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trademark oppositions and consumer or advertising complaints. Although the results of legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we are
not currently a party to any legal proceedings the outcome of which, we believe. if determined adversely to us. would individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. See "Risk factors—Risks relating to our business—We are subject to
litigation and adverse outcomes in such litigation could have an adverse effect on our financial condition'
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Management
Executive officers
The following table sets forth information as of the date of this prospectus regarding individuals who currently serve, and are expected to continue to serve
following the completion of this offering, as our executive officers.
Name Age Current position
Gregory R. Blatt 47 Chairman. Match Group
Sam Yagan 38 Chief Executive Officer, Match Group
Gary Swidler 45 Chief Financial Officer. Match Group
Amarnath Thombre 42 Chief Strategy Officer, Match Group
Jeffrey Davison 40 Chief Financial Officer. Dating
Executive biographies
Gregory R Blatt has been the Chairman of Match Group since December 2013. Prior to his current role, Mr. Blatt served as the Chief Executive Officer of IAC
from December 2010 through December 2013. and prior to that as head of its Match segment and as its General Counsel. Prior to joining IAC, Mr. Blatt was
General Counsel at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and an associate at the law firms Grubman lndursky 8 Shire and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen 8 Katz. He
has a B.A from Colgate University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Sam Yagan has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Vegan served as Chief Executive Officer of
Match.com. Inc. since September 2012. Prior to that time, Mr. Yagan served as Chief Executive Officer of OkCupid, which he co-founded in May 2003 and
IAC acquired in February 2011. Mr. Vegan also co-founded SparkNotes. an online provider of educational study guides, eDonkey, a file sharing network, and
Techstars Chicago. a mentorship-driven startup accelerator. Mr. Yagan has an A.B. from Harvard College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of
Business.
Gary Swidler has served as Chief Financial Officer of Match Group since September 2015. Prior to that time, Mr. Swidler was a Managing Director and Head
of the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch ("Merrill Lynch") from April 2014 to August 2015. Prior to that time.
Mr. Swidler held a variety of positions at Merrill Lynch and its predecessors since 1997. most recently as Managing Director and Head of Specialty Finance
from April 2009 to April 2014. Pnor to joining Merrill Lynch. Mr. Swidler was an assoaate at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton. Rosen 8 Katz. Mr. Swidler has a
BSE from the Marton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from NYU School of Law.
Amamath Thombre has served as Chief Strategy Officer of Match Group, where he oversees the Company's strategy, research and analytics functions. since
March 2015. Prior to that time, he served in a variety of roles at the Company, most recently as President, Match North America from April 2013 to March
2015 and prior to that time, as Senior Vice President and Vice President. Analytics. Prior to joining the Company in 2008, Mr. Thombre held various
management and strategy roles at i2 Technologies. Inc.. where he worked closely with multiple consumer businesses in order to drive the company's growth
through supply chain innovation. Mr. Thombre holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai and a
masters degree in Engineering from the University of Arizona.
Jeffrey Dawson has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company's Dating business since May 2013. Prior to this time. Mr. Dawson served in a variety of
finance related roles since joining the Company in
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2008. most recently as Vice President, Finance from January 2011 to April 2013, Director, Finance from February 2010 to December 2010 and Director,
International Finance from February 2009 to January 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dawson served as a financial analyst for American Airlines and
prior to joining American Airlines. served in a variety of roles for several technology startups. Mr. Davison began his career as a management consultant at
Price Waterhouse. Mr. Davison holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Southern Methodist Unersity's Cox School
of Business.
Match Group announced that it will be consolidating the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman by the end of 2015. and that this position will be held
by Gregory R. Blatt. the current Chairman. Sam Yagan will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer until that time and is expected to continue to serve in
a senior leadership position with the Company thereafter.
Board of directors upon completion of the offering
upon the completion of this offering, we expect our board of directors to have eight members, including Mr. Blatt. three IAC representatives and four directors
who satisfy applicable director independence requirements (see "Director Independence'). The following table sets forth information as of the date of this
prospectus regarding individuals who are expected to serve as members of our board of directors upon completion of this offering.
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