Any notice provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be either personally delivered, or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to Executive, to his last known address shown on the payroll records of the Company, and if to the Company, to UCP, Inc., 99 Almaden, Suite 400  San Jose, CA 95113 attention:  Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, with a copy to the General Counsel of the Company at the same address, or (b) to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in accordance with this Section 9.