plan II</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed by The Ryland Group,
Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(file No. 001-080291)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">5.1</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P., us to the validity of the deferred compensation obligations</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">23.1&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registered Public Accounting Firm (Irvine, CA)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">23.2&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young, LLP, Independent</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registered Public Accounting Firm</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Los Angeles, CA)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">23.3&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">See Exhibit 5.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">See Signature Page</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2015
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
33-0475989
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
15360 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, California 92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
THE RYLAND GROUP, INC. EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN II
(Full title of the plan)
John P. Babel, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
15360 Barranca Parkway
Irvine, California 92618
(949) 789-1600
(Name, address and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Jeffrey E. Beck
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
One Arizona Center
400
East Van Buren
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
(602) 382-6000
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 the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and
"smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered(1)(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per
Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
CalAtlantic Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan obligations (2)
100%
N/A
$15,000,000
$1510.50
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
The deferred compensation plan obligations are unsecured obligations of CalAtlantic Group, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the plan for a select group of directors and eligible
management and highly compensated employees.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* The documents containing the information specified in Parts I and II of this
Form S-8 will be delivered to each employee who is eligible to participate in The Ryland Group, Inc. Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan II in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. These documents are not being
filed with the SEC either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this Post-Effective Amendment and are deemed to
be a part hereof from the date of filing:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015.
(c)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2015.
(d)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2015, June 15, 2015, July 2, 2015, September 8, 2015, October 1, 2015 and October 5, 2015 (in each
case, other than information that is furnished but that is deemed not to have been filed).
In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The securities being registered represent obligations (the "Obligations") of the Registrant to pay to the participants in The Ryland
Group, Inc. Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan II (the "Plan"), deferred compensation upon the first (or later) to occur of, their retirement or termination of service, a fixed date specified by the participant, disability,
and/or a "change in control." Pursuant to the Plan, an employee participant may defer annual cash compensation related to services performed during any calendar year, while director participants may defer their annual retainer fees and/or
stock awards, along with any increases or decreases in value credited to or against such deferred amounts. The Obligations are payable in cash and shares of common stock of the Registrant in a single sum distribution or in installments, in
accordance with the Plan and the participants deferral election. There is no trading market for the Obligations.
The Plan allows
eligible employee participants to defer receipt of a portion of their annual base salary and annual bonus. Employee participants are eligible to receive matching contributions from the Registrant in an amount equal to 50 cents for each dollar
contributed by a participant up to 6% of a participant's annual base salary and annual bonus. These contributions are in excess of the limitations on contributions that apply to the Registrant's
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401(k) qualified plan. Matching contributions vest upon the earlier of one-third at the end of each of the employee's first three years of service, or the death, disability, retirement
from service on or after age 65, or a "change in control" of the Registrant and are only made by the Registrant to employee participants that have made the maximum amount of salary deferrals under the Registrant's 401(k) qualified
plan. In addition, the Registrant's non-employee directors may elect to defer a portion of their annual retainer fee and common stock grants into the Plan. Shares of common stock deferred into the Plan are payable solely in common
stock.
Under the Plan, participants make irrevocable deferral elections for their annual compensation prior to the end of the year
preceding the plan year in which the services giving rise to the compensation to be deferred are performed or, at the discretion of the committee administering the plan, prior to six months before the end of the performance service period for the
compensation being deferred if the compensation is determined to be "performance-based." Generally speaking, participants may elect to defer up to 100% of their annual base salary and annual bonus into the Plan.
The value of aggregate earnings or losses in deferred accounts within the Plan is determined based upon the performance of hypothetical
investment funds selected by the participant from a range of choices provided by the Registrant or the committee administering the plan.
Participants may elect to receive distributions from their accounts under the Plan upon the first (or later) to occur of, their retirement or
termination of service, a fixed date specified by the participant, disability, death, and/or a "change in control." If an employee participant is a "specified employee" and elects to receive his or her deferred compensation on a
termination of service, payment will not be paid to him or her prior to the date that is six months following their termination of service. Such distributions may be paid by the Registrant to the participant, in accordance with the
participant's deferral election, in a lump sum cash payment or up to 15 annual installments. Participants also may withdraw their funds due to an unforeseeable financial emergency at the sole discretion of the Registrant and in accordance
with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 .
The Obligations are unsecured general obligations of the Registrant and
rank
pari passu
with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant. The Obligations are not subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or
garnishment. Any attempt by any person to transfer or assign benefits under the Plan, other than a claim for benefits by a Participant or his or her beneficiary(ies), will be null and void.
The Obligations are not subject to redemption prior to the occurrence of the participant's retirement or termination of service, the
fixed payment date selected by the participant, disability, death and/or a "change in control." The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Registrant. The Registrant has established a "rabbi
trust" to serve as a source of funds from which it can satisfy the Obligations. Participants in the Plan will have no rights to any assets held by the "rabbi trust," except as general creditors of the Registrant. Assets of
the "rabbi trust" will at all times be subject to the claims of the Registrant's general creditors.
Item 5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
CalAtlantic is a Delaware corporation. Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or
in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set
forth above, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Further subsections of DGCL Section 145 provide that:
(1)
to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 145 or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith;
(2)
the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for pursuant to Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise; and
(3)
the corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out
of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145.
Section 145 of the DGCL makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify
officers and directors of CalAtlantic under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. CalAtlantic's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws provide, in effect, that, to the fullest extent and under the circumstances permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, CalAtlantic will indemnify any person (and the estate of any person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of CalAtlantic or is or was serving at the
request of CalAtlantic as a director or officer of another corporation or enterprise. CalAtlantic may, in its discretion, similarly indemnify its employees and agents.
CalAtlantic has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors.
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CalAtlantic's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relieves its
directors from monetary damages to CalAtlantic or its stockholders for breach of such director's fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Under Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, a corporation may relieve its
directors from personal liability to such corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of their fiduciary duty as directors except (i) for a breach of the duty of loyalty, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith, or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for willful or negligent violations of certain provisions in the DGCL imposing certain requirements with respect to stock repurchases, redemptions and
dividends, or (iv) for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
CalAtlantic currently
maintains an insurance policy which, within the limits and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, covers certain expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by directors and officers in connection with proceedings that may be brought against
them as a result of an act or omission committed or suffered while acting as a director or officer of CalAtlantic.
Item 7. Exemption from
Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See
Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California on this 6
th
day of October, 2015.
CALATLANTIC GROUP, INC.
By
/s/ John P Babel, Esq.
John P. Babel, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Larry T. Nicholson, Jeff J. McCall and
John P. Babel his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys and agents full power and authority to do any and all acts and things necessary or advisable in
connection with such matters, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date(s) indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Larry T. Nicholson
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
October 1 , 2015
Larry T. Nicholson
/s/ Scott D. Stowell
Executive Chairman and Director
October 1 , 2015
Scott D. Stowell
/s/ Jeff J. McCall
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
October 1 , 2015
Jeff J. McCall
/s/ Bruce A. Choate
Director
October 1 , 2015
Bruce A. Choate
/s/ Douglas C. Jacobs
Director
October 1 , 2015
Douglas C. Jacobs
/s/ William L. Jews
Director
October 1 , 2015
William L. Jews
/s/ David J. Matlin
Director
October 1 , 2015
David J. Matlin
/s/ Robert E. Mellor
Director
October 1 , 2015
Robert E. Mellor
/s/ Norman J. Metcalfe
Director
October 1 , 2015
Norman J. Metcalfe
/s/ Peter Schoels
Director
October 1 , 2015
Peter Schoels
/s/ Charlotte St. Martin
Director
October 1 , 2015
Charlotte St. Martin
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2015
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2015
4.3
Certificate of Designations of CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2015
4.4
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as
of December 20, 2011, between the Registrant and
Mellon Investor
Services LLC, as Rights Agent
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2011
4.5
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2014, by and between the Registrant and Computershare, Inc. (as successor in interest to Mellor Investor Services LLC) as Rights Agent
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 31, 2014
4.6
Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated June 14, 2015, between the Registrant and MP CA Homes, LLC
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2015
4.7
The Ryland Group, Inc. Executive and Director
Deferred Compensation Plan II
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed by The Ryland Group,
Inc.
(file No. 001-080291)
5.1
Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., us to the validity of the deferred compensation obligations
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm (Irvine, CA)
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP, Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
(Los Angeles, CA)
Filed herewith
23.3
Consent of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
See Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney
See Signature Page
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