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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2005</B>



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No.&nbsp;333-</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Homestore, Inc.</B>


<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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-4438337</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91362</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1999 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><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"><B><I>Copies of
communications to:</I></B></DIV>


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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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    <TD nowrap align="center"><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 nowrap align="center"> <B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,608,957</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2.29(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">15,134,512</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,782</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents 6,608,957 additional shares issuable upon the exercise of
stock options under the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan,
which represents an automatic increase effective January&nbsp;1, 2005
equal to 4.5% of the total outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s
common stock as of December&nbsp;31, 2004. 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 and 333-113662) filed on September&nbsp;20, 2000, February&nbsp;2,
2001, May&nbsp;24, 2002, and March&nbsp;16, 2004. 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 width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 10, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v06679exv5w01.htm">Exhibit 5.01</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v06679exv23w02.htm">Exhibit 23.02</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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
6,608,957 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, the information relating to the
shares issuable under 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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Omitted pursuant to the instructions and provisions of Form S-8.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Omitted pursuant to the instructions and provisions of Form S-8.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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>the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004;</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, 2004;</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="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><B><I>Description of Securities.</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</I></B>



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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 parties 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 he 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 his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware
corporation may indemnify any persons who were 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 reasons of
the fact that such person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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 he 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 him 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 him and incurred by him in any such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him under Section&nbsp;145.



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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homestore&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the
&#147;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 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 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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; (b)&nbsp;the primary
purpose of such merger is to change the corporate domicile of the Reincorporated Predecessor to
Delaware.


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and
to provide additional procedural protections.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


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


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><B><I>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><B><I>Exhibits.</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed herewith:

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.01.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August
10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2003 filed May&nbsp;14, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.01.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated
May&nbsp;22, 2002. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.2 to
the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2003 filed May&nbsp;14, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws dated August&nbsp;10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2003 filed August&nbsp;14, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.01
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.01
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.01
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.03
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></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.&nbsp;333-79689) filed July&nbsp;27, 1999.)</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><B><I>Undertakings.</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P>
<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="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&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>


<P>
<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="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(ii)&nbsp;&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 colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(iii)&nbsp;&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>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; 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.



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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&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>


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<P><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="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&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>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 14th day of March, 2005.

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">HOMESTORE, INC.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">W. Michael Long
<BR><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Lewis R. Belote, III
<BR><I>Chief Financial Officer</I></TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&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 valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Executive Officer:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. MICHAEL LONG
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">W. Michael Long</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lewis R. Belote, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Additional Directors:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOE F. HANAUER
</DIV></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 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joe F. Hanauer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TERRENCE M. MCDERMOTT
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Terrence M. McDermott</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ L. JOHN DOERR
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">L. John Doerr</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM E. KELVIE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William E. Kelvie</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ KENNETH K. KLEIN
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kenneth K. Klein</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ V. PAUL UNRUH
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">V. Paul Unruh</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BRUCE G. WILLISON
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bruce G. Willison</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.01.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August
10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2003 filed May&nbsp;14, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.01.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated
May&nbsp;22, 2002 . (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01.2 to
the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2003 filed May&nbsp;14, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws dated August&nbsp;10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2003 filed August&nbsp;14, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.01
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.01
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.01
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.03
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></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.&nbsp;333-79689) filed July&nbsp;27, 1999.)</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2005
Registration
No. 333-
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
95-4438337
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
30700 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village, California
91362
(Address of principal executive offices)
(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
6,608,957
(1)
$
2.29(2)
$
15,134,512
$
1,782
(1)
Represents 6,608,957 additional shares issuable upon the exercise of
stock options under the Registrant's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan,
which represents an automatic increase effective January 1, 2005
equal to 4.5% of the total outstanding shares of the Registrant's
common stock as of December 31, 2004. 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 and 333-113662) filed on September 20, 2000, February 2,
2001, May 24, 2002, and March 16, 2004. 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 10, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 5.01
Exhibit 23.02
Exhibit 23.03
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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
6,608,957 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
shares issuable under 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, 2004;
•
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, 2004;
•
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 parties 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 he 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 his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware
corporation may indemnify any persons who were 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 reasons of
the fact that such person 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 he 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 him 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 him and incurred by him in any such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
Homestore's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the
"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 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 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; (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 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
3.01.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August
10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01.1 to the
Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2003 filed May 14, 2003.)
3.01.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated
May 22, 2002. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01.2 to
the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2003 filed May 14, 2003.)
3.02
Bylaws dated August 10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed August 14, 2003.)
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 PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.03
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 14th day of March, 2005.
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
Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 14, 2005
W. Michael Long
Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer:
/s/ LEWIS R. BELOTE, III
Chief Financial Officer
March 14, 2005
Lewis R. Belote, III
Additional Directors:
/s/ JOE F. HANAUER
Chairman of the Board and Director
March 14, 2005
Joe F. Hanauer
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ TERRENCE M. MCDERMOTT
Director
March 14, 2005
Terrence M. McDermott
/s/ L. JOHN DOERR
Director
March 14, 2005
L. John Doerr
/s/ WILLIAM E. KELVIE
Director
March 14, 2005
William E. Kelvie
/s/ KENNETH K. KLEIN
Director
March 14, 2005
Kenneth K. Klein
/s/ V. PAUL UNRUH
Director
March 14, 2005
V. Paul Unruh
/s/ BRUCE G. WILLISON
Director
March 14, 2005
Bruce G. Willison
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Exhibit Title
3.01.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August
10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01.1 to the
Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2003 filed May 14, 2003.)
3.01.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated
May 22, 2002 . (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01.2 to
the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2003 filed May 14, 2003.)
3.02
Bylaws dated August 10, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed August 14, 2003.)
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 PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.03
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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