Company: MTCH
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: S-8 POS
Source: 0000950103-25-002606
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Company: Match Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: S-8 POS
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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.

<div align='center'>EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>

Match Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”)
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-239711) on
July 6, 2020 (the “Prior Registration Statement”) to register 23,851,917 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
of the Registrant (“Common Stock”) for offer or sale under the Match Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock and Annual
Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2017 Plan”).

On June 21, 2024 (the “Effective Date”),
the Registrant’s stockholders approved the Match Group, Inc. 2024 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”)
at the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The 2024 Plan replaced and succeeded the 2017 Plan and, in connection therewith,
no further awards will be made under the 2017 Plan as of and following the Effective Date. Pursuant to the terms of the 2024 Plan, the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2024 Plan is (i) 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock newly
authorized for issuance under the 2024 Plan (the “Newly Authorized Shares”), plus (ii) the number of shares
of Common Stock that remained available for issuance under the 2017 Plan as of the Effective Date, plus (iii) the number
of shares of Common Stock underlying any outstanding equity award previously granted under the 2017 Plan that become available for issuance
again under the terms of the 2017 Plan upon the termination, forfeiture, expiration or lapse of such award. As of the Effective Date,
a total of 11,926,467 shares of Common Stock previously registered under the Prior Registration Statement remained available for issuance
under the 2017 Plan pursuant to clause (ii) above and a total of 7,785,267 shares of Common Stock previously registered under the Prior
Registration Statement were subject to outstanding equity awards previously granted under the 2017 Plan pursuant to clause (iii) above
(the shares described in (ii) and (iii), the “2017 Plan’s Shares”).

Accordingly, the Registr