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the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2021</B></FONT></P>

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No. 333-[&bull;]</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>MATCH GROUP, INC. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 34%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>59-2712887</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></P>
                                   <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>8750 North Central
    Expressway, Suite 1400</B></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;<B>Dallas,
    TX 75231</B></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;<B>Telephone: (214)&nbsp;576-9352</B>&nbsp;</P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Match Group, Inc. 2021 Global Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Jared F. Sine, Esq.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>8750 North Central
Expressway, Suite 1400</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Dallas, TX 75231</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Telephone: (214) 576-9352</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>With a copy to:</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Richard D. Truesdell, Jr.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>450 Lexington Avenue</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10017</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 450-4000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 62%; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Large accelerated filer &#9746;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated filer &#9744; </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer &nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; (Do not check if a smaller
    reporting company) </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller reporting company &#9744; </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging growth company &#9744; </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Amount to be Registered (1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share (2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Amount of <BR>
Registration Fee (3)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 9.35pt; text-indent: -9.35pt">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt">3,000,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$160.79</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$482,370,000.00</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$52,626.57</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers shares of common stock, $0.001 par value
per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of Match Group, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) (i) authorized for
issuance under the Match Group, Inc. 2021 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) and (ii) pursuant to Rule 416(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), any additional shares of Common Stock that may become
issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities
Act, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices reported for a share of
Common Stock on t<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">he Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market) on June 28, 2021</FONT>.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD>Rounded up to the nearest penny.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART I</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART II<BR>
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents are incorporated herein
by reference:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on February 25, 2021 (File
No. 001-34148);</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(b) The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2021 (File No. 001-34148);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(c) The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on
Form 8-K that have been filed, but not furnished, pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K referred
to in clause (a) above; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, which is contained in Exhibit 4.1 attached to the Registrant&rsquo;s
Registration Statement on Form 10-K (File No. 001-34148), filed on February 25, 2021;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&#9;In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents,
except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein 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 or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 4. Description of Securities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &quot;Delaware General Corporation Law&quot;) provides that a corporation
may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">been a director, officer, employee or agent
to the registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section&nbsp;145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those
seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The
Registrant&rsquo;s third amended and restated by-laws provide for indemnification by the registrant of its directors, officers and employees
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's amended certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided to its directors and officers against loss rising
from claims made by reason of breach of duty, misstatement, error or omission committed in their capacity as directors or officers of
the registrant. Such policies of insurance also provide coverage to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the Registrant
to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&#9;Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 84%; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000089882205001021/certificate.txt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000089882205001021/certificate.txt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s 8-A/A, filed on August 12, 2005 (File No. 000-20570))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465908054643/a08-22119_1ex3d1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465908054643/a08-22119_1ex3d1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s 8-K, filed on August 22, 2008 (File No. 000-20570))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant&rsquo;s 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-5.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-5.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant&rsquo;s 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-6.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-6.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant&rsquo;s 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-7.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465920079322/tm2023780d1_ex3-7.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant&rsquo;s 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000095010321006521/dp150121_ex0302.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 84%"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000095010321006521/dp150121_ex0302.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Third Amended and Restated By-Laws of Match Group, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2021 (File No. 001-34148))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="dp153759_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp153759_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="dp153759_ex2301.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp153759_ex2301.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP (filed herewith) </FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="dp153759_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp153759_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="#poa"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="#poa"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included in signature page hereof)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465921059110/tm2113045d1_def14a.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000110465921059110/tm2113045d1_def14a.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Match Group, Inc. 2021 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix D to the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2021)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* Filed herewith</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 9. Undertakings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.25in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.25in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration
Fee&rdquo; table in this registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.25in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in this Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0in"><I>provided</I>, <I>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 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt">Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in this 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the provisions referenced in Item&nbsp;6 of this Registration Statement, 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
Securities 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 hereunder, 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, 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 Dallas,
State of Texas, on the 1st day of July, 2021<B>.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B></B></P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>MATCH GROUP, INC. </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jared F. Sine&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 28%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Jared F. Sine&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer and Secretary&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="poa"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Gary Swidler, Jared F. Sine and Francisco Villamar, and each of them,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">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 dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; width: 37%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Signature</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; width: 40%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Title</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; width: 23%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Date</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Sharmistha Dubey</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Sharmistha Dubey</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Gary Swidler</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Gary Swidler</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Philip D. Eigenmann</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
(principal accounting officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Philip D. Eigenmann</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Thomas J. McInerney</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chairman of the Board</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Thomas J. McInerney</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Stephen Bailey</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Stephen Bailey</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Melissa Brenner</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Melissa Brenner</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Joseph Levin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Joseph Levin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Ann L. McDaniel</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Ann L. McDaniel</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Wendi Murdoch</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Ryan Reynolds</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Glenn H. Schiffman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Glenn H. Schiffman</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Pamela S. Seymon</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;July 1, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Pamela S. Seymon</TD>
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As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2021
Registration
No. 333-[•]
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MATCH GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
59-2712887
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8750 North Central
    Expressway, Suite 1400
Dallas,
    TX 75231
Telephone: (214) 576-9352
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
Match Group, Inc. 2021 Global Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jared F. Sine, Esq.
8750 North Central
Expressway, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231
Telephone: (214) 576-9352
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Richard D. Truesdell, Jr.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer   ☐ (Do not check if a smaller
    reporting company)
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee (3)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
3,000,000
$160.79
$482,370,000.00
$52,626.57
(1)
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers shares of common stock, $0.001 par value
per share ("Common Stock"), of Match Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") (i) authorized for
issuance under the Match Group, Inc. 2021 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") and (ii) pursuant to Rule 416(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), any additional shares of Common Stock that may become
issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities
Act, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices reported for a share of
Common Stock on t
he Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market) on June 28, 2021
.
(3)
Rounded up to the nearest penny.
PART I
The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated herein
by reference:
(a)
The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on February 25, 2021 (File
No. 001-34148);
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2021 (File No. 001-34148);
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on
Form 8-K that have been filed, but not furnished, pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K referred
to in clause (a) above; and
(d)       The
description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, which is contained in Exhibit 4.1 attached to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 10-K (File No. 001-34148), filed on February 25, 2021;
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents,
except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein 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 or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.
Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware General Corporation Law") provides that a corporation
may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having
been a director, officer, employee or agent
to the registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those
seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The
Registrant's third amended and restated by-laws provide for indemnification by the registrant of its directors, officers and employees
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 102(b)(7)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's amended certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.
The
Registrant maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided to its directors and officers against loss rising
from claims made by reason of breach of duty, misstatement, error or omission committed in their capacity as directors or officers of
the registrant. Such policies of insurance also provide coverage to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the Registrant
to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's 8-A/A, filed on August 12, 2005 (File No. 000-20570))
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's 8-K, filed on August 22, 2008 (File No. 000-20570))
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))
4.4
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant's 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))
4.5
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))
4.6
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant's 8-A/A, filed on July 1, 2020 (File No. 001-34148))
4.7
Third Amended and Restated By-Laws of Match Group, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2021 (File No. 001-34148))
5.1*
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (filed herewith)
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith)
23.2*
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in signature page hereof)
99.1
Match Group, Inc. 2021 Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix D to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2021)
* Filed herewith
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;
(ii)       To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in this registration statement; and
(iii)       To
include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in this 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 Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)       That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(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, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in this 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 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the provisions referenced in Item 6 of this Registration Statement, 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
Securities 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 hereunder, 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, 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 Dallas,
State of Texas, on the 1st day of July, 2021
.
MATCH GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Jared F. Sine
Name: Jared F. Sine
Title: Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Gary Swidler, Jared F. Sine and Francisco Villamar, and each of them,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done 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 dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Sharmistha Dubey
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
July 1, 2021
Sharmistha Dubey
/s/ Gary Swidler
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
July 1, 2021
Gary Swidler
/s/ Philip D. Eigenmann
Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)
July 1, 2021
Philip D. Eigenmann
/s/ Thomas J. McInerney
Chairman of the Board
July 1, 2021
Thomas J. McInerney
/s/ Stephen Bailey
Director
July 1, 2021
Stephen Bailey
/s/ Melissa Brenner
Director
July 1, 2021
Melissa Brenner
/s/ Joseph Levin
Director
July 1, 2021
Joseph Levin
/s/ Ann L. McDaniel
Director
July 1, 2021
Ann L. McDaniel
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Wendi Murdoch
Director
July 1, 2021
Wendi Murdoch
/s/ Ryan Reynolds
Director
July 1, 2021
Ryan Reynolds
/s/ Glenn H. Schiffman
Director
July 1, 2021
Glenn H. Schiffman
/s/ Pamela S. Seymon
Director
July 1, 2021
Pamela S. Seymon
/s/ Alan G. Spoon
Director
July 1, 2021
Alan G. Spoon