Ian Malcolm Smith - 05 Mar 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for LendingTree, Inc. (TREE)

Role: Chief Operating Officer
Signature: /s/ Heather Enlow-Novitsky as Attorney-in-Fact for Ian Smith
Issuer symbol: TREE
Transactions as of: 05 Mar 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 06 Mar 2026, 16:03:35 UTC
Previous filing: 03 Mar 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Smith Ian Malcolm	Chief Operating Officer	1415 VANTAGE PARK DR., SUITE 700, CHARLOTTE	/s/ Heather Enlow-Novitsky as Attorney-in-Fact for Ian Smith	06 Mar 2026	0002108276

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	TREE	Restricted Stock Units	Award		+10,000		$0.000000^*	10,000	05 Mar 2026	Common Stock	10,000		Direct	F1, F2
transaction	TREE	Performance Vested Restricted Stock Units	Award		+17,500		$0.000000^*	17,500	05 Mar 2026	Common Stock	17,500		Direct	F3, F4, F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
F2	These restricted stock units will vest in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 5, 2027, in accordance with the terms of the original award agreement.
F3	Performance vested restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
F4	These performance vested restricted stock units shall vest upon the Company's achievement of specified price hurdles during the four-year period after the grant date, as follows: (1) at a price of $69.15, 1/3 of the performance vested restricted stock units, of which 1/2 will vest upon the later to occur of either the achievement of the price hurdle or the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 1/2 will vest upon the first anniversary of achievement of such price hurdle; (2) at a price of $83.85, 1/3 of the performance vested restricted stock units, of which 1/2 will vest upon the later to occur of either the achievement of the price hurdle or the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 1/2 will vest upon the first anniversary of achievement of such price hurdle; and (3) at a price of $98.55, 1/3 of the performance vested restricted stock units,
F5	(Continued from F4) of which 1/2 will vest upon the later to occur of either the achievement of the price hurdle or the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 1/2 will vest upon the first anniversary of achievement of such price hurdle. The price hurdle shall be deemed "achieved" if during the performance period, there is a date on which (with respect to 90 trading days immediately preceding such date) the average closing stock price during such 90-trading-day period of the Company's common stock equaled the applicable price hurdle stock price. To the extent that any performance vested restricted stock units do not become vested by the fourth anniversary of the Award Date, any such unvested performance vested restricted stock units shall be immediately forfeited.