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EX-10.9

 Exhibit 10.9 

FIRST AMENDMENT 
 TO

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of July 7, 2015 (this “Amendment”), amends the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2013 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TRI Pointe”), VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Starwood Fund”), BMG Homes, Inc., The Bauer Revocable Trust U/D/T Dated December 31, 2003, Grubbs Family Trust Dated June 22, 2012, The Mitchell Family Trust U/D/T Dated
February 8, 2000, Frankel Associates, L.P., Douglas F. Bauer, Thomas J. Mitchell and Michael D. Grubbs (collectively, the “Holders”). 

WHEREAS, TRI Pointe is a party to an Agreement and Plan of Merger to Form Holding Company, dated as of July 7, 2015
(the “Merger Agreement”), by and among TRI Pointe, TRI Pointe Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, prior to the Effective Time, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRI Pointe (“Holdings”), and TPG Merger, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub will merge with and into TRI Pointe (the “Merger”), with TRI Pointe surviving
the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings; 
 WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement; 
 WHEREAS, TRI Pointe, the Starwood Fund and the Holders wish to amend the Registration Rights
Agreement in the manner set forth herein; and 
 WHEREAS, in connection with and effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger, TRI
Pointe wishes to assign all of its contractual rights and obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to Holdings and Holdings wishes to assume all of the contractual rights and obligations of TRI Pointe under the Registration Rights
Agreement, pursuant to that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2015, by and between TRI Pointe and Holdings (the “Assignment Agreement”). 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Amendment. As of the Effective Time, all references to the
“Company” in the Registration Rights Agreement shall refer to Holdings, except that any reference made to the “Company” in the Registration Rights Agreement as of a specific date prior to the Effective Time shall continue to
refer to TRI Pointe. 
 2. Consent to Assignment. In accordance with Section 4.2 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Starwood Fund and each of the Holders hereby consent to the assignment by TRI Pointe of all of TRI Pointe’s contractual rights and obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to Holdings pursuant to the Assignment Agreement. 

 3. Effect of Amendment and Consent. Except as expressly set forth in Sections 1 and 2
above, the parties hereto hereby agree that, effective as of the Effective Time, the Registration Rights Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without any other modification thereto, and the parties hereto shall continue to be bound
thereby on the terms and conditions set forth therein, as modified by Sections 1 and 2 above. 
 4. Counterparts. This Amendment
may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall, taken together, be considered one and the same Amendment, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be fully executed and delivered,
all as of the date first set forth above. 

 

			
	 TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		Chief Executive Officer
	
	 TRI Pointe Group, Inc.

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		Chief Executive Officer
	
	 VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C.

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Daniel Schwaegler

	 Name:
		 Daniel Schwaegler

	 Title:
		Senior Vice President
	
	 BMG Homes, Inc.

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		
	
	 The Bauer Revocable Trust U/D/T Dated

December 31, 2003

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		Trustee

			
	 Grubbs Family Trust dated June 22, 2012

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Michael D. Grubbs

	 Name:
		Michael D. Grubbs
	 Title:
		Trustee
	
	 The Mitchell Family Trust U/D/T Dated

February 8, 2000

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Thomas J. Mitchell

	 Name:
		Thomas J. Mitchell
	 Title:
		Trustee
	
	 Frankel Associates, L.P.

	         By: La Lomana Inc., its general partner

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Richard E. Frankel

	 Name:
		Richard E. Frankel
	 Title:
		President
	
	 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Douglas F. Bauer

	
	 /s/ Thomas J. Mitchell

	 Thomas J. Mitchell

	
	 /s/ Michael D. Grubbs

	 Michael D. Grubbs

 
 

  
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PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]EX-10.10

 Exhibit 10.10 

FIRST AMENDMENT 
 TO

 TAX SHARING AGREEMENT 

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO TAX SHARING AGREEMENT, dated as of July 7, 2015 (this “Amendment”), amends the Tax Sharing
Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2014 (the “TSA”), by and among Weyerhaeuser Company, a Washington corporation (“Weyerhaeuser”), TRI Pointe Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company), a
Washington corporation (“WRECO”), and TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TRI Pointe”). 

WHEREAS, TRI Pointe is a party to an Agreement and Plan of Merger to Form Holding Company, dated as of July 7, 2015
(the “Merger Agreement”), by and among TRI Pointe, TRI Pointe Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, prior to the Effective Time, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRI Pointe (“Holdings”), and TPG Merger, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub will merge with and into TRI Pointe (the “Merger”), with TRI Pointe surviving
the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings; and 
 WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement; 
 WHEREAS, in connection with and effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger, Weyerhaeuser,
WRECO, and TRI Pointe wish to amend the TSA to include Holdings as a party to the TSA (collectively, the “Parties”). 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Amendment. As of the Effective Time, Section 1.01 of the
TSA shall be amended as follows: 
 a. A new definition shall be added to read as follows: 

“Holdings” means TRI Pointe Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which will become the parent of TRI Pointe at the Effective Time of
the Merger. 
 b. The definition of “Parent” shall be modified to read as follows: 

“Parent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and for the purposes of Articles I-VII herein shall also mean Holdings. 

2. Consent to Amendment. In accordance with Section 7.07 of the TSA, this Amendment is set forth in writing and signed on behalf
of each of the parties to the TSA. The Parties hereby each consent to this Amendment to the TSA. 

 3. Effect of Amendment and Consent. Holdings hereby agrees to be bound by, perform or
otherwise satisfy, all of the rights, duties and obligations of the “Parent” under the TSA arising from and after the Effective Time. Except as expressly set forth in Sections 1 and 2 above, the Parties hereby agree that, effective as
of the Effective Time, the TSA shall continue in full force and effect without any other modification thereto, and the Parties shall continue to be bound thereby on the terms and conditions set forth therein, as modified by Sections 1 and 2
above. 
 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and
all of which shall, taken together, be considered one and the same Amendment, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be fully executed and delivered,
all as of the date first set forth above. 
  

			
	 TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		Chief Executive Officer
	
	 TRI Pointe Group, Inc.

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		Chief Executive Officer
	
	 TRI Pointe Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company)

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Douglas F. Bauer

	 Name:
		Douglas F. Bauer
	 Title:
		Chief Executive Officer
	
	 Weyerhaeuser Company

		
	 By:
		 /s/ Devin W. Stockfish

	 Name:
		Devin W. Stockfish
	 Title:
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST
AMENDMENT TO TAX SHARING AGREEMENT]Exhibit 10.1

 

 

June 15, 2015

 

Mr. Raymond D. Cook

 

Dear Raymond:

 

I am very pleased to offer you employment as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Please note that this offer is contingent upon formal approval of the Board of Directors Compensation Committee.

 

Outlined below are the details of the offer:

 

Base Salary

This is an exempt position with a base salary of $6,250.00 per week, which if annualized is $325,000.00 per year.

 

Sign On Bonus

Within 10 days of your hire date, you will receive a sign on bonus of $50,000.  This bonus will be subject to applicable taxes.  Should you voluntarily resign your position with the company before your first anniversary date, you will be required to repay AeroVironment this sign-on bonus money.

 

Annual Bonus Program

You will participate in the Fiscal-Year 2016 Management Bonus Plan.  FY 2016 began May 1, 2015 and will end April 30, 2016.  The management bonus plan is performance-based with a bonus target of $190,000 for fiscal year 2016.  Your management bonus will be tied to meeting Fiscal-Year 2016 AV Annual Operating Plan targets and company-wide business priorities.  The specific financial and performance objectives to earn the bonus will be formalized after you begin employment. You must be a full-time employee of AeroVironment at the time of pay out to receive any earned bonus. Bonuses are paid after we have formally closed our financial year, normally on or before July 15th of each year.

 

Long Term Bonus Program

You will be eligible to participate in the FY 2015 and FY 2016 Long Term Bonus Plans which will complete on 4/30/17 & 4/30/18 respectively.  The target bonus amount for each of these plans is $190,000.00.  Your participation in the FY 2015 plan will be prorated based on your tenure with the company.  More specifics regarding this plan will be provided after you begin employment.

 

Long Term Equity Incentive

You will be eligible to participate in the AeroVironment 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.  It will be recommended by management to the compensation committee of the board of directors that you be granted 15,000 restricted stock awards and 30,000 options both of which will vest over a five year period at 20% per year.  Awards will be issued after formal approval by the Board of Directors.

 

Severance Agreement

In the event the Company terminates your employment without Cause within the first year of your employment, and provided you abide by the conditions set forth in the attached Severance Agreement, you will be eligible to receive as severance pay, an amount equal to twelve (12) months of your then current base salary, less all applicable taxes and withholdings (the “Severance Pay”).  This provision will terminate at your one-year anniversary with the company.

 

Benefits

Attached you will find a summary of our benefits and a summary plan description for our medical and dental plans.  Your life, medical, dental and long-term disability insurance will become effective on your hire date.  The face value of your life insurance will be $300,000.  We will make an exception to our standard vacation accrual policy.  From the start of your employment up to your 12th anniversary date, you will accrue a maximum of 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation per year.

 

 

181 W. Huntington Drive, Suite 202, Monrovia, CA 91016

Telephone (626) 357-9983 · Fax (626) 359-9628

 

 

Other Information

All employees are required to sign a “Patent and Confidentiality Agreement”.  We have enclosed a copy of this agreement for your review.  Please be prepared to execute this document on your first date of employment.

 

Please note it is the company’s policy to do credit, criminal and education background verifications.  As such, this offer is contingent upon receipt of acceptable findings. Attached is a Disclosure and Consent document which outlines your rights related to this process and gives us permission to obtain this information.  Please complete this form and fax it back to me as soon as possible.

 

AeroVironment has an Employment at Will policy.  As such, the terms of this offer letter are not intended and shall not be deemed a contract of employment.  This means that either you or the Company are free to end the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice or cause.  And nothing in this letter or the Company’s policies or procedures, either now or in the future, are intended to change the at-will nature or our relationship.

 

Because AV is a government contractor, all of its employees must provide certain documentation to satisfy the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  You can meet this requirement by providing: (1) a valid US passport or Permanent Resident Card, or (2) a valid driver’s license and original or notarized birth certificate.  Please be sure to bring these documents with you on your date of hire.

 

These same documents can also be used to establish your identity and employment eligibility for purposes of Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9.  Alternatively, with regard to Form I-9, you can also bring any of the other documents listed in the enclosed “List of Acceptable Documents”.

 

We are extremely impressed with your qualifications and look forward to having you on board as an employee.  To accept this offer, please sign this letter and return it to me.  This offer will remain valid until July 1, 2015 and assumes that your will begin employment on July 7, 2015.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (626) 357-9983, ext. 219.

 

	
Sincerely,
    
	
 
    
	
/s/   Cathleen Cline
    
	
Cathleen   S. Cline
    
	
Sr. Vice   President of Administration
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
I accept   the offer and conditions described in this letter. I will be available for   employment on
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
  07/07/2015
    	
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   /s/ Raymond   Cook
    	
 
    	
 06/16/2015
    	
 
    
	
Raymond D. Cook
    	
 
    	
Date

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