UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2022 (December 6, 2022)

LendingTree, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware	001-34063	26-2414818
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1415 Vantage Park Dr., Suite 700, Charlotte, NC		28203
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 541-5351

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	TREE	Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 6, 2022, Lebda Family Holdings LLC, of which Douglas Lebda, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of LendingTree, Inc. (the “Company”), is the manager, sold 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). This transaction is for general financial planning purposes.

On December 7, 2022, in connection with this sale, Douglas R. Lebda Revocable Trust, of which Mr. Lebda is the sole trustee, entered into a pre-planned stock trading plan providing for a third-party broker to purchase up to 120,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock on his behalf and designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company’s insider trading policy regarding transactions in the Company’s securities (the “10b5-1 Plan”). Purchases pursuant to the 10b5-1 Plan are expected to occur between mid-January and mid-February 2023, subject to the terms and conditions of the 10b5-1 Plan.

Transactions made under the 10b5-1 Plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report on specific Rule 10b5-1 pre-planned stock trading plans of any Company officer or director, nor to report modifications or terminations of the 10b5-1 Plan or the Rule 10b5-1 pre-planned stock trading plan of any Company officer or director.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 8, 2022

	LENDINGTREE, INC.

	By:	/s/ Lisa M. Young
		Lisa M. Young
		General Counsel

LendingTree Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events