UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13D/A
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. 7)*
Homestore,
Inc. |
(Name
of Issuer) |
Common
Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share |
(Title
of Class of Securities) |
437852106 |
(CUSIP
Number) |
Eric
J. Bock, Esq.
Executive
Vice President - Law and Corporate Secretary
Cendant
Corporation
9
West 57th Street
New
York, New York 10019
Telephone:
(212) 431-1836 |
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to
Receive Notices and Communications) |
February
15, 2005 |
(Date
of Event Which Requires Filing of This
Statement) |
If the
filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the
acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the
following box. [ ]
Note:
Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies
of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to
whom copies are to be sent.
*The
remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The
information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to
be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
1 |
NAME
OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S.
IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
CENDANT
CORPORATION (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. 06-0918165) |
2 |
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
⃞ (b)
⃞ |
3 |
SEC
USE ONLY |
4 |
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
OO |
5 |
CHECK
IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS ⃞
REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) |
6 |
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE |
NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH |
7 |
SOLE
VOTING POWER
3,317,303 |
8 |
SHARED
VOTING POWER
- 0
- |
9 |
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
|
10 |
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
- 0
- |
11 |
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
|
12 |
CHECK
IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
⃞ |
13 |
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
2.26% |
14 |
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
|
The
shares of Homestore, Inc. common stock beneficially owned by Cendant Corporation
are held of record by Cendant Membership Services Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Cendant Corporation.
This
Amendment No. 7 amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D/A filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2004 (the "Statement").
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Statement. Except as disclosed herein there has been no
change in the information previously reported on Schedule 13D.
Item
5. |
|
Interest
in Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 5 of
this Schedule 13D is amended as follows:
(a) Cendant
beneficially owns 3,317,303
shares of Homestore Common Stock through its wholly owned subsidiary Cendant
Membership Services Holdings, Inc. ("CMS"). Based on the 146,721,187 shares of
Homestore Common Stock that were issued and outstanding as of October 31, 2004
(as reported by Homestore, Inc. in its Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004), the
3,317,303 shares of Homestore Common Stock beneficially owned by Cendant
represented 2.26% of the issued and outstanding shares of Homestore Common Stock
on such date.
(b) Cendant
has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares of Homestore
Common Stock and the sole power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of,
the shares of Homestore Common Stock.
(c) For
the period beginning February 7, 2005 through and including March 3, 2005,
Cendant sold 4,014,200 shares of Homestore Common Stock at an average price
of $2.64 per share.
SIGNATURE
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated:
March 4, 2005
|
CENDANT
CORPORATION
By: /s/
Eric J. Bock |
|
Name:
Eric J. Bock, Esq.
Title:
Executive Vice President -
Law
and Corporate Secretary |