SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LEBDA DOUGLAS R (Last) (First) (Middle) 1415 VANTAGE PARK DR., SUITE 700 (Street) CHARLOTTE NC 28203 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LendingTree, Inc. [ TREE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/29/2023
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/29/2023		S		172,926(1)	D	$18.91(2)	4,559	D
Common Stock	08/29/2023		S		84,859(1)	D	$18.91(2)	130,000	I	Through Douglas R. Lebda Revocable Trust
Common Stock	08/30/2023		S		130,000(1)	D	$18.955(2)	0	I	Through Douglas R. Lebda Revocable Trust
Common Stock								433,159	I	Through 2022 Lebda Family Holdings LLC(3)
Common Stock								1,325,000	I	Through Lebda Family Holdings, LLC(3)
Common Stock								12,524	I	Through Lebda Family Holdings II, LLC(3)
Common Stock								300,000	I	Through 2021 Lebda Family Holdings LLC(3)
Common Stock								2,718	I	By Spouse(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The transaction represents the transfer of a total of 387,785 shares from Douglas R. Lebda ("Lebda") and Douglas R. Lebda Revocable Trust ("Revocable Trust") to 2022 Lebda Family Holdings LLC ("2022 LLC") in exchange for the partial satisfaction and cancellation of a promissory note issued by Lebda and held by 2022 LLC (the "Note," and such transaction, the "Transaction").

2. The price reported in Column 4 represents the price per share ascribed to each share of Common Stock tendered by Lebda and Revocable Trust to 2022 LLC in the Transaction in satisfaction of outstanding principal and interest on the Note.

3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares to the extent in which he does not have a pecuniary interest, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

4. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the shares for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Heather Novitsky, as Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas R. Lebda	09/01/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Heather Novitsky and Trent Ziegler, each of them acting individually, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1) prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an executive officer or director of LendingTree, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5, including any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Exchange Act”);

 

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the applicable stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to act separately and to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6^th day of June, 2023.

 

 

Signature:	/s/ Douglas R. Lebda
Name:	Douglas R. Lebda