TRI Pointe Group, Inc. Announces Secondary Offerin

IRVINE, Calif., March 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: TPH ) today announced the commencement of an underwritten offering of 11,985,905 shares of its common stock by VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., a fund affiliated with Starwood Capital Group.  VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C. will be the only selling stockholder.  The Company will not issue shares in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholder in this offering.

Citigroup is acting as the sole book-running manager for this offering.

The Company has an effective registration statement (including a base prospectus) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and a preliminary prospectus supplement for the offering to which this communication relates will be made available.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement (including the preliminary prospectus supplement for the offering to which this communication relates, once available) and other documents that the company has filed and will file with the SEC for more complete information about the company and the proposed offering.  You may obtain these documents for free by visiting the SEC’s EDGAR web site at www.sec.gov .  Alternately, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and base prospectus related to this offering may be obtained from Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions at 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (Tel: 800-831-9146).

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About TRI Pointe Group, Inc.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (NYSE: TPH ) is one of the top ten largest public homebuilders by equity market capitalization in the United States.  The company designs, constructs and sells premium single-family homes through its portfolio of six quality brands across eight states, including Maracay Homes in Arizona; Pardee Homes in California and Nevada; Quadrant Homes in Washington; Trendmaker Homes in Texas; TRI Pointe Homes in California and Colorado; and Winchester Homes in Maryland and Virginia.

Forward-Looking Statements

Various statements contained in this press release, including those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects and our future production, land at lot sales, operational and financial results, financial condition, prospects, capital spending and the anticipated use of the proceeds of the offering.  Our forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “might,”  “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “will,” “would” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes.  The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by law, and we caution you not to rely on them unduly.  These forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.  The following factors, among others, may cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements: the effect of general economic conditions, including employment rates, housing starts, interest rate levels, availability of financing for home mortgages and strength of the U.S. dollar; market demand for our products, which is related to the strength of the various U.S. business segments and U.S. and international economic conditions; levels of competition; the successful execution of our internal performance plans, including restructuring and cost reduction initiatives; global economic conditions; raw material prices; oil and other energy prices; the effect of weather, including the re-occurrence of drought conditions in California; the risk of loss from earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, floods, droughts, windstorms, hurricanes, pest infestations and other natural disasters; transportation costs; federal and state tax policies; the effect of land use, environment and other governmental laws and regulations; legal proceedings or disputes and the adequacy of reserves; risks relating to any unforeseen changes to or effects on liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenues, expenses, earnings, synergies, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects; change in accounting principles; risks related to unauthorized access to our computer systems, theft of our homebuyers’ confidential information or other forms of cyber-attack; and other factors described in “Risk Factors” included in our annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The foregoing list is not exhaustive.  New risk factors may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risk factors on our business. 

Investor Relations Contact: Chris Martin, TRI Pointe Group Drew Mackintosh, Mackintosh Investor Relations InvestorRelations@TRIPointeGroup.com 949-478-8696 or Media Contact: Carol Ruiz cruiz@newgroundco.com 310-437-0045