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 9, 2008

 

Tree.com, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

(704) 541-5351

(Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17  CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.04. Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans.

 

On December 9, 2008, Tree.com, Inc. (the “Company”) sent a notice to its directors and executive officers informing them of a blackout period with respect to the IAC/InterActiveCorp 401(k) plan (the “Plan”).  This blackout period, which is being implemented in connection with the changing of trustees and recordkeepers for the Plan, is currently expected to last from the close of business on December 23, 2008 until the week of January 12, 2009.  During this blackout period, (i) the Company’s directors and executive officers will be subject to restrictions with respect to transactions in Company common stock and related equity securities and (ii) Plan participants will be unable to engage in certain transactions involving Company common stock held in their Plan accounts, including exchange, distribution and loan transactions.

 

Security holders or other interested persons may obtain, without charge, information about the blackout period by contacting Scott Cammarn, at Tree.com, Inc, at 11115 Rushmore Drive, Charlotte, NC 28277, or at (704) 943-8248, to whom all inquiries regarding the blackout period should be directed.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

	THIRD WAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: December 9, 2008	By: /s/ Scott Cammarn
	Name: Scott Cammarn
	Title: Senior Vice President and General
	Counsel