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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):
January 7, 2002
HOMESTORE.COM, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 000-26659 95-4438337
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
30700 Russell Ranch Road
Westlake Village, California 91362
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (805) 557-2300
Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
Homestore.com, Inc. (the "Company") announced the addition of three new
executive officers to its management team effective January 7, 2002. W. Michael
Long was named as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and a member of the
Board of Directors, Jack D. Dennison was named as the Company's Chief Operating
Officer and Lewis R. Belote III was named as the Company's Chief Financial
Officer. In addition, current board member Joe F. Hanauer was named Chairman of
the Company's Board of Directors. Stuart Wolff resigned as chairman of the board
and chief executive officer of the Company.
Mr. Long previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Healtheon Corp.
and Chairman of the Board at WebMD, Inc., after its merger with Healtheon; and
as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Continuum Company, Inc. Mr.
Dennison previously served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of Healtheon and WebMD; vice president and general counsel of
Continuum; and as deputy general counsel of Computer Sciences Corporation. Mr.
Belote previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance for Healtheon and
WebMD; Chief Financial Officer of ActaMed Corp., and spent 12 years with the
accounting firm, Ernst & Young.
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SIGNATURE
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.
HOMESTORE.COM, INC.
Date: January 11, 2002 By: /s/Walter Lowry
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Walter Lowry
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel