TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Exhibit 4.2

TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 1, 2015 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), to the Base Indenture (defined below) by and between CalAtlantic Group, Inc. (successor in interest to the Company referred to below), a Delaware corporation (the “Successor Company”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. f/k/a Chemical Bank), as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, The Ryland Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of June 28, 1996 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Base Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its notes and other evidences of senior debt securities (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as therein provided;

WHEREAS, the Base Indenture provides that, if the Company shall merge into another corporation, the corporation into which the Company is merged shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of the Base Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company, is merging with and into the Successor Company (the “Merger”) at the “Effective Time” specified in the certificate of merger relating thereto to be filed concurrently herewith with the Secretary of State of Delaware and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland (the time of such concurrent filing is referred to herein as the “Effective Time”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 801(1) and 901(1) of the Base Indenture, the Successor Company and Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Base Indenture without the consent of any Holder.

WITNESSETH:

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained herein, each party agrees for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

Section 2.01 Amendments. As of the Effective Time, Section 105(2) of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to the attention of its Treasurer at 15360 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, California 92618 or at any other address subsequently furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company”

ARTICLE THREE

ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS

Section 3.01 Assumption of Obligations. As of the Effective Time and after giving effect to the Merger, the Successor Company hereby expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of the Base Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed.

ARTICLE FOUR

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.01 References. References in this Supplemental Indenture to article and section numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.

Section 4.02 Ratification of Base Indenture.

The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. To the extent not expressly amended or modified by this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 4.03 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act, the imposed duties shall control.

Section 4.04 Governing Law.

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THIS

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Successor Company submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in any action or proceeding to enforce any of its obligations under the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Securities, and agrees not to seek a transfer of any such action or proceeding on the basis of inconvenience of the forum or otherwise (but the Successor Company shall not be prevented from removing any such action or proceeding from a state court to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York). The Successor Company agrees that process in any such action or proceeding may be served upon it by registered mail or in any other manner permitted by the rules of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought.

Section 4.05 Successors.

All agreements of the Successor Company in the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 4.06 Counterparts.

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 4.07 Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE SUCCESSOR COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 4.08 Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Successor Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

[Signature pages follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture have caused it to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

[Signature Page – Tenth Supplemental Indenture]

[Signature Page – Tenth Supplemental Indenture]