Registration No. 333-152700

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 8

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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LendingTree, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 6163 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) 26-2414818 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

11115 Rushmore Drive

Charlotte, North Carolina 28277

(704) 541-5351

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Katharine Pierce

General Counsel

LendingTree, Inc.

11115 Rushmore Drive

Charlotte, North Carolina 28277

(704) 541-5351

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

With a copy to:

John D. Tishler, Esq.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200

San Diego, CA 92130

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

LendingTree, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to its Registration Statement, originally filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-152700) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 1, 2008 and post-effectively amended on Form S-3 on April 5, 2013, to deregister all securities registered with the Commission on the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment. The remaining unsold securities registered thereby are no longer being offered or sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on February 28, 2017.

LendingTree, Inc.
By:	/s/ Katharine F. Pierce
	Katherine F. Pierce
	Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary