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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Homestore, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-4438337</B><BR>
<I>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>30700 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village, California</B><BR>
<I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91362</B><BR>
<I>(Zip code)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>1999 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>W. Michael Long<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Homestore, Inc.<BR>
30700 Russell Ranch Road<BR>
Westlake Village, California 91362<BR>
(805)&nbsp;557-2300</B><BR>
<I>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><I>Copies of communications to:</I></B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Michael R. Douglas<BR>
Executive Vice President,<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Homestore, Inc.<BR>
30700 Russell Ranch Road<BR>
Westlake Village, California 91362</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Catherine Meeker<BR>
Alston &#038; Bird LLP<BR>
Bank of America Plaza<BR>
101 South Tryon Street, Suite&nbsp;4000<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28280-4000</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,713,966(1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$37,732,489</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,037</TD>
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    <TD>Amount to be registered consists of 6,713,966 additional shares
issuable pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under the
Registrant&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, which represents an automatic
increase effective January&nbsp;1, 2006 equal to 4.5% of the total
outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock as of December&nbsp;31,
2005. Shares issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
were originally registered on a registration statement on Form S-8
(File No.&nbsp;333-84545) filed on August&nbsp;4, 1999, and additional shares
were previously registered on registration statements on Form S-8 (File
Nos. 333-46252, 333-54886, 333-89170, 333-113662 and 333-123299) filed
on September&nbsp;20, 2000, February&nbsp;2, 2001, May&nbsp;24, 2002, March&nbsp;16, 2004
and March&nbsp;14, 2005. In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement will cover such
indeterminate number of shares of common stock of Homestore, Inc. that
may be issued under the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan in
respect of stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933 and
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock as reported in the consolidated reporting
system of The NASDAQ National Market on March&nbsp;9, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homestore, Inc. (&#147;Homestore&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register an additional
6,713,966 shares under Homestore&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to the provisions of such
plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such
plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, the information relating to the
Homestore 1999 Stock Incentive Plan specified by Part&nbsp;I is not filed with the Commission but
documents containing such information have been or will be sent or given to employees as specified
by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission but constitute (along
with the documents incorporated by reference into the registration statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of
Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. </B><B><I>Plan Information.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Omitted pursuant to the instructions and provisions of Form S-8.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. </B><B><I>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Omitted pursuant to the instructions and provisions of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents that the Registrant filed (or that it will file) with
the Commission are incorporated into this registration statement by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since
December&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Registrant&#146;s
common stock filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;9, 1999, and all amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such form; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>all other information that the Registrant files with the Commission under
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
registration statement and before the termination of this offering.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information that the Registrant files with the Commission after the date of
this registration statement will update and supersede the information contained in this
registration statement, including the incorporated filings.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference, or deemed to
be incorporated by reference, in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><B><I>Description of Securities.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><B><I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delaware General Corporation Law</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homestore is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;145,
as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (&#147;Section&nbsp;145&#148;), of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons
who were, are or are threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests,
provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer,
director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a present or former
director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred
to above, the corporation must indemnify such person against the expenses which such director or
officer has actually and reasonably incurred. Section&nbsp;145 further authorizes a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, arising out of such
person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person under Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homestore&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Restated Certificate of
Incorporation&#148;), provides that Homestore will, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of
Section&nbsp;145, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom
Homestore has the power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all expenses,
liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section. In addition, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that none of
Homestore&#146;s directors will be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homestore&#146;s Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party to, or
is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (the &#147;Proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that
such person (or a person of whom such person is the legal representative), is or was Homestore&#146;s
director or officer or a director or officer of a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined below) or
is or was serving at Homestore&#146;s request or at the request of a Reincorporated Predecessor as a
director or officer of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, will be indemnified and held
harmless by Homestore to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, against all expenses, liability
and loss (including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts
paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to Homestore&#146;s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal
action or Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. Such
indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and will
inure to the benefit of such person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Homestore will indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a
Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by Homestore&#146;s board of directors. As used in this paragraph, the term the
&#147;Reincorporated Predecessor&#148; means a corporation that is merged with and into Homestore in a
statutory merger where (a)&nbsp;Homestore is the surviving corporation of such merger; and (b)&nbsp;the
primary purpose of such merger is to change the corporate domicile of the Reincorporated
Predecessor to Delaware.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Contracts and Insurance</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homestore entered into indemnification agreements with its current directors
and officers to give those directors and officers additional contractual assurances regarding the
scope of the indemnification set forth in Homestore&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Homestore maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance
covering some liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See also the undertakings set out in response to &#147;Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.&#148;
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><B><I>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><B><I>Exhibits.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed herewith:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">3.01.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated June&nbsp;23, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.1 to the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 filed March&nbsp;13, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">3.01.02</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;B Convertible Participating Preferred
Stock dated November&nbsp;29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.2
to the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005 filed March&nbsp;13, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">3.02</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws dated June&nbsp;22, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;28, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Certificate for common stock (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.01 to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/ A
(File No.&nbsp;333-79689) filed July&nbsp;8, 1999).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Alston &#038; Bird LLP, counsel to the Registrant.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Alston &#038; Bird LLP (included in exhibit 5.01).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.02</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">24.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1999 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.18 to
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/ A (File No.
333-79689) filed July&nbsp;27, 1999).</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><B><I>Undertakings.</I></B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt"><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless, in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westlake Village, State of California,
on this 7th day of March, 2006.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">HOMESTORE, INC. <BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">W. Michael Long    &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">            /s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Lewis R. Belote, III    &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chief Financial Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS </B>that each individual whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Lewis R. Belote, III, and Michael R. Douglas, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to sign any registration statement
for the same offering covered by the registration statement that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or his, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><B>Principal Executive Officer:</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Michael Long</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><B>Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting<BR>
Officer:</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lewis R. Belote, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><B>Additional Directors:</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JOE F. HANAUER
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joe F. Hanauer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ FRED D. ANDERSON
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Fred D. Anderson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ L. JOHN DOERR
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
L. John Doerr</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ WILLIAM E. KELVIE
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
William E. Kelvie</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ KENNETH K. KLEIN
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth K. Klein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ROGER MCNAMEE
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger McNamee</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ V. PAUL UNRUH
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
V. Paul Unruh</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ BRUCE G. WILLISON
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bruce G. Willison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ALAN J. YASSKY
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Alan J. Yassky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 7, 2006</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">3.01.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated June&nbsp;23, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.1 to the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 filed March&nbsp;13, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">3.01.02</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;B Convertible Participating Preferred
Stock dated November&nbsp;29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.2
to the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005 filed March&nbsp;13, 2006).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">3.02</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws dated June&nbsp;22, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;28, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Certificate for common stock (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.01 to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/ A
(File No.&nbsp;333-79689) filed July&nbsp;8, 1999).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Alston &#038; Bird LLP, counsel to the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.01</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Alston &#038; Bird LLP (included in exhibit 5.01).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.02</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">1999 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.18 to
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/ A (File No.
333-79689) filed July&nbsp;27, 1999).</TD>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Homestore, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
95-4438337
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
30700 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
91362
(Zip code)
1999 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
W. Michael Long
Chief Executive Officer
Homestore, Inc.
30700 Russell Ranch Road
Westlake Village, California 91362
(805) 557-2300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Michael R. Douglas
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Homestore, Inc.
30700 Russell Ranch Road
Westlake Village, California 91362
Catherine Meeker
Alston & Bird LLP
Bank of America Plaza
101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28280-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share
6,713,966(1)
$5.62(2)
$37,732,489
$4,037
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of 6,713,966 additional shares
issuable pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under the
Registrant's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, which represents an automatic
increase effective January 1, 2006 equal to 4.5% of the total
outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock as of December 31,
2005. Shares issuable under the Registrant's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
were originally registered on a registration statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-84545) filed on August 4, 1999, and additional shares
were previously registered on registration statements on Form S-8 (File
Nos. 333-46252, 333-54886, 333-89170, 333-113662 and 333-123299) filed
on September 20, 2000, February 2, 2001, May 24, 2002, March 16, 2004
and March 14, 2005. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement will cover such
indeterminate number of shares of common stock of Homestore, Inc. that
may be issued under the Registrant's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan in
respect of stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Registrant's common stock as reported in the consolidated reporting
system of The NASDAQ National Market on March 9, 2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Homestore, Inc. ("Homestore" or the "Registrant") is filing this registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register an additional
6,713,966 shares under Homestore's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to the provisions of such
plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such
plan.
Pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information relating to the
Homestore 1999 Stock Incentive Plan specified by Part I is not filed with the Commission but
documents containing such information have been or will be sent or given to employees as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1). Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission but constitute (along
with the documents incorporated by reference into the registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.
Omitted pursuant to the instructions and provisions of Form S-8.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Omitted pursuant to the instructions and provisions of Form S-8.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents that the Registrant filed (or that it will file) with
the Commission are incorporated into this registration statement by reference:
•
the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005;
•
all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since
December 31, 2005;
•
the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Registrant's
common stock filed with the SEC on July 9, 1999, and all amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such form; and
•
all other information that the Registrant files with the Commission under
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
registration statement and before the termination of this offering.
The information that the Registrant files with the Commission after the date of
this registration statement will update and supersede the information contained in this
registration statement, including the incorporated filings.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference, or deemed to
be incorporated by reference, in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Homestore is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145,
as the same exists or may hereafter be amended ("Section 145"), of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons
who were, are or are threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was
unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of such
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corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests,
provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer,
director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a present or former
director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred
to above, the corporation must indemnify such person against the expenses which such director or
officer has actually and reasonably incurred. Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, arising out of such
person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person under Section 145.
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
Homestore's Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate of
Incorporation"), provides that Homestore will, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of
Section 145, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom
Homestore has the power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all expenses,
liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section. In addition, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that none of
Homestore's directors will be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director.
Homestore's Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party to, or
is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (the "Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that
such person (or a person of whom such person is the legal representative), is or was Homestore's
director or officer or a director or officer of a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined below) or
is or was serving at Homestore's request or at the request of a Reincorporated Predecessor as a
director or officer of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, will be indemnified and held
harmless by Homestore to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, against all expenses, liability
and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts
paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to Homestore's best interests, and, with respect to any criminal
action or Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. Such
indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and will
inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Homestore will indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a
Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by Homestore's board of directors. As used in this paragraph, the term the
"Reincorporated Predecessor" means a corporation that is merged with and into Homestore in a
statutory merger where (a) Homestore is the surviving corporation of such merger; and (b) the
primary purpose of such merger is to change the corporate domicile of the Reincorporated
Predecessor to Delaware.
Contracts and Insurance
Homestore entered into indemnification agreements with its current directors
and officers to give those directors and officers additional contractual assurances regarding the
scope of the indemnification set forth in Homestore's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections.
In addition, Homestore maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance
covering some liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933.
See also the undertakings set out in response to "Item 9. Undertakings."
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Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Number
Exhibit Title
3.01.01
Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated June 23, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.01.1 to the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed March 13, 2006).
3.01.02
Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Participating Preferred
Stock dated November 29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01.2
to the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005 filed March 13, 2006).
3.02
Bylaws dated June 22, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed June 28, 2005).
4.01
Form of Specimen Certificate for common stock (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1/ A
(File No. 333-79689) filed July 8, 1999).
5.01
Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, counsel to the Registrant.
23.01
Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in exhibit 5.01).
23.02
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.01
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
99.1
1999 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to
the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1/ A (File No.
333-79689) filed July 27, 1999).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless, in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westlake Village, State of California,
on this 7th day of March, 2006.
HOMESTORE, INC.
By:
/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
W. Michael Long
Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
Lewis R. Belote, III
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
that each individual whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Lewis R. Belote, III, and Michael R. Douglas, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to sign any registration statement
for the same offering covered by the registration statement that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or his, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
W. Michael Long
Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 7, 2006
Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer:
/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
Lewis R. Belote, III
Chief Financial Officer
March 7, 2006
Additional Directors:
/s/ JOE F. HANAUER
Joe F. Hanauer
Chairman of the Board and Director
March 7, 2006
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ FRED D. ANDERSON
Fred D. Anderson
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ L. JOHN DOERR
L. John Doerr
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ WILLIAM E. KELVIE
William E. Kelvie
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ KENNETH K. KLEIN
Kenneth K. Klein
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ ROGER MCNAMEE
Roger McNamee
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ V. PAUL UNRUH
V. Paul Unruh
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ BRUCE G. WILLISON
Bruce G. Willison
Director
March 7, 2006
/s/ ALAN J. YASSKY
Alan J. Yassky
Director
March 7, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Exhibit Title
3.01.01
Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated June 23, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.01.1 to the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed March 13, 2006).
3.01.02
Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Participating Preferred
Stock dated November 29, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01.2
to the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005 filed March 13, 2006).
3.02
Bylaws dated June 22, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed June 28, 2005).
4.01
Form of Specimen Certificate for common stock (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1/ A
(File No. 333-79689) filed July 8, 1999).
5.01
Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, counsel to the Registrant.
23.01
Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in exhibit 5.01).
23.02
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.01
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
99.1
1999 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to
the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1/ A (File No.
333-79689) filed July 27, 1999).
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