Green Brick Partners, Inc. (GRBK): Dan Loeb’s Third Point Reiterates Stake

This Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 9”) is being filed with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Green Brick Partners, Inc. (f/k/a BioFuel Energy Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), to amend the Schedule 13D filed on June 25, 2007 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on December 31, 2008, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on April 3, 2009, Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on September 28, 2010, Amendment No. 4 thereto filed on December 20, 2010, Amendment No. 5 thereto filed on February 9, 2011, Amendment No. 6 thereto filed on July 18, 2014, Amendment No. 7 thereto filed on October 31, 2014, Amendment No. 8 thereto filed on July 1, 2015, this Amendment No. 9, the “Schedule 13D”).

This Amendment No. 9 is being filed on behalf of Third Point LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Management Company”), Daniel S. Loeb, an individual (“Mr. Loeb”), Third Point Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Third Point Partners”), Third Point Partners Qualified LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Third Point Partners Qualified”), Third Point Offshore Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Third Point Master), and Third Point Advisors II L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Third Point Advisors”, and together with the Management Company, Mr. Loeb, Third Point Partners, Third Point Qualified and Third Point Master, the “Reporting Persons”).

The Management Company is the investment manager or adviser to a variety of hedge funds and managed accounts (such funds and accounts, collectively, including, but not limited to, Third Point Partners, Third Point Partners Qualified and Third Point Master, the “Funds”).  Third Point Advisors serves as the general partner of Third Point Master.  The Management Company and Mr. Loeb may be deemed to have beneficial ownership over shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by the Funds, by virtue of the authority granted to them by the Funds to vote and to dispose of the securities held by the Funds, including the Common Stock.

This Amendment No. 9 is being filed to report that Third Point LP no longer beneficially owns more than 5% of the Common Stock and to report that Third Point Master beneficially owns, and Third Point Advisors may be deemed to beneficially own, more than 5% of the Common Stock.

This Amendment No. 9 is being filed to amend Item 2, Item 3, Item 4, Item 5 of the Schedule 13D as follows:

Item 2.          Identity and Background.

Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is amended to reflect the following:

(a)

Third Point Master is organized as an exempted limited partnership under the laws of the Cayman Islands.  Third Point Advisors is organized as a limited liability company under the laws of Delaware.

(b)

The address of the principal business and principal office of Third Point Master and Third Point Advisors is 390 Park Avenue, 18th floor, New York, New York 10022.

(c)

The principal business of Third Point Master is to invest and trade in securities.  The principal business of Third Point Advisors is to serve as the general partner of Third Point Master.

Item 3.          Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is amended to reflect the following:

The net investment costs of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Rebalancing (as defined below) was $0 other than customary commissions, the source of funds of which was the working capital of the applicable Funds.

Item 4.          Purpose of Transaction.

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended to reflect the following:

The Funds entered into ordinary course rebalancing transactions which resulted in no change in the aggregate Common Stock beneficially owned by the Funds, the Management Company and Mr. Loeb (the “Rebalancing”).  In connection with the Rebalancing, the following transactions were consummated:  (a) Third Point Master Purchased 482,400 shares of Common Stock, (b) other Funds purchased 305,600 shares of Common Stock and (c) Third Point LP sold 788,000 shares of Common Stock. All of the rebalancing transactions were effected at the same time at a price of $7.1975 per share of Common Stock, net of commissions.

Item 5.          Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Items 5(a), (b) and (c) of the Schedule 13D are amended to reflect the following:

(a)          As of the date of this Schedule 13D, the Management Company beneficially owns 8,083,022 shares of Common Stock (the “Third Point Shares”). The Third Point Shares represent approximately 16.6% of the Common Stock, based upon the 48,833,323 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 25, 2016 based on information provided by the Issuer in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2016 (the “Outstanding Shares”).

As of the date of this Schedule 13D, Mr. Loeb beneficially owns 8,182,965 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 16.8% of the Outstanding Shares; Third Point Partners beneficially owns 1,902,648 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 3.9% of the Outstanding Shares;Third Point Partners Qualified beneficially owns 1,705,143 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 3.5% of the Outstanding Shares; and Third Point Master beneficially owns 2,657,778 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 5.4% of the Outstanding Shares. None of the other individual Funds beneficially owns a number of shares of Common Stock representing more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(b)          The Management Company has the power to vote and dispose of 8,083,022 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it. Mr. Loeb has the power to vote and dispose of 8,182,965 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by him. Third Point Partners has the power to vote and dispose of 1,902,648 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it. Third Point Partners Qualified has the power to vote and dispose of 1,705,143 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it.  Third Point Master has the power to vote and dispose of 2,657,778 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it.

(c)          Other than as described in Item 4, during the past 60 days there were no transactions in the Common Stock effected by the Reporting Persons, nor, to the best of their knowledge, any of their directors, executive officers, general partners or members.

Dated: April 13, 2016	THIRD POINT PARTNERS QUALIFIED LP
	By:	Third Point Advisors LLC,
		its general partner
	By:	Daniel S. Loeb,
		Managing Member
	/s/  William Song_________________
	Name:  William Song
	Title:  Attorney-in-Fact