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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 25, 2022, LendingTree, Inc. (the “Registrant”) announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. The table below corrects a clerical error in the previously released reconciliation of net income (loss) from continuing operations to adjusted net (loss) income and net income (loss) per diluted share from continuing operations to adjusted net (loss) income per share. See "LendingTree's Principles of Financial Reporting" in the press release dated February 25, 2022, with respect to the Registrant’s financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 25, 2022 on a Current Report on Form 8-K, for further discussion of the Registrant’s use of these non-GAAP measures.
| Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2021 | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | 48,432 | $ | (4,406 | ) | $ | (8,117 | ) | $ | 73,138 | $ | (22,566 | ) | |||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile to adjusted net (loss) income: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance | 6 | 47 | 105 | 53 | 295 | |||||||||||||||
| Loss on impairments and disposal of assets | 814 | 1,251 | 474 | 3,465 | 1,160 | |||||||||||||||
| Gain in investments | (83,200 | ) | — | — | (123,272 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
| Non-cash compensation | 16,751 | 17,074 | 14,497 | 68,555 | 53,733 | |||||||||||||||
| Costs of secondary public offering | — | — | 863 | — | 863 | |||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration | — | (196 | ) | (2,384 | ) | (8,249 | ) | 5,327 | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition expense | 430 | 227 | (188 | ) | 1,796 | 2,217 | ||||||||||||||
| Litigation settlements and contingencies | 32 | 22 | 40 | 392 | (943 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | — | — | — | — | 7,768 | |||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) from adjusted items | 16,980 | (4,687 | ) | (3,402 | ) | 14,968 | (17,880 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Excess tax (benefit) deficit from stock-based compensation | (4,336 | ) | 938 | (51 | ) | (11,691 | ) | (2,033 | ) | |||||||||||
| Income tax benefit from CARES Act | — | — | — | — | (6,104 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Adjusted net (loss) income | $ | (4,091 | ) | $ | 10,270 | $ | 1,837 | $ | 19,155 | $ | 21,837 | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) per diluted share from continuing operations | $ | 3.57 | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | (0.62 | ) | $ | 5.34 | $ | (1.73 | ) | |||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) from continuing operations to adjusted net (loss) income | (3.87 | ) | 1.10 | 0.76 | (3.94 | ) | 3.41 | |||||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile effect of dilutive securities | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.01 | ) | — | (0.14 | ) | |||||||||||
| Adjusted net (loss) income per share | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | 0.75 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 1.40 | $ | 1.54 | |||||||||
| Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding | 13,212 | 13,707 | 14,163 | 13,695 | 14,150 | |||||||||||||||
| Effect of dilutive securities | (346 | ) | 439 | 1,112 | — | 1,143 | ||||||||||||||
| Weighted average diluted shares outstanding | 13,558 | 13,268 | 13,051 | 13,695 | 13,007 | |||||||||||||||
| Effect of dilutive securities | 346 | — | — | 496 | — | |||||||||||||||
| Weighted average basic shares outstanding | 13,212 | 13,268 | 13,051 | 13,199 | 13,007 | |||||||||||||||
The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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.
| March 1, 2022 | ||
| LENDINGTREE, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Trent Ziegler | |
| Trent Ziegler | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||