Document

Confidential Treatment Requested by Redfin Corporation

Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83

Confidential Draft Submitted on July 10, 2018

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on , 2018

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Redfin Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	6531	74-3064240
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1099 Stewart Street, Suite 600

Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 576-8333

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Glenn Kelman

Chief Executive Officer

Redfin Corporation

1099 Stewart Street, Suite 600

Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 576-8333

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:



Alan C. Smith James D. Evans David K. Michaels Fenwick & West LLP 1191 Second Avenue, Floor 10 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 389-4510	Anthony Kappus General Counsel Redfin Corporation 1099 Stewart Street, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 576-8333	Eric C. Jensen Alan Hambelton Gian-Michele a Marca Jason Savich Cooley LLP 1700 Seventh Ave, Suite 1900 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 452-8700

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	þ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	þ

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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. þ



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered		Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Unit	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price	Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		(1)(2)
Convertible Senior Notes		(3)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	(1)(4)			(4)	(4)
Total

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, such number of shares of common stock registered hereby shall include an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be issued in connection with a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event.

(2) Includes shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase.

(3) Includes an additional $ aggregate principal amount of the notes that that the underwriters have an option to purchase.

(4) There are also registered the stated number of shares of common stock into which the Convertible Senior Notes may be converted which, for purposes of this Registration Statement, is estimated at an initial conversion price of $ , the closing price of the Registrant's common stock on 2018. Pursuant to Rule 457(i), no separate registration fee is payable where securities and securities into which conversion is offered are registered at the same time and no additional consideration is payable upon conversion. This amount represents a good-faith estimate of the maximum number of shares to be issued on conversion.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement contains two separate prospectuses, one relates to an offering of shares of our common stock, and the other relates to an offering of our % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.

We are undertaking these offerings concurrently. However, neither offering is conditioned upon the closing of the other. We cannot assure you that either of the offerings will be completed.

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion. Dated , 2018.

Common Stock

We are offering shares of our common stock.

Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on , 2018 was $ per share.

Concurrently with this offering, we are offering $ aggregate principal amount of our % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023, or the notes (or $ aggregate principal amount of notes if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes), in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The closing of this offering is not contingent upon the closing of our concurrent offering of notes and the closing of our concurrent offering of notes is not contingent upon the closing of this offering.

This prospectus is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities being offered in the concurrent offering of notes. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Concurrent Offering of Convertible Senior Notes” for a summary of the terms of the notes and a further description of the concurrent offering of notes.We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 9 of this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before buying shares of our common stock.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.



	Per Share	Total
Public offering price	$	$
Underwriting discount⁽¹⁾	$	$
Proceeds, before expenses, to us	$	$

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(1)	See “Underwriting” for a description of the compensation payable to the underwriters.

To the extent that the underwriters sell more than shares of common stock, the underwriters have the option to purchase up to an additional shares from us at the public offering price less the underwriting discount.

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares against payment in New York, New York on , 2018.



Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Prospectus dated , 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS



	Page
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY	1
RISK FACTORS	9
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS	13
USE OF PROCEEDS	14
MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK	15
DIVIDEND POLICY	16
CAPITALIZATION	17
DILUTION	19
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA	21
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS	23
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT	24
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK	26
CONCURRENT CONVERTIBLE NOTE OFFERING	32
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES TO NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF OUR COMMON STOCK	33
UNDERWRITING	39
LEGAL MATTERS	44
EXPERTS	44
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	44
INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION BY REFERENCE	45

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We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses we have prepared. We and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of those respective documents, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock.

For investors outside of the United States: Neither we nor the underwriters have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. You are required to inform yourself about, and to observe any restrictions relating to, this offering and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the United States.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein. This summary sets forth the material terms of this offering, but does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read carefully this entire prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, and any free writing prospectus we authorize for use in connection with this offering, before making an investment decision, especially the risks of investing in our securities discussed in “Risk Factors,” as well as the consolidated financial statements and notes to those consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference into this prospectus. In addition, any reference to or description of our concurrent offering of % Senior Convertible Notes due 2023, or notes, herein is wholly subject to the other prospectus pursuant to which the notes are being offered, and you should not rely on this prospectus in making an investment decision to purchase the notes. We refer to our concurrent offering of notes as the Convertible Note Offering.

Our Company

Redfin is a technology-powered residential real estate brokerage. We represent people buying and selling homes in over 80 markets throughout the United States. Our mission is to redefine real estate in the consumer’s favor.

Our strategy is simple. In a commission-driven industry, we put the customer first. We do this by pairing our own agents with our own technology to create a service that is faster, better, and costs less. We meet customers through our listings-search website and mobile application, reducing the marketing costs that can keep fees high. We let homebuyers schedule home tours with a few taps of a mobile-phone button, so it’s easy to try our service. We create an immersive online experience for every Redfin-listed home and then promote that listing to more buyers than any traditional brokerage can reach through its own website. We use machine learning to recommend better listings than any customer could find on her own. And we pay Redfin lead agents based in part on customer satisfaction, not just commission, so we’re on the customer’s side.

Recent Developments

Buying and Selling Homes through Redfin Now

In the first quarter of 2017, we began testing an experimental new service called Redfin Now, where we buy homes directly from home sellers and resell them to homebuyers. Redfin Now was responsible for $ million of our $ to $ total estimated revenue from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018. As we have previously shared, revenue earned from homes sold through Redfin Now is recorded at closing on a gross basis, representing the sales price of the home.

For the last six quarters, we have been testing Redfin Now in select markets, and purchased and resold homes representing a total of $ in revenue. During this period, we have observed significant demand for our Redfin Now service, and we believe the service is highly complementary to our core brokerage services. As a result, we intend to expand our Redfin Now service from an experiment to an on-going customer offering in late July 2018. For the three months ended June 30, 2018 we limited ourselves to no more than $25 million in Redfin Now capital at any point in time, including inventory and homes that we are committed to purchase. We intend to increase that limit to $ million through the rest of 2018.

As we continue to scale Redfin Now, we will continue to evaluate the most attractive financing options for the business, including asset-backed financing.

Estimated Preliminary Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

Presented below are certain estimated preliminary financial results and other key business metrics for the three months ended June 30, 2018, and with respect to certain other key business metrics, for the two

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months ended May 31, 2018. These ranges are based on the information available to us at this time. We have provided ranges, rather than specific amounts, because these results are preliminary. As such, our actual results may vary from the estimated preliminary results presented here and will not be finalized until after we close this offering. We have not identified any unusual or unique events or trends that occurred during the period that we believe will materially affect these estimates.

These are forward-looking statements and may differ from actual results. These estimates should not be viewed as a substitute for our full interim or annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on this preliminary data. Please refer to “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” These estimated preliminary results should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto and "Risk Factors" included in our periodic reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated by reference into this prospectus. For additional information, please see “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”

This data has been prepared by, and is the responsibility of, Redfin management. Our independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, has not audited, reviewed, compiled, or performed any procedures with respect to the preliminary financial results. Accordingly, Deloitte & Touche LLP does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect thereto.



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2018
			(estimated)
	(unaudited, in thousands)
			Low	High
Selected Financial Data
Real estate revenue	$	100,658
Other revenue(1)	4,277
Revenue(1)	104,935
Gross profit(2)	36,960
Operating expenses(2)	32,688
Net income(2)	$	4,304

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(1)	Includes revenue from Redfin Now.


(2)	Includes depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation.



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2018
			(estimated)
	(unaudited, in thousands)
			Low	High
Supplemental Financial Data
Revenue from Redfin Now	$	1,981
Depreciation and amortization	1,634
Stock-based compensation	2,638

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	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2018
			(estimated)
	(unaudited)
			Low	High
Key Business Metrics
Monthly average visitors (in thousands)	24,400
Real estate transactions:
Brokerage	$	10,221
Partner	2,874
Total	$	13,095

In the three months ended June 30, 2018, we estimate that real estate revenue increased between $ million and $ million, or % to %, as compared to real estate revenue in the same period in 2017. In the three months ended June 30, 2018, we estimate that other revenue, which includes an estimated $ million related to Redfin Now, increased between $ million and $ million, or % to %, as compared to other revenue in the same period in 2017.



	Two Months Ended May 31,
	2017	2018
Key Business Metrics
Aggregate home value of real estate transactions (in millions)
U.S. market share by value

To calculate U.S. market share by value, we use market information as reported by The National Association of REALTORS^®. As of July , 2018, that information has not been published for the month ended June 30, 2018. Accordingly, we are providing results through May 31, 2018, the latest data that is available to us as of July 2018.

Concurrent Convertible Note Offering

Concurrently with this offering, we are offering $ aggregate principal amount of our % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (or $ aggregate principal amount of notes if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes), in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The closing of this offering is not contingent upon the closing of our concurrent Convertible Note Offering and the closing of our concurrent Convertible Note Offering is not contingent upon the closing of this offering. We cannot assure you that our concurrent Convertible Note Offering will be completed on the terms described herein, or at all. See “Concurrent Convertible Note Offering” for additional information.

Corporate Information

We were incorporated as Appliance Computing Inc. in Washington in October 2002. We reincorporated in February 2005 in Delaware and changed our name to Redfin Corporation in May 2006. Our principal executive offices are located at 1099 Stewart St., Suite 600, Seattle, Washington 98101, and our telephone number is (206) 576-8333. Our website address is www.redfin.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and you should not consider information on our website to be part of this prospectus. Investors should not rely on any such information in deciding whether to purchase our common stock.

We completed our initial public offering in August 2017 and our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN.”

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Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, the terms “Redfin,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Redfin Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, unless otherwise noted.

Redfin, the Redfin logo, Redfin Estimate, Title Forward, Walk Score, Redfin Mortgage, Redfin Now, and other registered or common law trade names, trademarks, or service marks of Redfin appearing in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein are Redfin’s property. This prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein may contain additional trade names, trademarks, and service marks of other companies that are not owned by Redfin. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, these other companies. Solely for convenience, our trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus or incorporated by reference herein appear without the ^® and ^TM symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights, or the right of the applicable licensor, to these trademarks and trade names.

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The Offering



Common stock offered	shares
Option to purchase additional shares of common stock	shares
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering	shares ( shares, if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full)
Concurrent Convertible Note Offering	Concurrently with this offering, we are offering $ aggregate principal amount of our % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (or $ aggregate principal amount of notes if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes), in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The closing of this offering is not contingent upon the closing of our concurrent Convertible Note Offering and the closing of our concurrent Convertible Note Offering is not contingent upon the closing of this offering. We cannot assure you that our concurrent Convertible Note Offering will be completed on the terms described herein, or at all. See “Concurrent Convertible Note Offering” for additional information.
Use of proceeds	We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock in this offering will be approximately $ million (or approximately $ million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. We estimate that the net proceeds to us from the Convertible Note Offering, if completed, will be approximately $ million (or $ million if the underwriters for the Convertible Note Offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes) after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses.
	We intend to use the net proceeds that we receive from this offering and the Convertible Note Offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including technology and development and marketing activities, general and administrative matters, and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to invest in or acquire third-party businesses, products, services, technologies, or other assets. See “Use of Proceeds.”

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Risk factors	You should read the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.
The Nasdaq Global Select Market symbol	“RDFN”

The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 82,672,592 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2018, and excludes:


•	11,821,024 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of March 31, 2018, with a weighted-average exercise price of $6.39 per share;


•	1,152,718 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of restricted stock units, or RSUs, outstanding as of March 31, 2018;


•	187,076 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the first share purchase under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 29, 2018;


•	up to 1,057,595 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of time-based and performance-based RSUs granted after March 31, 2018; and

•

9,426,195 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our stock-based compensation plans as of March 31, 2018 (which number of shares is prior to the RSUs outstanding granted after March 31, 2018 and shares issued under the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 29, 2018), consisting of (1) 7,011,507 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, and (2) 2,414,688 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Except as otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes and reflects:


•	no exercise of outstanding options or settlement of outstanding RSUs after March 31, 2018; and


•	no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of our common stock.

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Summary Consolidated Financial Data

You should read the financial data set forth below in conjunction with the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018 incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our results to be expected in any future period, and our interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that should be expected for the full year. The summary statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 were derived from our audited financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The summary statements of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 and balance sheet data as of March 31, 2018 were derived from our unaudited financial statements that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.



	Year Ended December 31,									Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2016			2017			2017			2018
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenue	$	187,338		$	267,196		$	370,036		$	59,868		$	79,893
Cost of revenue(1)	138,492			184,452			258,216			53,492			74,197
Gross profit	48,846			82,744			111,820			6,376			5,696
Operating expenses:
Technology and development(1)	27,842			34,588			42,532			9,672			12,762
Marketing(1)	19,899			28,571			32,251			10,459			13,336
General and administrative(1)	31,394			42,369			53,009			14,367			16,772
Total operating expenses	79,135			105,528			127,792			34,498			42,870
Income (loss) from operations	(30,289		)	(22,784		)	(15,972		)	(28,122		)	(37,174		)
Interest income and other income, net:
Interest income	46			173			882			43			577
Other income, net	7			85			88			13			158
Total interest income and other income, net	53			258			970			56			735
Income (loss) before tax benefit (expense)	(30,236		)	(22,526		)	(15,002		)	(28,066		)	(36,439		)
Income tax benefit (expense)	—			—			—			—			—
Net income (loss)	$	(30,236	)	$	(22,526	)	$	(15,002	)	$	(28,066	)	$	(36,439	)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock	(102,224		)	(55,502		)	(175,915		)	(24,770		)	—
Net income (loss) attributable to common stock—basic and diluted	$	(132,460	)	$	(78,028	)	$	(190,917	)	$	(52,836	)	$	(36,439	)
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	$	(9.87	)	$	(5.42	)	$	(4.47	)	$	(3.58	)	$	(0.44	)
Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	13,416,411			14,395,067			42,722,114			14,767,478			82,010,913

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(1)	Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

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	Year Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2016		2017		2017		2018
	(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	1,440	$	2,266	$	2,902	$	714	$	1,300
Technology and development	1,375		2,383		3,325		731		1,473
Marketing	298		469		487		119		119
General and administrative	2,449		3,295		4,387		1,117		1,304
Total	$	5,562	$	8,413	$	11,101	$	2,681	$	4,196


(2)	See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein, for an explanation of the calculations of our net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted.



	As of March 31, 2018
	Actual		As Adjusted (1)	As Further Adjusted (2)
	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$	190,773
Working capital	$	177,300
Total assets	$	269,950
Debt:
Loan facility	$	1,357
% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023	$	—
Total stockholders’ equity	$	209,255

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(1)	The as adjusted column gives effect to the sale and issuance by us of shares of our common stock in this offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses.

(2)

The as further adjusted column gives effect to the adjustments set forth above and the sale of the notes in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering (assuming the underwriters in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering do not exercise their option to purchase additional notes), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, and assuming that such net proceeds are held as cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the risk factors described below, together with all of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions discussed under Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and Part II, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018, each of which is incorporated herein by reference except as updated below, and may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, in the future. If any of the risks incorporated by reference or set forth below occurs, our business, operations and financial condition could suffer significantly. As a result, you could lose some or all of your investment in our securities. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business, operations and financial condition, or cause the value of our securities to decline.

Risks Related to This Offering of Our Common Stock

This offering is not contingent on the consummation of any other financing, including the concurrent Convertible Note Offering, and we have broad discretion to use the net proceeds from this offering and our concurrent Convertible Note Offering, which we may not use effectively.

Neither the completion of this offering nor of the concurrent Convertible Note Offering is contingent on the completion of the other, so it is possible that this offering occurs and the Convertible Note Offering does not occur, and vice versa. We cannot assure you that the concurrent Convertible Note Offering will be completed on the terms described herein, or at all.

Our management has broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering and our concurrent Convertible Note Offering. If we do not use the net proceeds effectively, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be harmed, and the market price of our common stock could decline. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from this offering and our concurrent Convertible Note Offering in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities such as money market accounts, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, and guaranteed obligations of the U.S. government that may not generate a high yield to our stockholders.

If you purchase shares of common stock sold in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution.

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will experience substantial and immediate dilution in the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering of $ per share as of March 31, 2018, because the price that you pay will be substantially greater than the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of the common stock that you acquire. This dilution is due in large part to the fact that our earlier investors paid substantially less than the offering price when they purchased shares of our capital stock. You will experience additional dilution upon exercise of the outstanding stock options and other equity awards that may be granted under our equity incentive plans, and when we otherwise issue additional shares of our common stock. For more information, see "Dilution."

Sales of a substantial amount of shares of our common stock in the public market, particularly sales by our directors, executive officers, and significant stockholders, or the perception that these sales could occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and may make it more difficult for you to sell your common stock at a time and price that you deem appropriate.

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common stock without the permission of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for a period of 90 days following the date of this prospectus. We refer to such period as the lock-up period. When the lock-up period expires, we and our executive officers and directors subject to a lock-up agreement will be able to sell our shares in the public market. In addition, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC may, in its sole discretion, release all or some portion of the shares subject to lock-up agreements at any time and for any reason. Sales of a substantial number of such shares upon expiration of the lock-up agreements, the perception that such sales may occur, or early release of these agreements, could cause our market price to fall or make it more difficult for you to sell your common stock at a time and price that you deem appropriate.

Risks Related to Our Concurrent Convertible Note Offering

Conversion of the notes may dilute the ownership interest of our stockholders or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.

The conversion of some or all of the notes may dilute the ownership interests of our stockholders. Upon conversion of the notes, we have the option to pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. If we elect to settle our conversion obligation in shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, any sales in the public market of our common stock issuable upon such conversion could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. In addition, the existence of the notes may encourage short selling by market participants because the conversion of the notes could be used to satisfy short positions, or anticipated conversion of the notes into shares of our common stock could depress the price of our common stock.

Certain provisions in the indenture governing the notes offered in the Convertible Note Offering may delay or prevent an otherwise beneficial takeover attempt of us.

Certain provisions in the indenture governing the notes offered in the Convertible Note Offering may make it more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire us. For example, the indenture governing the notes will require us to repurchase the notes for cash upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture governing the notes) of us and, in certain circumstances, to increase the conversion rate for a holder that converts its notes in connection with a make-whole fundamental change. A takeover of us may trigger the requirement that we repurchase the notes and/or increase the conversion rate, which could make it more costly for a potential acquirer to engage in such takeover. Such additional costs may have the effect of delaying or preventing a takeover of us that would otherwise be beneficial to investors.

Assuming we close our Concurrent Note Offering, servicing our debt will require a significant amount of cash. We may not have sufficient cash flow to make payments on our debt, and we may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the notes or to repurchase the notes upon a fundamental change, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on or to refinance our indebtedness, including the notes depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors that may be beyond our control. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring debt or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance our indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations, including the notes or otherwise.

In addition, holders of the notes have the right to require us to repurchase their notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Upon conversion of the notes, unless we elect

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to deliver solely shares of our common stock to settle such conversion (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we will be required to make cash payments in respect of the notes being converted. We may not have enough available cash or be able to obtain financing at the time we are required to make repurchases of the notes surrendered therefor or at the time the notes are being converted. Our failure to repurchase the notes at a time when the repurchase is required by the indenture or to pay any cash payable on future conversions of the notes would constitute an event of default. If the repayment of any indebtedness were to be accelerated because of such event of default (whether under the notes or otherwise), we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness and repurchase the notes or make cash payments upon conversions thereof. An event of default under the indenture may lead to an acceleration of the notes. Any such acceleration could result in our bankruptcy. In a bankruptcy, the holders of the notes would have a claim to our assets that is senior to the claims of our equity holders.

In addition, our significant indebtedness, combined with our other financial obligations and contractual commitments, could have other important consequences. For example, it could:


•	make us more vulnerable to adverse changes in general U.S. and worldwide economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;


•	limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry;


•	place us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors who have less debt; and


•	limit our ability to borrow additional amounts for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including to fund possible acquisitions of, or investments in, complementary businesses, products, services and technologies.

Any of these factors could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if we incur additional indebtedness, the risks related to our business and our ability to service or repay our indebtedness would increase.

The conditional conversion feature of the notes, if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

In the event the conditional conversion feature of the notes is triggered, holders of notes will be entitled to convert the notes at any time during specified periods at their option. If one or more holders elect to convert their notes, unless we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we would be required to settle a portion or all of our conversion obligation through the payment of cash, which could adversely affect our liquidity. In addition, even if holders do not elect to convert their notes, we could be required under applicable accounting rules to reclassify all or a portion of the outstanding principal of the notes as a current rather than long-term liability, which would result in a material reduction of our net working capital.

The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash at the option of the issuer, such as the notes, could have a material effect on our reported financial results.

In May 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued FASB Staff Position No. APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash Upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement), which has subsequently been codified as Accounting Standards Codification 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, or ASC 470-20.

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equity component would be treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component. As a result, we will be required to record a greater amount of non-cash interest expense as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the notes to their face amount over the term of the notes. We will report lower net income or greater loss in our financial results because ASC 470-20 will require interest to include both the amortization of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results, the trading price of our common stock and the trading price of the notes.

In addition, under certain circumstances, convertible debt instruments (such as the notes) that may be settled entirely or partly in cash at the option of the issuer are currently accounted for utilizing the treasury stock method, the effect of which is that the shares issuable upon conversion of the notes are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except to the extent that the conversion value of the notes exceeds their principal amount. Under the treasury stock method, for diluted earnings per share purposes, the transaction is accounted for as if the number of shares of common stock that would be necessary to settle such excess, if we elected to settle such excess in shares, are issued. We cannot be sure that the accounting standards in the future will continue to permit the use of the treasury stock method. If we are unable or otherwise elect not to use the treasury stock method in accounting for the shares issuable upon conversion of the notes, then our diluted earnings per share would be adversely affected.

We may still incur substantially more debt or take other actions which would intensify the risks discussed above.

We and our subsidiaries may incur substantial additional debt in the future, some of which may be secured debt. For instance, we may enter into additional loans or sources of capital to finance the operations of Redfin Now. We will not be restricted under the terms of the indenture governing the notes from incurring additional debt, securing existing or future debt, recapitalizing our debt or taking a number of other actions that are not limited by the terms of the indenture governing the notes that could have the effect of diminishing our ability to make payments on the notes when due.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future operating results and financial position, our business strategy and plans, market growth and trends, and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “potentially,” “preliminary,” “likely,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including those described under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, under Part I. Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, and under Part II. Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the effect of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, performance, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Also, these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of the document containing the applicable statement. We undertake no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus or to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock in this offering will be approximately $ million, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in full, we estimate that our net proceeds would be approximately $ million, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses.

Concurrently with this offering, we are offering % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 in the aggregate principal amount of $ (or $ aggregate principal amount of notes if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes) in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The net proceeds of the concurrent Convertible Note Offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $ million (or approximately $ million if the underwriters in the Convertible Note Offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes). If the Convertible Note Offering does not close, we will not receive the net proceeds described in the foregoing sentence.

The principal purposes of this offering are to increase our capitalization and financial flexibility. We intend to use the net proceeds that we receive from this offering and the concurrent Convertible Note Offering, if consummated, for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including technology development and marketing activities, general and administrative expenses, and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to invest in or acquire third-party businesses, products, services, technologies, or other assets. However, we do not currently have any definitive or preliminary plans with respect to the use of proceeds for such purposes.

We will have broad discretion in using these proceeds, and investors will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the proceeds. Pending their use as described above, we plan to invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing obligations, investment-grade instruments, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, or direct or guaranteed obligations of the U.S. government.

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MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK

Our common stock has been listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN” since July 28, 2017. Prior to that date, there was no public trading market for our common stock. The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.



	High		Low
Year Ending December 31, 2018
Third quarter (through , 2018)	$		$
Second quarter	$	25.06	$	20.76
First quarter	$	31.50	$	19.18
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Fourth quarter	$	31.32	$	19.50
Third quarter (beginning July 28, 2017)	$	33.49	$	19.29

On , 2018, the last reported sale price for our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market was $ per share.

As of , 2018, there were approximately holders of record of our common stock.

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings and do not expect to pay any cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions, and other factors that our board of directors considers relevant.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments and capitalization as of March 31, 2018 on:


•	an actual basis;


•	an as adjusted basis to give effect to the completion of this offering of common stock (assuming the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares is not exercised) and after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, and assuming that such net proceeds are held as cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments; and

•

on an as further adjusted basis to give effect to the adjustments set forth above and the sale of the notes in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering (assuming the underwriters in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering do not exercise their option to purchase additional notes), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, and assuming that such net proceeds are held as cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.

You should read this table together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated by reference herein.



	March 31, 2018
	Actual			As Adjusted	As Further Adjusted for the Concurrent Convertible Note Offering
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$	190,773		$	$
Debt:
Loan facility	1,357
% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023⁽¹⁾	—
Total debt:	1,357
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized, and no shares issued and outstanding, actual, as adjusted, and as further adjusted	—
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 82,672,592 shares issued and outstanding, actual; 500,000,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding, as adjusted, and as further adjusted	83
Additional paid-in capital	374,614
Accumulated deficit	(165,442		)
Total stockholders’ equity⁽²⁾	209,255
Total capitalization⁽²⁾	$	210,612		$	$

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(1)

In accordance with ASC 470-20, a convertible debt instrument (such as the notes) that may be wholly or partially settled in cash is required to be separated into liability and equity components, such that non-cash interest expense reflects our non-convertible debt interest rate. Upon issuance, a debt discount is recognized as a decrease in debt and an increase in equity. The debt component accretes up to the principal amount over the expected term of the debt. ASC 470-20 does not affect the actual amount that we are required to repay, and the amount shown in the table above for the notes is the aggregate principal amount of the notes without reflecting the debt discount or fees and expenses that we are required to recognize. Amounts shown in the table above do not reflect application of ASC 470-20.

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(2)	Issuance of the notes (giving effect to the application of ASC 470-20 as described in note (1) above) will result in a net increase in additional paid-in capital and, therefore, a net increase in total stockholders’ equity and total capitalization. Amounts shown in the table above do not reflect application of ASC 470-20.

The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 82,672,592 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2018, and excludes:


•	11,821,024 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of March 31, 2018, with a weighted-average exercise price of $6.39 per share;


•	1,152,718 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of RSUs outstanding as of March 31, 2018;


•	187,076 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the first share purchase under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 29, 2018;


•	up to 1,057,595 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of time-based and performance-based RSUs granted after March 31, 2018; and

•

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DILUTION

If you invest in our common stock in this offering, your interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of our common stock and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after this offering.

Our net tangible book value as of March 31, 2018 was $196.9 million, or $2.38 per share of common stock. Net tangible book value represents the amount of our tangible assets less our liabilities divided by the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding.

As adjusted net tangible book value per share reflects the sale by us of shares of our common stock in this offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. Our as adjusted net tangible book value as of March 31, 2018 would have been $ million, or $ per share. This amount represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $ per share to our existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $ per share to investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering.

After giving further effect to (1) the conversion of all principal outstanding under the notes issued in the concurrent Convertible Notes Offering (assuming the underwriters in the concurrent Convertible Notes Offering do not exercise their option to purchase additional notes and that we settle all conversions in shares of our common stock and without the application of any anti-dilution, make-whole or other adjustments), if completed, at a conversion rate equal to shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ per share of our common stock), and (2) our sale of shares in this offering, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, our as further adjusted net tangible book value as of March 31, 2018 would be $ , or $ per share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $ per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $ per share to purchasers of common stock in this offering, as illustrated in the following table:

The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis to new investors:



Public offering price per share			$
Net tangible book value per share as of March 31, 2018	$	2.38
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors purchasing in this offering
As adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering
Dilution in net tangible book value per share to investors in this offering
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors purchasing in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering
As further adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering
Dilution in net tangible book value per share to investors in this offering attributable to new investors purchasing in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering			$

If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in full, the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering would be $ per share, and the dilution in as adjusted net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering would be $ per share of our common stock.

The foregoing discussion and table does not take into account further dilution to investors in this offering that could occur upon the exercise of outstanding options and settlement of outstanding restricted stock units, or RSUs. To the extent that any outstanding options are exercised, RSUs are settled, new

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awards are granted or shares are purchased under our equity compensation plans, there will be further dilution to investors participating in this offering.

The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 82,672,592 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2018, and excludes:


•	11,821,024 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of March 31, 2018, with a weighted-average exercise price of $6.39 per share;


•	1,152,718 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of RSUs outstanding as of March 31, 2018;


•	187,076 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the first share purchase under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 29, 2018;


•	up to 1,057,595 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of time-based and performance-based RSUs granted after March 31, 2018; and

•

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

You should read the financial data set forth below in conjunction with the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018 incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our results to be expected in any future period, and our interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that should be expected for the full year. The selected statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and balance sheet data as of December 31, 2016 and 2017 were derived from our audited financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The selected statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2014 and balance sheet data as of December 31, 2014 and 2015 were derived from our audited financial statements that are not incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The selected statements of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 and balance sheet data as of March 31, 2018 were derived from our unaudited financial statements that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.



	Year Ended December 31,												Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2015			2016			2017			2017			2018
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenue	$	125,363		$	187,338		$	267,196		$	370,036		$	59,868		$	79,893
Cost of revenue(1)	93,272			138,492			184,452			258,216			53,492			74,197
Gross profit	32,091			48,846			82,744			111,820			6,376			5,696
Operating expenses:
Technology and development(1)	17,876			27,842			34,588			42,532			9,672			12,762
Marketing(1)	15,058			19,899			28,571			32,251			10,459			13,336
General and administrative(1)	24,240			31,394			42,369			53,009			14,367			16,772
Total operating expenses	57,174			79,135			105,528			127,792			34,498			42,870
Income (loss) from operations	(25,083		)	(30,289		)	(22,784		)	(15,972		)	(28,122		)	(37,174		)
Interest income and other income, net:
Interest income	—			46			173			882			43			577
Other income, net	24			7			85			88			13			158
Total interest income and other income, net	47			53			258			970			56			735
Income (loss) before tax benefit (expense)	(25,036		)	(30,236		)	(22,526		)	(15,002		)	(28,066		)	(36,439		)
Income tax benefit (expense)	306			—			—			—			—			—
Net income (loss)	$	(24,730	)	$	(30,236	)	$	(22,526	)	$	(15,002	)	$	(28,066	)	$	(36,439	)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock	(101,251		)	(102,224		)	(55,502		)	(175,915		)	(24,770		)	—
Net income (loss) attributable to common stock—basic and diluted	$	(125,981	)	$	(132,460	)	$	(78,028	)	$	(190,917	)	$	(52,836	)	$	(36,439	)

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Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	$	(11.76	)	$	(9.87	)	$	(5.42	)	$	(4.47	)	$	(3.58	)	$	(0.44	)
Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	10,716,557			13,416,411			14,395,067			42,722,114			14,767,478			82,010,913

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(1)	Includes stock-based compensation as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,								Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2015		2016		2017		2017		2018
	(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	1,280	$	1,440	$	2,266	$	2,902	$	714	$	1,300
Technology and development	962		1,375		2,383		3,325		731		1,473
Marketing	237		298		469		487		119		119
General and administrative	2,717		2,449		3,295		4,387		1,117		1,304
Total	$	5,196	$	5,562	$	8,413	$	11,101	$	2,681	$	4,196


(2)	See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein, for an explanation of the calculations of our net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted.



	As of December 31,											As of March 31, 2018
	2014			2015			2016			2017		As of March 31, 2018
	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$	112,127		$	87,341		$	65,779		$	208,342	$	190,773
Working capital	106,196			83,234			60,445			204,349		177,300
Total assets	142,113			125,054			133,477			281,955		269,950
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	(370,595		)	(495,713		)	(563,734		)	235,430		209,255

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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related Party Transactions

Below we describe transactions since January 1, 2015, or currently proposed transactions, to which we have been or will be a participant, in which the amount involved in the transaction exceeds or will exceed $120,000 and in which any of our directors, executive officers, or beneficial holders of more than five percent of any class of our capital stock, or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

2015 Third-Party Tender Offer

In June 2015, we entered into a letter agreement with certain holders of our capital stock pursuant to which we agreed to waive certain transfer restrictions in connection with, and assist in the administration of, a tender offer that such holders proposed to commence. In June 2015, these holders commenced a tender offer to purchase shares of our outstanding capital stock at a price per share of $9.8931, less transaction costs, pursuant to an offer to purchase to which we were not a party.

Bridget Frey, Scott Nagel, Chris Nielsen, and Adam Wiener, each of whom is an executive officer, sold shares of our capital stock in the tender offer, which closed in August 2015.

An aggregate of 1,593,409 shares of our capital stock were tendered pursuant to the tender offer, of which entities affiliated with T. Rowe Price purchased 637,363 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $6,305,512 and Tiger Global Private Investment Partners IX, L.P. purchased 955,674 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $9,454,585. Each of T. Rowe Price and Tiger Global Private Investment Partners IX, L.P., together with their respective affiliates, was at the time of the tender offer, and is currently, a beneficial holder of more than five percent of our outstanding capital stock.

Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement

We have entered into an Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement with certain persons that held redeemable convertible preferred stock that we issued prior to our initial public offering. These persons include our certain of our directors and entities with which certain of our directors are associated. These persons are entitled to rights with respect to the registration of their shares in certain situations. For a description of these registration rights, see “Description of Capital Stock—Registration Rights.”

Related Party Transaction Policy

Our board of directors has adopted a written related party transactions policy. Under this policy, a transaction constitutes a “related party transaction” if (1) we participate in the transaction, (2) the transaction’s value exceeds $120,000, and (3) a related party has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A related party is any of our executive officers, our directors and director nominees, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our common stock, and any immediate family member or person sharing the household of any of the foregoing persons.

Our audit committee must review and approve any related party transaction before we participate in the transaction. If it is inappropriate for our audit committee to review the transaction due to a conflict of interest or otherwise, then our nominating and corporate governance committee will review the transaction. If advance approval of the transaction was not feasible or was not obtained, then we will submit the transaction to the applicable committee as soon as reasonably practicable, and the committee will ratify and continue, amend and ratify, or terminate or rescind the transaction.

In reviewing a related party transaction, the applicable committee will consider the facts and circumstances of the transaction, including (1) the risks, costs, and benefits to us, (2) the impact on a director’s independence if the related party is a director, immediate family member of a director, or an entity affiliated with a director, (3) the terms of the transaction, (4) the availability of other sources for comparable services or products, and (5) the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties or to or from employees generally. The applicable committee will approve only those transactions that are in, or are not inconsistent with, the best interests of Redfin and its stockholders.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The table below provides information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of July 3, 2018 by:


•	each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock; and


•	our management, which includes


◦	each of our directors;


◦	each of our named executive officers, who are Glenn Kelman, Scott Nagel and Chris Nielsen; and


◦	all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

In accordance with the SEC’s rules, the number of shares beneficially owned reflects shares over which a person has voting or investment power and includes shares that a person has the right to acquire by September 1, 2018. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the table, each person has sole voting and investment power over the shares reported as beneficially owned by the person.



Name of Beneficial Owner	Number of Shares Beneficially Owned	Percent of Class
5% Beneficial Owners
Persons affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson	7,264,729⁽¹⁾	8.7%
Persons affiliated with Greylock Partners	4,177,012 ⁽²⁾	5.0%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.	5,097,943⁽³⁾	6.1%
Persons affiliated with Tiger Global Management	7,690,091⁽⁴⁾	9.2%
Persons affiliated with Vulcan Capital	7,021,666⁽⁵⁾	8.4%
Management
Robert Bass	61,110⁽⁶⁾	*
Julie Bornstein	39,233⁽⁷⁾	*
Glenn Kelman	2,732,647 ⁽⁸⁾	3.2%
Austin Ligon	671,329⁽⁹⁾	*
David H. Lissy	11,552	*
Robert Mylod, Jr.	491,033⁽¹⁰⁾	*
Scott Nagel	850,295⁽¹¹⁾	1.0%
Chris Nielsen	807,016⁽¹²⁾	1.0%
James Slavet	68,170⁽¹³⁾	*
Selina Tobaccowala	95,722⁽¹⁴⁾	*
All directors and executive officers as a group	7,535,826⁽¹⁵⁾	8.6%

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*	Percentage owned does not exceed one percent.

(1)

Ownership consists of (i) 6,771,743 shares for which voting and investment power is shared among Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund IX, L.P., Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund IX Partners, L.P., DFJ Fund IX, Ltd., Timothy C. Draper, John H. N. Fisher and Stephen T. Jurvetson (ii) 251,911 shares for which voting and investment power is shared among Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partners IX, LLC, Timothy C. Draper, John H. N. Fisher and Stephen T. Jurvetson, (iii) 225,479 shares for which voting and investment power is shared between Draper Associates, L.P. and Draper Associates, Inc., (iv) 7,619 shares held by Draper Associates Riskmasters Fund II, LLC and (v) 7,977 shares held by Draper Associates Riskmasters Fund III, LLC. Timothy C. Draper also has sole voting and investment power over the 241,075 shares described in clauses (iii) through (v) of the preceding sentence. The address for the persons affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson is 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA

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94025. All information relating to the persons affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson is based on the Schedule 13G they filed on January 30, 2018.

(2)

Ownership consists of (i) 3,759,312 shares for which voting and investment power is shared among Greylock XII Limited Partnership, Greylock XII GP LLC, William W. Helman and Aneel Bhusri and (ii) 417,700 shares for which voting and investment power is shared among Greylock XII-A Limited Partnership, Greylock XII GP LLC, William W. Helman and Aneel Bhusri. The address for the persons affiliated with Greylock Partners is 2250 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, CA 94025. All information relating to the persons affiliated with Greylock Partners is based on the Schedule 13G they filed on February 12, 2018, the Form 4 filed by Greylock XII Limited Partnership, Greylock XII-A Limited Partnership and Greylock XII GP LLC on March 1, 2018, and information provided to us by Greylock XII Limited Partnership and Greylock XII-A Limited Partnership.


(3)	Of the shares beneficially owned, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has sole voting power over 458,314 shares and sole dispositive power over 5,097,943 shares. The address for T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. All information relating to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is based on the Schedule 13G it filed on February 14, 2018.

(4)

Ownership consists of (i) 6,426,045 shares for which voting and investment power is shared among Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VII, L.P., Tiger Global PIP Performance VII, L.P., Tiger Global PIP Management VII, Ltd., Tiger Global Management, LLC, Charles P. Coleman III, Lee Fixel and Scott Shleifer and (ii) 1,264,046 shares for which voting and investment power is shared among Tiger Global Management, LLC, Charles P. Coleman III, Lee Fixel and Scott Shleifer. The address for Tiger Global Management, LLC, Charles P. Coleman III, Lee Fixel and Scott Shleifer is 9 West 57th Street, 35th Floor, New York, New York 10019. The address for Tiger Global Private Investment Partners VII, L.P., Tiger Global PIP Performance VII, L.P. and Tiger Global PIP Management VII, Ltd. is c/o Campbells Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 268, Floor 4 Willow House, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. All information relating to the persons affiliated with Tiger Global Management is based on the Schedule 13G they filed on February 14, 2018.

(5)

Ownership consists of (i) 6,591,612 shares beneficially owned by Vulcan Ventures Incorporated, Vulcan Capital Venture Capital Management I LLC and Vulcan Capital Venture Capital I LLC and (ii) 430,054 shares beneficially owned by Cougar Investment Holdings LLC, VCVC Management III LLC and VCVC III LLC. Paul G. Allen beneficially owns, and has sole voting and investment power over, the 7,021,666 shares described in the preceding sentence. The address for the persons affiliated with Vulcan Capital is 505 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104. All information relating to the persons affiliated with Vulcan Capital is based on the Schedule 13G they filed on February 14, 2018.


(6)	Ownership includes 61,110 shares underlying stock options.


(7)	Ownership includes 39,233 shares underlying stock options.


(8)	Ownership includes 743,206 shares underlying stock options.


(9)	Ownership includes 37,567 shares underlying stock options. Of the shares beneficially owned, 554,844 shares are held by Toon Toot Sawan LP. Mr. Ligon is the managing member of the general partner of Toon Toot Sawan LP.


(10)	Ownership includes 133,333 shares underlying stock options. Of the shares beneficially owned, 357,700 shares are held by Annox Capital, LLC. Mr. Mylod is the managing member of Annox Capital, LLC.


(11)	Ownership includes 841,962 shares underlying stock options.


(12)	Ownership includes 807,016 shares underlying stock options.


(13)	Mr. Slavet is a managing member of Greylock XII GP LLC, which beneficially owns 4,177,012 shares of our common stock, as discussed in footnote 2. Mr. Slavet disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.


(14)	Ownership includes 75,000 shares underlying stock options.


(15)	Ownership includes 4,157,661 shares underlying stock options.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

Our authorized capital stock consists of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share. A description of the material terms and provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws affecting the rights of holders of our capital stock is set forth below. The description is intended as a summary, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our restated certificate of incorporation and our restated bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to our periodic reports filed with the SEC.

As of March 31, 2018, there were:


•	82,672,592 shares of common stock outstanding;


•	11,821,024 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $6.39 per share;


•	1,152,718 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of RSUs;


•	7,011,507 additional shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan; and


•	2,414,688 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Common Stock

Dividend Rights

Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available if our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our board of directors may determine. See “Dividend Policy” for additional information.

Voting Rights

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Our restated certificate of incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting for the election of directors. As a result, the holders of a majority of our voting shares can elect all of the directors then standing for election. Our restated certificate of incorporation provides for a classified board of directors that is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only one class of directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms.

No Preemptive or Similar Rights

Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights, and is not subject to redemption or sinking fund provisions.

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable ratably among the holders of our common stock and any participating preferred stock outstanding at that time, subject to prior satisfaction of all outstanding debt and liabilities and the preferential rights of and the payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

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Preferred Stock

Pursuant to our restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law, to issue preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences, and rights of the shares of each series and any of its qualifications, limitations, or restrictions, in each case without further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors can also increase or decrease the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, but not below the number of shares of that series then outstanding, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a change in our control and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock. We have no current plan to issue any shares of preferred stock.

Registration Rights

Certain holders of our common stock, or their permitted transferees, are entitled to rights with respect to the registration of these shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. These shares are referred to as registrable securities. These rights are provided under the terms of our Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of December 15, 2014, as amended, or IRA, between us and the holders of these registrable securities, which registration rights include demand registration rights, Form S-3 registration rights, and piggyback registration rights. All fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with the registration of registrable securities, including reasonable fees and disbursements of one special counsel to the selling stockholders up to $25,000, will be borne by us and all selling expenses, including underwriting discounts and selling commissions, will be borne by the holders of the shares being registered.

The registration rights terminate upon the earliest of (1) five years following the completion of our initial public offering, (2) as to each holder of registration rights, when such holder can sell all of such holder’s registrable securities during a three-month period pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, and (3) when the IRA is terminated pursuant to its terms.

Demand Registration Rights

Under the terms of the IRA, if we receive a written request at any time from the holders of at least 20% of the registrable securities then outstanding (or any lesser percentage if the aggregate proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions is not less than $5.0 million) that we file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of registrable securities, then we will be required to use our best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event no later than 90 days following such request, a registration statement covering all registrable securities requested to be registered for public resale. We are required to effect only two registrations pursuant to this provision of the IRA, and may postpone the filing of a registration statement for up to 90 days once in any 12-month period if our board of directors determines that the filing would be seriously detrimental to us and our stockholders. We are not required to effect a demand registration under certain additional circumstances specified in the IRA.

Form S-3 Registration Rights

The holders of registrable securities can request that we register all or part of their shares on Form S-3 if we are eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3 and if the aggregate price to the public of the shares offered (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) is at least $1.0 million. We are required to effect no more than two registrations on Form S-3 in any 12-month period, and may postpone the filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 for up to 60 days once in any 12-month period if our

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board of directors determines that the filing would be seriously detrimental to us and our stockholders. We are not required to file a registration statement on Form S-3 under certain additional circumstances specified in the IRA.

Piggyback Registration Rights

If we register any of our securities for public sale, each holder of registrable securities has a right to request the inclusion of any then-outstanding registrable securities held by them on our registration statement. However, this right does not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, a corporate reorganization or stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities. If the underwriters of any underwritten offering determine in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares, the number of shares to be registered will be apportioned, first, to the company for its own account and, second, pro rata among these holders, based on the number of registrable securities held by each holder. However, the number of registrable securities to be registered cannot be reduced below 30% of the total shares covered by the registration statement.

Anti-Takeover Provisions

The provisions of Delaware and Washington law, our restated certificate of incorporation, and our restated bylaws could have the effect of delaying, deferring, or discouraging another person from acquiring control of our company. These provisions, which are summarized below, may have the effect of discouraging takeover bids. They are also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

Delaware Law

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, regulating corporate takeovers. In general, DGCL Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date on which the person became an interested stockholder unless:


•	prior to the date of the transaction, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

•

the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding, but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder, (1) shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers and (2) shares owned by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or


•	at or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Generally, a business combination includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction or series of transactions together resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns or, within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, did own 15% or more of a corporation’s outstanding voting stock. We expect the existence of this provision to have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions

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our board of directors does not approve in advance. We also anticipate that DGCL Section 203 may also discourage attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock held by stockholders.

Washington Law

Furthermore, we may also be subject to the provisions of Chapter 23B.19 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, or WBCA, which imposes restrictions on certain transactions between a corporation and certain significant stockholders. The WBCA generally prohibits a “target corporation” (as defined in the WBCA) from engaging in certain significant business transactions with an “acquiring person,” which is defined as a person or group of persons that beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting securities of the target corporation, for a period of five years after such acquisition, unless the transaction or acquisition of shares is approved by a majority of the members of the target corporation’s board of directors prior to the time of the acquisition or at or subsequent to the acquiring person’s share acquisition time, such significant business transaction is approved by a majority of the members of the target corporation’s board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding voting shares, except for shares beneficially owned by or under the voting control of the acquiring person. Such prohibited transactions include, among other things:


•	a merger or consolidation with, disposition of assets to, or issuance or redemption of stock to or from the acquiring person;


•	termination of five percent or more of the employees of the target corporation as a result of the acquiring person’s acquisition of 10% or more of the shares; or


•	allowing the acquiring person to receive any disproportionate benefit as a stockholder.

After the five-year period, a “significant business transaction” may occur if it complies with “fair price” provisions specified in the statute. A corporation may not opt out of this statute and, therefore, we believe this statute applies to us. Depending upon whether we meet the definition of a target corporation, Chapter 23B.19 of the WBCA may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a change in control.

Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaw Provisions

Our restated certificate of incorporation and our restated bylaws include a number of provisions that could deter hostile takeovers or delay or prevent changes in control of our management team, including the following:

•

Board of Directors Vacancies. Our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws authorize only our board of directors to fill vacant directorships, including newly created seats. In addition, the number of directors constituting our board of directors is permitted to be set only by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of our entire board of directors. These provisions prevent a stockholder from increasing the size of our board of directors and then gaining control of our board of directors by filling the resulting vacancies with its own nominees. This makes it more difficult to change the composition of our board of directors but promotes continuity of management.

•

Classified Board. Our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws provide that our board of directors is classified into three classes of directors. The existence of a classified board of directors could discourage a third party from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us as it is more difficult and time consuming for stockholders to replace a majority of the directors on a classified board of directors.


•	Stockholder Action; Special Meeting of Stockholders. Our restated certificate of incorporation provides that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors, our chief executive officer, or our president.

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Our restated certificate of incorporation provides that our stockholders may not take action by written consent, but may only take action at annual or special meetings of our stockholders. As a result, holders of our capital stock would not be able to amend our restated bylaws or remove directors without holding a meeting of our stockholders called in accordance with our restated bylaws. Further, our restated bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors, our lead independent director, our chief executive officer, or our president, thus prohibiting a stockholder from calling a special meeting. These provisions might delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or for stockholders to take any action, including the removal of directors.

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Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations. Our restated bylaws provide advance notice procedures for stockholders seeking to bring business before our annual meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. Our restated bylaws also specify certain requirements regarding the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions might preclude our stockholders from bringing matters before our annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at our annual meeting of stockholders if the proper procedures are not followed. We expect that these provisions might also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.


•	No Cumulative Voting. The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting.


•	Directors Removed Only for Cause. Our restated certificate of incorporation provide that stockholders may remove directors only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding common stock.


•	Amendment of Charter Provisions. Any amendment of the above expected provisions in our restated certificate of incorporation requires approval by holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding common stock.

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Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock. Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time to time by our board of directors. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock enables our board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest, or other means.

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Choice of Forum. Our restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the DGCL, our restated certificate of incorporation or our restated bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,

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LLC. The transfer agent’s address is 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and its telephone number is (800) 937-5449.

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CONCURRENT CONVERTIBLE NOTE OFFERING

Concurrently with this offering, we are offering $ aggregate principal amount of % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (or $ principal amount of notes if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes) in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. However, amounts sold in each offering may increase or decrease based on market conditions relating to a particular security. We are undertaking these offerings concurrently, however, neither offering is conditioned upon the closing of the other offering. We cannot assure you that our concurrent Convertible Note Offering will be completed.

The notes will mature on July 15, 2023 unless repurchased, redeemed or converted prior to such date. The notes will bear interest at a rate of % per year, payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2019. Subject to satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods, the notes may be converted at an initial conversion rate of shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ per share of common stock). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment if certain events occur.

See “Use of Proceeds” for additional information regarding the use of proceeds from our concurrent Convertible Note Offering.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES TO NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF OUR COMMON STOCK

The following summary describes the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of our common stock by “non-U.S. holders” (as described below under “—Non-U.S. Holder Defined”). This summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income tax considerations relating thereto. This summary also does not address the tax considerations arising under the laws of any non-U.S., state, or local jurisdiction, or under U.S. federal gift and estate tax laws, except to the limited extent provided below.

Special rules different from those described below may apply to certain non-U.S. holders that are subject to special treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the Code, including, without limitation:


•	banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions;


•	partnerships or entities or arrangements treated as partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal tax purposes (or investors in such entities);


•	corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax;


•	persons subject to the alternative minimum tax or Medicare contribution tax;


•	tax-exempt entities (including private foundations) or tax-qualified retirement plans;


•	controlled foreign corporations or passive foreign investment companies;


•	persons who acquired our common stock as compensation for services;


•	dealers in securities or currencies;


•	traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings;


•	persons that own, or are deemed to own, more than five percent of our capital stock (except to the extent specifically set forth below);


•	U.S. expatriates and certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States;


•	persons who hold our common stock as a position in a hedging transaction, “straddle,” “conversion transaction,” or other risk-reduction transaction;


•	persons required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to conform the timing of income accruals to their financial statements under Section 451(b) of the Code;


•	persons who do not hold our common stock as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, for investment purposes); or


•	persons deemed to sell our common stock under the constructive sale provisions of the Code.

In addition, if a partnership or an entity or an arrangement classified as a partnership or other pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes is a beneficial owner of our common stock, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership or an owner of the entity will depend upon the status of the partner or other owner and the activities of the partnership or other entity. Therefore, this summary does not address tax considerations applicable to partnerships that hold our common stock, and partners in such partnerships should consult their tax advisors.

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The information provided below is based upon provisions of the Code, U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative rulings, and judicial decisions as of the date hereof. Such authorities may be subject to differing interpretations, repealed, revoked, or modified, perhaps retroactively, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. We have not requested a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, with respect to the statements made in the following summary, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a contrary position regarding any of the tax consequences discussed herein or that any such contrary position would not be sustained by a court. In either case, the tax considerations of owning or disposing of our common stock could differ from those described below.

INVESTORS CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF OUR COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND ESTATE TAX LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF FOREIGN, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS AND TAX TREATIES.

Non-U.S. Holder Defined

For purposes of this summary, a “non-U.S. holder” is any beneficial owner of our common stock, other than a partnership, that is not:


•	an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States (as determined under U.S. federal income tax rules);


•	a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state therein or the District of Columbia;


•	a trust if it (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one of more U.S. persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person; or


•	an estate whose income is subject to U.S. income tax regardless of its source.

If you are a non-U.S. citizen that is an individual, you may, in some cases, be deemed to be a resident alien (as opposed to a nonresident alien) by virtue of being present in the United States for at least 31 days in the calendar year and for an aggregate of at least 183 days during a three-year period ending in the current calendar year. Generally, for this purpose, all the days you are present in the current year, one-third of the days you are present in the immediately preceding year and one-sixth of the days you are present in the second preceding year, are counted. Resident aliens are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as if they were U.S. citizens. Such an individual is urged to consult his or her own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership or disposition of our common stock.

Distributions

We do not expect to declare or make any distributions on our common stock in the foreseeable future. If we do make distributions on our common stock, however, such distributions will generally constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent they are paid from our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will constitute a return of capital that is applied against and reduces, but not below zero, a non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in our common stock. Any remaining excess will be treated as gain realized on the sale or exchange of our common stock as described below under “—Gain on Disposition of Our Common Stock.”

Any distribution on our common stock that is treated as a dividend paid to a non-U.S. holder that is not effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified under

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the terms of an applicable income tax treaty. Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding their entitlement to benefits under a relevant income tax treaty. Generally, in order for us or our paying agent to withhold tax at a lower treaty rate, a non-U.S. holder must certify its entitlement to treaty benefits. A non-U.S. holder generally can meet this certification requirement by providing a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or appropriate substitute form to us or our paying agent. If the non-U.S. holder holds the stock through a financial institution or other agent acting on the holder’s behalf, the holder will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the agent. The holder’s agent will then be required to provide certification to us or our paying agent, either directly or through other intermediaries. A non-U.S. holder that is eligible for a reduced rate of U.S. federal withholding tax under an income tax treaty with the United States may obtain a refund or credit of any excess amounts withheld by filing an appropriate claim for a refund with the IRS in a timely manner.

Dividends received by a non-U.S. holder that are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business conducted by the non-U.S. holder, and if required by an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and the non-U.S. holder’s country of residence, are attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States, are not subject to U.S. withholding tax. To obtain this exemption, a non-U.S. holder must provide us or our paying agent with a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI certifying such exemption. Such effectively connected dividends, although not subject to withholding tax, are taxed at the same graduated rates applicable to U.S. persons, net of certain deductions and credits. In addition to being taxed at graduated income tax rates, dividends received by corporate non-U.S. holders that are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business of the corporate non-U.S. holder may also be subject to an additional “branch profits tax,” which is imposed, under certain circumstances, at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable tax treaty) on the corporate non-U.S. holder’s effectively connected earnings and profits, subject to certain adjustments.

For additional withholding rules that may apply to dividends paid to foreign financial institutions (as specifically defined by the applicable rules), or to non-financial foreign entities that have substantial direct or indirect U.S. owners, see “—Foreign Accounts.”

Gain on Disposition of Our Common Stock

Subject to the discussions below under “—Backup Withholding and Information Reporting” and “—Foreign Accounts,” non-U.S. holders will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain realized on the sale, exchange, or other disposition of our common stock unless:


(1)	the gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. holder of a U.S. trade or business and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and the non-U.S. holder’s country of residence, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States;


(2)	the non-U.S. holder is a nonresident individual and is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale, exchange, or other disposition of our common stock and certain other requirements are met; or


(3)	the rules of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act, or FIRPTA, apply to treat the gain as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business.

A non-U.S. holder described in (1) above will be required to pay tax on the net gain derived from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of our common stock at regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates, unless a specific treaty exemption applies, and corporate non-U.S. holders described in (1) above may also be subject to the additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.

An individual non-U.S. holder described in (2) above will be required to pay a flat 30% tax on the gain derived from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of our common stock, or such other reduced rate as

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may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, which gain may be offset by certain U.S. source capital losses (even though the non-U.S. holder is not considered a resident of the United States).

With respect to (3) above, in general, the FIRPTA rules may apply to a sale, exchange, or other disposition of our common stock if we are, or were within the shorter of the five-year period preceding the disposition and the non-U.S. holder’s holding period, a U.S. real property holding corporation, or USRPHC. We do not believe that we are a USRPHC and we do not anticipate becoming a USRPHC in the future. Even if we become a USRPHC, gain realized by a non-U.S. holder on a disposition of our common stock will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax under FIRPTA as long as (a) our common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market and (b) the non-U.S. holder owned, directly, indirectly, and constructively, no more than five percent of our outstanding common stock at all times within the shorter of (i) the five-year period preceding the disposition or (ii) the holder’s holding period.

U.S. Federal Estate Tax

The estates of nonresident alien individuals generally are subject to U.S. federal estate tax on property with a U.S. situs. Because we are a U.S. corporation, our common stock will be U.S. situs property and therefore will be included in the taxable estate of a nonresident alien decedent, unless an applicable estate tax treaty between the United States and the decedent’s country of residence provides otherwise. Investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal estate tax consequences of the ownership or disposition of our common stock.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

The Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations require those who make specified payments to report the payments to the IRS. Among the specified payments are dividends and proceeds paid by brokers to their customers. The required information returns enable the IRS to determine whether the recipient properly included the payments in income. This reporting regime is reinforced by “backup withholding” rules. These rules require the payors to withhold tax from payments subject to information reporting if the recipient fails to comply with the reporting requirements by failing to provide his or her taxpayer identification number or other certification of exempt status to the payor, furnishing an incorrect identification number, or failing to report interest or dividends on his or her returns. The backup withholding tax rate is currently 24%. The backup withholding rules do not apply to payments to corporations, whether domestic or foreign.

Payments to non-U.S. holders of dividends on common stock generally will not be subject to backup withholding, and payments of proceeds made to non-U.S. holders by a broker upon a sale of common stock will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding, in each case so long as the non-U.S. holder certifies its nonresident status (and we or our paying agent do not have actual knowledge or reason to know the holder is a U.S. person or that the conditions of any other exemption are not, in fact, satisfied) or otherwise establishes an exemption. U.S. backup withholding generally will not apply to a non-U.S. holder who provides a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, or otherwise establishes an exemption. We must report annually to the IRS any dividends paid to each non-U.S. holder and the tax withheld, if any, with respect to these dividends. Copies of these reports may be made available to tax authorities in the country where the non-U.S. holder resides.

Under the U.S. Treasury Regulations, the payment of proceeds from the disposition of shares of our common stock by a non-U.S. holder made to or through a U.S. office of a broker generally will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding unless the beneficial owner certifies, under penalties of perjury, among other things, its status as a non-U.S. holder (and the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know the holder is a U.S. person) or otherwise establishes an exemption. The payment of proceeds from the disposition of shares of our common stock by a non-U.S. holder made to or through a non-U.S. office of a broker generally will not be subject to backup withholding and information reporting, except as noted below. Information reporting, but not backup withholding, will apply to a

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payment of proceeds, even if that payment is made outside of the United States, if a non-U.S. holder sells our common stock through a non-U.S. office of a broker that is:


•	a U.S. person (including a foreign branch or office of such person);


•	a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes;


•	a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income from certain periods is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business; or


•	a foreign partnership if at any time during its tax year (1) one or more of its partners are U.S. persons who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interests of the partnership or (2) the foreign partnership is engaged in a U.S. trade or business,

unless the broker has documentary evidence that the beneficial owner is a non-U.S. holder and certain other conditions are satisfied, or the beneficial owner otherwise establishes an exemption (and the broker has no actual knowledge or reason to know to the contrary).

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld from a payment to a holder of common stock under the backup withholding rules can be credited against any U.S. federal income tax liability of the holder and may entitle the holder to a refund, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner.

Foreign Accounts

In addition to, and separately from the withholding rules described above, U.S. federal withholding taxes may apply under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, on certain types of payments, including dividends and the gross proceeds of a disposition of our common stock, made to non-U.S. financial institutions and certain other non-U.S. entities. Specifically, a 30% withholding tax may be imposed on dividends on, or on or after January 1, 2019, gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, our common stock paid to a “foreign financial institution” or a “non-financial foreign entity” (each as defined in the Code), unless (1) the foreign financial institution undertakes certain diligence and reporting obligations, (2) the non-financial foreign entity either certifies it does not have any “substantial United States owners” (as defined in the Code) or furnishes identifying information regarding each substantial United States owner, or (3) the foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity otherwise qualifies for an exemption from these rules. The 30% federal withholding tax described in this paragraph cannot be reduced under an income tax treaty with the United States. If the payee is a foreign financial institution and is subject to the diligence and reporting requirements in (1) above, it must enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury requiring, among other things, that it undertake to identify accounts held by certain “specified United States persons” or “United States-owned foreign entities” (each as defined in the Code), annually report certain information about such accounts, and withhold 30% on certain payments to non-compliant foreign financial institutions and certain other account holders. Foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement with the United States governing FATCA may be subject to different rules.

Under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations and IRS guidance, FATCA withholding as described above currently applies to payments of dividends on our common stock, and will also apply to payments of gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of our common stock made on or after January 1, 2019.

PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF WITHHOLDING UNDER FATCA TO THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMON STOCK. THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. IT IS NOT TAX ADVICE. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL, GIFT, ESTATE, STATE, LOCAL, AND FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING,

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HOLDING, AND DISPOSING OF OUR COMMON STOCK, INCLUDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAWS.

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UNDERWRITING

We and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC have entered into an underwriting agreement with respect to the common stock. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the representative of the underwriters. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to each of the underwriters, and each underwriter has severally agreed to purchase from us that number of shares of our common stock indicated in the following table.



Underwriters	Number of Shares
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Total

The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the shares being offered, if any are taken, other than the option to purchase additional shares unless and until this option is exercised. The offering of the shares by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.

We have agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities in connection with this offering, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

Option to Purchase Additional Shares

The underwriters have an option to buy up to an additional shares of our common stock from us. They may exercise that option for 30 days from the date of this prospectus. To the extent that the underwriters exercise this option, the underwriters will severally purchase shares in approximately the same proportion as set forth in the table above.

Underwriting Discount and Expenses

The public offering price is set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. Any shares sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a discount from the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. Any such securities dealers may resell any shares purchased from the underwriters to certain other brokers or dealers at a discount from the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. If all the shares are not sold at the public offering price, the underwriters may change the offering price and the other selling terms.

The following table shows the underwriting discount to be received by the underwriters in connection with the sale of the shares , assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.



	No Exercise	Full Exercise
Per Share	$	$
Total	$	$

We estimate that our total expenses of the offering, including registration, filing fees, printing fees and legal and accounting expenses, but excluding the estimated underwriting discount, will be approximately $ .

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shares of common stock during the period from the date of this prospectus continuing through the date 90 days after the date of this prospectus, except with the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, subject to certain exceptions, including our ability to issue and sell the notes in the concurrent Convertible Note Offering.

Concurrent Convertible Note Offering

Price Stabilization and Short Positions

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell notes and shares in the open market. These transactions may include stabilizing transactions, short sales and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the shares or notes while the offering is in progress. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of shares or notes than they are required to purchase in the applicable offering. If the underwriters create a short position in the shares or notes in connection with the applicable offering, the underwriters may cover that short position by purchasing shares or notes in the open market or by exercising all or a part of their option to purchase additional shares or notes described above.

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the underwriters have repurchased shares sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.

Neither we nor any of the underwriters makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the shares. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters makes any representation that the underwriters will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued at any time without notice. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

Other Relationships

The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, market making, brokerage and other financial and non-financial activities and services. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of these services to us and to persons and entities with relationships with us, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses. The underwriters are also acting as underwriters in our Convertible Notes Offering for which they will receive customary underwriting discounts and commissions.

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collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) and/or persons and entities with relationships with us. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments.

Foreign Jurisdictions

European Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State except that, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer of such securities may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State:


a)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;


b)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;


c)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

provided that no such offer of securities shall require the issuer or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of notes to the public” in relation to any securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State.

United Kingdom

Each underwriter has represented and agreed that:

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuers or the Guarantors; and


b)	it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

Hong Kong

The shares may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance”) or which do not constitute an invitation to the public within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Securities and Futures Ordinance”), or (ii) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and

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Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the shares may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” in Hong Kong as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder.

Singapore

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”)) under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA ) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to conditions set forth in the SFA.

Where the shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor, the securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation has acquired the shares under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer in that corporation’s securities pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore (“Regulation 32”).

Where the shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an accredited investor, the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that trust has acquired the shares under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer that is made on terms that such rights or interest are acquired at a consideration of not less than S$200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction (whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets), (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32.

Japan

The securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended), or the FIEA. The securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan (including any person resident in Japan or any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the FIEA and otherwise in compliance with

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any relevant laws and regulations of Japan.

Canada

The shares may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the shares must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Fenwick & West LLP, Seattle, Washington, has acted as our counsel in connection with this offering and will pass upon the validity of the issuance of the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, a Fenwick & West LLP attorney beneficially owns 3,000 shares of our common stock. Cooley LLP, Seattle, Washington, is representing the underwriters.

EXPERTS

The financial statements incorporated by reference into this prospectus from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the securities offered hereby. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits filed therewith. For further information about us and the securities offered hereby, reference is made to the registration statement and the exhibits filed therewith. Statements contained in this prospectus regarding the contents of any contract or any other document that is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are not necessarily complete, and in each instance we refer you to the copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement.

We are required to file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. You may read and copy materials that we have filed with the SEC at the SEC's public reference room located at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room.

Our SEC filings also are available to the public on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxies and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically.

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information from other documents that we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Information in this prospectus supersedes information incorporated by reference that we filed with the SEC prior to the date of this prospectus.

We incorporate by reference into this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part the information or documents listed below that we have filed with the SEC (Commission File No. 001-38160). Any report that is furnished, but not filed, and information that is furnished, but not filed, within any of the documents referenced below shall not be incorporated by reference into this prospectus.


•	Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017;


•	Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018;


•	Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2018 and June 6, 2018; and


•	Our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 20, 2018.

We will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference. You should direct any requests for documents to Redfin Corporation, 1099 Stewart St., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 576-8333, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Copies of the above reports may also be accessed from our web site at investors.redfin.com. We do not incorporate the information from our website into this prospectus and you should not consider any information on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus (other than those filings with the SEC that we specifically incorporate by reference into this prospectus).

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement.

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Common Stock

PROSPECTUS

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

, 2018

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This prospectus is not an offer to sell the notes and it is not soliciting an offer to buy the notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to completion, dated , 2018

% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023

Redfin Corporation is offering $ principal amount of our % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023. The notes will bear interest at a rate of % per year, payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2019. The notes will mature on July 15, 2023.

Holders may convert their notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023 only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2018 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price (as defined below) per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) if we call any or all of the notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. On or after April 15, 2023 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election, as described in this prospectus.

The conversion rate will initially be shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ per share of common stock). The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date or if we deliver a notice of redemption, we will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its notes in connection with such a corporate event or notice of redemption, as the case may be.

If we undergo a fundamental change, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The notes will be general unsecured obligations and will rank senior in right of payment to any of our indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes; equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future liabilities that are not so subordinated; effectively junior in right of payment to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of our subsidiaries.

We do not intend to apply to list the notes on any securities exchange or any automated dealer quotation system. Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on , 2018 was $ per share.

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before investing in the notes.



	Per Note	Total
Public offering price⁽¹⁾	%	$
Underwriting discount	%	$
Proceeds, before expenses, to us	%	$

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(1)	Plus accrued interest, if any, from July , 2018.

We have granted the underwriters the right to purchase, exercisable within a 30-day period, up to an additional $ principal amount of notes, solely to cover over-allotments.

We expect that delivery of the notes will be made to investors in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company on or about July , 2018.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Prospectus dated , 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS



	Page
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY	1
RISK FACTORS	13
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS	23
USE OF PROCEEDS	24
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES	25
MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK	26
DIVIDEND POLICY	27
CAPITALIZATION	28
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA	30
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS	32
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT	34
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES	36
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK	68
CONCURRENT COMMON STOCK OFFERING	74
CERTAIN MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR U.S. AND NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF NOTES	75
UNDERWRITING	84
LEGAL MATTERS	89
EXPERTS	89
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	89
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE	90

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We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses we have prepared. We and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of those respective documents, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common stock.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein. This summary sets forth the material terms of this offering, but does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our securities. You should read carefully this entire prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, and any free writing prospectus we authorize for use in connection with this offering, before making an investment decision, especially the risks of investing in our securities discussed in “Risk Factors,” as well as the consolidated financial statements and notes to those consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference into this prospectus. In addition, any reference to or description of our concurrent offering of shares of common stock, herein is wholly subject to the other prospectus pursuant to which common stock is being offered, and you should not rely on this prospectus in making an investment decision to purchase the common stock. We refer to our concurrent offering of common stock as the Common Stock Offering.

Our Company

Recent Developments

Buying and Selling Homes through Redfin Now

As we continue to scale Redfin Now, we will continue to evaluate the most attractive financing options for the business, including asset-backed financing.

Estimated Preliminary Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

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	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2018
			(estimated)
	(unaudited, in thousands)
			Low	High
Selected Financial Data
Real estate revenue	$	100,658
Other revenue(1)	4,277
Revenue(1)	104,935
Gross profit(2)	36,960
Operating expenses(2)	32,688
Net income(2)	7,304

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(1)	Includes revenue from Redfin Now


(2)	Includes depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation.



	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2018
			(estimated)
	(unaudited, in thousands)
			Low	High
Supplemental Financial Data
Revenue from Redfin Now	$	1,981
Depreciation and amortization	1,634
Stock-based compensation	2,638

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	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2018
			(estimated)
	(unaudited)
			Low	High
Key Business Metrics
Monthly average visitors (in thousands)	24,400
Real estate transactions:
Brokerage	$	10,221
Partner	2,874
Total	$	13,095



	Two Months Ended May 31,
	2017	2018
Key Business Metrics
Aggregate home value of real estate transactions (in millions)
U.S. market share by value

Concurrent Common Stock Offering

Corporate Information

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We completed our initial public offering in August 2017 and our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN.”

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The Offering

The summary below describes the principal terms of the notes. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the notes. As used in this section, “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Redfin Corporation and not to its consolidated subsidiaries.



Issuer	Redfin Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Securities	$ principal amount of % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (plus up to an additional $ principal amount of additional notes that our underwriters have the option to acquire from us, solely to cover over-allotments).
Maturity	July 15, 2023, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.
Interest	% per year. Interest will accrue from July , 2018 and will be payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2019. We will pay additional interest, if any, at our election as the sole remedy relating to the failure to comply with our reporting obligations as described under “Description of Notes—Events of Default.”
Conversion Rights	Holders may convert all or any portion of their notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023 only under the following circumstances:
	• during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2018 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; • during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the “trading price” (as defined under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Conversion upon Satisfaction of Trading Price Condition”) per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day;

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	• if we call any or all of the notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date; or • upon the occurrence of specified corporate events described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Conversion upon Specified Corporate Events.” By notice to the holders, we may, prior to April 15, 2023, at our option, irrevocably elect to satisfy our conversion obligation with respect to the notes through combination settlement with a specified dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes of $1,000 for all conversion dates occurring subsequent to delivery of such notice. On or after April 15, 2023 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at the option of the holder regardless of the foregoing circumstances. The conversion rate for the notes is initially shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ per share of common stock), subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. Upon conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election. If we satisfy our conversion obligation solely in cash or through payment and delivery, as the case may be, of a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, the amount of cash and shares of common stock, if any, due upon conversion will be based on a daily conversion value (as described herein) calculated on a proportionate basis for each trading day in a 40 trading day observation period (as described herein). See “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Settlement upon Conversion.” In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date or if we deliver a notice of redemption, we will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its notes in connection with such a corporate event or notice of redemption, as the case may be, as described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period.” You will not receive any additional cash payment or additional shares representing accrued and unpaid interest, if any, upon conversion of a note, except in limited circumstances. Instead, interest will be deemed to be paid by the cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock paid or delivered, as the case may be, to you upon conversion of a note.

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Optional Redemption	We may not redeem the notes prior to July 20, 2021. We may redeem for cash all or part of the notes, at our option, on or after July 20, 2021 if the last reported sale price of our common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of redemption and at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No “sinking fund” is provided for the notes, which means that we are not required to redeem or retire the notes periodically. We will give notice of any redemption not less than 50 nor more than 60 scheduled trading days before the redemption date (provided that any redemption notice date must be at least one calendar day prior to the first scheduled trading day of any relevant observation period) by mail or electronic delivery to the trustee, the paying agent and each holder of notes. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.” With respect to any notes that are converted during a redemption period as described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—General,” we will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for the notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares as described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights-Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period.”
Fundamental Change	If we undergo a “fundamental change” (as defined in this prospectus under “Description of Notes—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes”), subject to certain conditions, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their notes in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. See “Description of Notes—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes.”

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Ranking	The notes will be our general unsecured obligations and will rank: • senior in right of payment to any of our indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes; • equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future liabilities that are not so subordinated; • effectively junior in right of payment to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and • structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of our subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2018, we and our subsidiaries had $1.4 million aggregate principal amount of secured indebtedness for borrowed money. As of March 31, 2018, our subsidiaries had $13.3 million of indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables, but excluding intercompany obligations and liabilities of a type not required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) to which the notes would have been structurally subordinated. After giving effect to the issuance of the notes (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), the aggregate principal amount of our total consolidated indebtedness for borrowed money at March 31, 2018 would have been $ million. The indenture governing the notes will not limit the amount of debt that we or our subsidiaries may incur.
Use of Proceeds	We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $ million (or $ million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We estimate that the net proceeds to us from the concurrent Common Stock Offering, if completed, will be approximately $ million (or $ million if the underwriters for the concurrent Common Stock Offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering and the concurrent Common Stock Offering, if completed, for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including technology development and marketing activities, general and administrative matters, and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to invest in or acquire third-party businesses, products, services, technologies or other assets. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Book-Entry Form	The notes will be issued in book-entry form and will be represented by permanent global certificates deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. Beneficial interests in any of the notes will be shown on, and transfers will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee and any such interest may not be exchanged for certificated securities, except in limited circumstances.

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Absence of a Public Market for the Notes	The notes are new securities and there is currently no established market for the notes. Accordingly, we cannot assure you as to the development or liquidity of any market for the notes. The underwriters have advised us that they currently intend to make a market in the notes. However, they are not obligated to do so, and they may discontinue any market making with respect to the notes without notice. We do not intend to apply for a listing of the notes on any securities exchange or any automated dealer quotation system.
Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences	For the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the holding, disposition and conversion of the notes, and the holding and disposition of shares of our common stock, see “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders of Notes.”
Nasdaq Global Select Market Symbol for Our Common Stock	“RDFN”
Trustee, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Concurrent Common Stock Offering	Concurrently with this offering, we are offering shares of our common stock (or shares of our common stock if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock) in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The offering of the notes pursuant to this prospectus is not contingent upon the completion of the concurrent Common Stock Offering and the concurrent Common Stock Offering is not contingent upon the completion of this offering of the notes. We cannot assure you that either or both of the offerings will be completed on the terms described herein or at all.

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Summary Consolidated Financial Data

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	Year Ended December 31,									Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2016			2017			2017			2018
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenue	$	187,338		$	267,196		$	370,036		$	59,868		$	79,893
Cost of revenue(1)	138,492			184,452			258,216			53,492			74,197
Gross profit	48,846			82,744			111,820			6,376			5,696
Operating expenses:
Technology and development(1)	27,842			34,588			42,532			9,672			12,762
Marketing(1)	19,899			28,571			32,251			10,459			13,336
General and administrative(1)	31,394			42,369			53,009			14,367			16,772
Total operating expenses	79,135			105,528			127,792			34,498			42,870
Income (loss) from operations	(30,289		)	(22,784		)	(15,972		)	(28,122		)	(37,174		)
Interest income and other income, net:
Interest income	46			173			882			43			577
Other income, net	7			85			88			13			158
Total interest income and other income, net	53			258			970			56			735
Income (loss) before tax benefit (expense)	(30,236		)	(22,526		)	(15,002		)	(28,066		)	(36,439		)
Income tax benefit (expense)	—			—			—			—			—
Net income (loss)	$	(30,236	)	$	(22,526	)	$	(15,002	)	$	(28,066	)	$	(36,439	)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock	(102,224		)	(55,502		)	(175,915		)	(24,770		)	—
Net income (loss) attributable to common stock—basic and diluted	$	(132,460	)	$	(78,028	)	$	(190,917	)	$	(52,836	)	$	(36,439	)
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	$	(9.87	)	$	(5.42	)	$	(4.47	)	$	(3.58	)	$	(0.44	)
Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	13,416,411			14,395,067			42,722,114			14,767,478			82,010,913

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(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2016		2017		2017		2018
	(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	1,440	$	2,266	$	2,902	$	714	$	1,300
Technology and development	1,375		2,383		3,325		731		1,473
Marketing	298		469		487		119		119
General and administrative	2,449		3,295		4,387		1,117		1,304
Total	$	5,562	$	8,413	$	11,101	$	2,681	$	4,196

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(2)	See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein, for an explanation of the calculations of our net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted.



	As of March 31, 2018
	Actual		As Adjusted (1)	As Further Adjusted (2)
	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$	190,773
Working capital	$	177,300
Total assets	$	269,950
Debt:
Loan facility	$	1,357
% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023	$	—
Total stockholders’ equity	$	209,255

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(1)	The as adjusted column gives effect to the sale and issuance by us of $ aggregate principal amount of notes in this offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses.

(2)

The as further adjusted column gives effect to the adjustments set forth above and the sale of the common stock in the concurrent Common Stock Offering (assuming the underwriters in the concurrent Common Stock Offering do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, and assuming that such net proceeds are held as cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments.

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RISK FACTORS

Risks Related to the Notes

The notes are effectively subordinated to our secured debt and any liabilities of our subsidiaries.

The notes will rank senior in right of payment to any of our indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes; equal in right of payment to any of our liabilities that are not so subordinated; effectively junior in right of payment to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of our subsidiaries. In the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up, our assets that secure debt ranking senior in right of payment to the notes will be available to pay obligations on the notes only after the secured debt has been repaid in full from these assets. There may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on any or all of the notes then outstanding. The indenture governing the notes will not prohibit us from incurring additional senior debt or secured debt, nor does it prohibit any of our subsidiaries from incurring additional liabilities.

As of March 31, 2018, we and our subsidiaries had $1.4 million aggregate principal amount of secured indebtedness for borrowed money. As of March 31, 2018, our subsidiaries had $13.3 million of indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables, but excluding intercompany obligations and liabilities of a type not required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) to which the notes would have been structurally subordinated. After giving effect to the issuance of the notes (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), the aggregate principal amount of our total consolidated indebtedness for borrowed money at March 31, 2018 would have been $ million.

Certain provisions in the indenture governing the notes offered in the Convertible Note Offering may delay or prevent an otherwise beneficial takeover attempt of us.

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Assuming we close this offering, servicing our debt will require a significant amount of cash. We may not have sufficient cash flow to make payments on our debt, and we may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the notes or to repurchase the notes upon a fundamental change, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on or to refinance our indebtedness, including the notes, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors that may be beyond our control. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring debt or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance our indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations, including the notes or otherwise.

In addition, holders of the notes have the right to require us to repurchase their notes upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as defined in the indenture) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Upon conversion of the notes, unless we elect to deliver solely shares of our common stock to settle such conversion (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we will be required to make cash payments in respect of the notes being converted. We may not have enough available cash or be able to obtain financing at the time we are required to make repurchases of the notes surrendered therefor or at the time the notes are being converted. Our failure to repurchase the notes at a time when the repurchase is required by the indenture or to pay any cash payable on future conversions of the notes would constitute an event of default. If the repayment of any indebtedness were to be accelerated because of such event of default (whether under the notes or otherwise), we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness and repurchase the notes or make cash payments upon conversions thereof. An event of default under the indenture may lead to an acceleration of the notes. Any such acceleration could result in our bankruptcy. In a bankruptcy, the holders of the notes would have a claim to our assets that is senior to the claims of our equity holders.

In addition, our significant indebtedness, combined with our other financial obligations and contractual commitments, could have other important consequences. For example, it could:


•	make us more vulnerable to adverse changes in general U.S. and worldwide economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;


•	limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry;


•	place us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors who have less debt; and


•	limit our ability to borrow additional amounts for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including to fund possible acquisitions of, or investments in, complementary businesses, products, services and technologies.

Recent and future regulatory actions and other events may adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the notes.

We expect that many investors in, and potential purchasers of, the notes will employ, or seek to employ, a convertible arbitrage strategy with respect to the notes. Investors would typically implement such a strategy by selling short the common stock underlying the notes and dynamically adjusting their

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short position while continuing to hold the notes. Investors may also implement this type of strategy by entering into swaps on our common stock in lieu of or in addition to short selling our common stock.

The SEC and other regulatory and self-regulatory authorities have implemented various rules and taken certain actions, and may in the future adopt additional rules and take other actions, that may impact those engaging in short selling activity involving equity securities (including our common stock). Such rules and actions include Rule 201 of SEC Regulation SHO, the adoption by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and the national securities exchanges of a “Limit Up-Limit Down” program, the imposition of market-wide circuit breakers that halt trading of securities for certain periods following specific market declines, and the implementation of certain regulatory reforms required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Any governmental or regulatory action that restricts the ability of investors in, or potential purchasers of, the notes to effect short sales of our common stock, borrow our common stock or enter into swaps on our common stock could adversely affect the trading price and the liquidity of the notes.

Volatility in the market price and trading volume of our common stock could adversely impact the trading price of the notes.

The stock market in recent years has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of companies. The market price of our common stock could fluctuate significantly for many reasons, including in response to the risks described in this section, elsewhere in this prospectus, or the documents we have incorporated by reference herein, or for reasons unrelated to our operations, such as reports by industry analysts, investor perceptions or negative announcements by our customers, competitors or suppliers regarding their own performance, as well as industry conditions and general industry, economic and political instability. A decrease in the market price of our common stock would likely adversely impact the trading price of the notes. The market price of our common stock could also be affected by possible sales of our common stock by investors who view the notes as a more attractive means of equity participation in us and by hedging or arbitrage trading activity that we expect to develop involving our common stock. This trading activity could, in turn, affect the trading price of the notes.

We may still incur substantially more debt or take other actions which would intensify the risks discussed above.

We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the notes or to repurchase the notes upon a fundamental change, and our future debt may contain limitations on our ability to pay cash upon conversion or repurchase of the notes.

Holders of the notes will have the right to require us to repurchase all or a portion of their notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change before the maturity date at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, as described under “Description of Notes- Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes.” In addition, upon conversion of the notes, unless we elect to deliver solely shares of our common stock to settle such conversion (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we will be required to make cash payments in respect of the notes being converted as described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Settlement upon Conversion.” However, we may not have enough available cash or be able to obtain financing at the time we are required to make repurchases of notes surrendered therefor or notes being converted. In addition, our ability to repurchase

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the notes or to pay cash upon conversions of the notes may be limited by law, by regulatory authority or by agreements governing our future indebtedness. Our failure to repurchase notes at a time when the repurchase is required by the indenture or to pay any cash payable on future conversions of the notes as required by the indenture would constitute a default under the indenture. A default under the indenture or the fundamental change itself could also lead to a default under agreements governing our future indebtedness. If the repayment of the related indebtedness were to be accelerated after any applicable notice or grace periods, we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness and repurchase the notes or make cash payments upon conversions thereof.

Redemption may adversely affect your return on the notes.

We may not redeem the notes prior to July 20, 2021. We may redeem for cash all or any portion of the notes, at our option, on or after July 20, 2021 if the last reported sale price of our common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. As a result, we may choose to redeem some or all of the notes, including at times when prevailing interest rates are relatively low. As a result, you may not be able to reinvest the proceeds you receive from the redemption in a comparable security at an effective interest rate as high as the interest rate on your notes being redeemed. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.”

The conditional conversion feature of the notes, if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

In the event the conditional conversion feature of the notes is triggered, holders of notes will be entitled to convert the notes at any time during specified periods at their option. See “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights.” If one or more holders elect to convert their notes, unless we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share), we would be required to settle a portion or all of our conversion obligation through the payment of cash, which could adversely affect our liquidity. In addition, even if holders do not elect to convert their notes, we could be required under applicable accounting rules to reclassify all or a portion of the outstanding principal of the notes as a current rather than long-term liability, which would result in a material reduction of our net working capital.

The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash at the option of the issuer, such as the notes, could have a material effect on our reported financial results.

Under ASC 470-20, an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instruments (such as the notes) that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. The effect of ASC 470-20 on the accounting for the notes is that the equity component is required to be included in the additional paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on our consolidated balance sheet at issuance, and the value of the equity component would be treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component. As a result, we will be required to record a greater amount of non-cash interest expense as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the notes to their face amount over the term of the notes. We will report lower net income or greater loss in our financial results because ASC 470-20 will require interest to include both the amortization of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results, the trading price of our

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common stock and the trading price of the notes.

The concurrent Common Stock Offering, and future sales of our common stock or equity-linked securities in the public market, could lower the market price for our common stock and adversely impact the trading price of the notes.

Concurrently with this offering, we are offering shares of our common stock (or shares of our common stock if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares) in an underwritten offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The closing of this offering is not contingent upon the closing of our concurrent Common Stock Offering and the closing of our concurrent Common Stock Offering is not contingent upon the closing of this offering. In the future, we may sell additional shares of our common stock or equity-linked securities to raise capital. In addition, a substantial number of shares of our common stock is reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock options, vesting of restricted stock units and upon conversion of the notes. We cannot predict the size of future issuances or the effect, if any, that they may have on the market price for our common stock. The issuance and sale of substantial amounts of common stock or equity-linked securities, or the perception that such issuances and sales may occur, could adversely affect the trading price of the notes and the market price of our common stock and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity or equity-linked securities.

Holders of notes will not be entitled to any rights with respect to our common stock, but they will be subject to all changes affecting our common stock to the extent satisfaction of our conversion obligation includes shares of our common stock.

Holders of notes will not be entitled to any rights with respect to our common stock (including, without limitation, voting rights and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on our common stock) prior to the conversion date relating to such notes (if we have elected to settle the relevant conversion by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share)) or the last trading day of the relevant observation period (if we elect to pay and deliver, as the case may be, a combination of cash and shares of our common stock in respect of the relevant conversion), but holders of notes will be subject to all changes affecting our common stock. For example, if an amendment is proposed to our restated certificate of incorporation or restated bylaws requiring stockholder approval and the record date for determining the stockholders of record entitled to vote on the amendment occurs prior to the conversion date related to a holder’s conversion of its notes (if we have elected to settle the relevant conversion by delivering solely shares of our common stock (other than paying cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share)) or the last trading day of the relevant observation period (if we elect to pay and deliver, as the case may be, a combination of cash and shares of our common stock in respect of the relevant conversion), such holder will not be entitled to vote on the amendment, although such holder will nevertheless be subject to any changes affecting our common stock.

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The conditional conversion feature of the notes could result in your receiving less than the value of our common stock into which the notes would otherwise be convertible.

Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, you may convert your notes only if specified conditions are met. If the specific conditions for conversion are not met, you will not be able to convert your notes, and you may not be able to receive the value of the cash, common stock or a combination of cash and common stock, as applicable, into which the notes would otherwise be convertible.

Upon conversion of the notes, you may receive less valuable consideration than expected because the value of our common stock may decline after you exercise your conversion right but before we settle our conversion obligation.

Under the notes, a converting holder will be exposed to fluctuations in the value of our common stock during the period from the date such holder surrenders notes for conversion until the date we settle our conversion obligation.

Upon conversion of the notes, we have the option to pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. If we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation in cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, the amount of consideration that you will receive upon conversion of your notes will be determined by reference to the volume-weighted average price of our common stock for each trading day in a 40 trading day observation period. As described under “Description of Notes-Conversion Rights-Settlement upon Conversion,” this period would be (i) if the relevant conversion date occurs prior to April 15, 2023 and we have not issued a notice of redemption with respect to the notes as described under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption,” the 40 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the second trading day immediately succeeding such conversion date; (ii) if the relevant conversion date occurs during a redemption period with respect to the notes as described under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption”, the 40 consecutive trading days beginning on, and including, the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding such redemption date; and (iii) if the relevant conversion date occurs on or after April 15, 2023 and we have not issued a notice of redemption with respect to the notes as described under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption,” the 40 consecutive trading days beginning on, and including, the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Accordingly, if the price of our common stock decreases during this period, the amount and/or value of consideration you receive will be adversely affected. In addition, if the market price of our common stock at the end of such period is below the average volume-weighted average price of our common stock during such period, the value of any shares of our common stock that you will receive in satisfaction of our conversion obligation will be less than the value used to determine the number of shares that you will receive.

If we elect to satisfy our conversion obligation solely in shares of our common stock upon conversion of the notes, we will be required to deliver the shares of our common stock, together with cash for any fractional share, on the second business day following the relevant conversion date, except where the notes are converted after the regular record date immediately preceding the maturity date, in which case we will be required to deliver the shares on the maturity date. Accordingly, if the price of our common stock decreases during this period, the value of the shares that you receive will be adversely affected and would be less than the conversion value of the notes on the conversion date.

The notes are not protected by restrictive covenants.

The indenture governing the notes will not contain any financial or operating covenants or restrictions on the payments of dividends, the incurrence of indebtedness or the issuance or repurchase of securities by us or any of our subsidiaries. The indenture will not contain any covenants or other provisions to afford protection to holders of the notes in the event of a fundamental change or other corporate transaction involving us except to the extent described under “Description of Notes—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes,” “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Increase in

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Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period” and “Description of Notes-Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.”

The increase in the conversion rate for notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or during a redemption period may not adequately compensate you for any lost value of your notes as a result of such transaction.

If a make-whole fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date or if we issue a notice of redemption and a holder elects to convert notes during the related redemption period, we will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate by a number of additional shares of our common stock for notes converted in connection with such make-whole fundamental change or redemption. The increase in the conversion rate will be determined based on the date on which the specified corporate transaction becomes effective and the price paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of our common stock in such transaction, as described below under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period.” The increase in the conversion rate for notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or redemption may not adequately compensate you for any lost value of your notes as a result of such transaction. In addition, if the price of our common stock in the transaction is greater than $ per share or less than $ per share (in each case, subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate. Moreover, in no event will the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of notes as a result of this adjustment exceed shares of common stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Conversion Rate Adjustments.”

Our obligation to increase the conversion rate for notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or redemption could be considered a penalty, in which case the enforceability thereof would be subject to general principles of reasonableness and equitable remedies.

The conversion rate of the notes may not be adjusted for all dilutive events.

The conversion rate of the notes is subject to adjustment for certain events, including, but not limited to, the issuance of certain stock dividends on our common stock, the issuance of certain rights or warrants, subdivisions, combinations, distributions of capital stock, indebtedness, or assets, cash dividends and certain issuer tender or exchange offers as described under “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Conversion Rate Adjustments.” However, the conversion rate will not be adjusted for other events, such as a third-party tender or exchange offer or an issuance of common stock for cash, that may adversely affect the trading price of the notes or our common stock. An event that adversely affects the value of the notes may occur, and that event may not result in an adjustment to the conversion rate.

Some significant restructuring transactions may not constitute a fundamental change, in which case we would not be obligated to offer to repurchase the notes.

Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change, you have the right to require us to repurchase your notes. However, the fundamental change provisions will not afford protection to holders of notes in the event of other transactions that could adversely affect the notes. For example, transactions such as leveraged recapitalizations, refinancings, restructurings, or acquisitions initiated by us may not constitute a fundamental change requiring us to repurchase the notes. In the event of any such transaction, the holders would not have the right to require us to repurchase the notes, even though each of these transactions could increase the amount of our indebtedness, or otherwise adversely affect our capital structure or any credit ratings, thereby adversely affecting the holders of notes.

We cannot assure you that an active trading market will develop for the notes.

Prior to this offering, there has been no trading market for the notes, and we do not intend to apply to list the notes on any securities exchange or to arrange for quotation on any automated dealer quotation

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system. We have been informed by the underwriters that they intend to make a market in the notes after the offering is completed. However, the underwriters may cease their market-making at any time without notice. In addition, the liquidity of the trading market in the notes, and the market price quoted for the notes, may be adversely affected by changes in the overall market for this type of security and by changes in our financial performance or prospects or in the prospects for companies in our industry generally. As a result, we cannot assure you that an active trading market will develop for the notes. If an active trading market does not develop or is not maintained, the market price and liquidity of the notes may be adversely affected. In that case you may not be able to sell your notes at a particular time or you may not be able to sell your notes at a favorable price.

Any adverse rating of the notes may cause their trading price to fall.

We do not intend to seek a rating on the notes. However, if a rating service were to rate the notes and if such rating service were to lower its rating on the notes below the rating initially assigned to the notes or otherwise announces its intention to put the notes on credit watch, the trading price of the notes could decline.

You may be subject to tax if we make or fail to make certain adjustments to the conversion rate of the notes even though you do not receive a corresponding cash distribution.

The conversion rate of the notes is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, including the payment of cash dividends. If the conversion rate is adjusted as a result of a distribution that is taxable to holders of our common stock, such as a cash dividend, you may be deemed to have received a dividend subject to U.S. federal income tax without the receipt of any cash. In addition, a failure to adjust (or to adjust adequately) the conversion rate after an event that increases your proportionate interest in us could be treated as a deemed taxable dividend to you. If a make-whole fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date or if we deliver a notice of redemption, we will, under some circumstances, we will increase the conversion rate for notes converted in connection with the make-whole fundamental change or notice of redemption.

Such increase may also be treated as a distribution subject to U.S. federal income tax as a dividend. See “ Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders of Notes.” If you are a non-U.S. Holder (as defined in “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders of Notes”), any deemed dividend would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable treaty, which may be withheld from subsequent payments on the notes (or in certain circumstances, from payments on the common stock). See “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders of Notes.”

Because the notes will initially be issued in book-entry form, holders must rely on DTC’s procedures to receive communications relating to the notes and exercise their rights and remedies.

We will initially issue the notes in the form of one or more global notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Beneficial interests in global notes will be shown on, and transfers of global notes will be effected only through, the records maintained by DTC. Except in limited circumstances, we will not issue certificated notes. See “Description of Notes—Book-Entry, Settlement and Clearance.” Accordingly, if you own a beneficial interest in a global note, then you will not be considered an owner or holder of the notes. Instead, DTC or its nominee will be the sole holder of global notes. Unlike persons who have certificated notes registered in their names, owners of beneficial interests in global notes will not have the direct right to act on our solicitations for consents or requests for waivers or other actions from holders. Instead, those beneficial owners will be permitted to act only to the extent that they have received appropriate proxies to do so from DTC or, if applicable, a DTC participant. The applicable procedures for the granting of these proxies may not be sufficient to enable owners of beneficial interests in global notes to vote on any requested actions on a timely basis. In addition, notices and other communications relating to the notes will be sent to DTC. We expect DTC to forward any such communications to DTC

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participants, which in turn would forward such communications to indirect DTC participants. But we can make no assurances that you timely receive any such communications.

We may still incur substantially more debt or take other actions which would intensify the risks discussed above.

Risks Related to our Concurrent Common Stock Offering

This offering is not contingent on the consummation of any other financing, including the concurrent Common Stock Offering, and we have broad discretion to use the net proceeds from this offering and our concurrent Common Stock Offering, which we may not use effectively.

Neither the completion of this offering nor of the concurrent Common Stock Offering is contingent on the completion of the other, so it is possible that this offering occurs and the Common Stock Offering does not occur, and vice versa. We cannot assure you that the concurrent Common Stock Offering will be completed on the terms described herein, or at all.

Our management has broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering and our concurrent Common Stock Offering. If we do not use the net proceeds effectively, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be harmed, and the market price of our common stock could decline. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from this offering and our concurrent Common Stock Offering in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities such as money market accounts, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, and guaranteed obligations of the U.S. government that may not generate a high yield to our stockholders.

Sale of our common stock in the concurrent Common Stock Offering and conversion of the notes will dilute the ownership interest of our existing stockholders or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.

The sale of some or all of the common stock offered in our concurrent Common Stock Offering will dilute the ownership interests of our existing stockholders. Upon conversion of the notes, we have the option to pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock. If we elect to settle our conversion obligation in shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, the conversion of some or all of the notes may dilute the ownership interests of our existing stockholders. Any sales in the public market of our common stock could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock or the notes. In addition, the existence of the notes may encourage short selling by market participants because the conversion of the notes could be used to satisfy short positions, or anticipated conversion of the notes into shares of our common stock could depress the price of our common stock or the notes.

Sales of a substantial amount of shares of our common stock in the public market, particularly sales by our directors, executive officers and significant stockholders, or the perception that these sales could occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and may make it more difficult for you to sell your common stock at a time and price that you deem appropriate.

Our executive officers and directors have entered into lock-up agreements with the underwriters under which they have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock without the permission of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC for a period of 90 days following the

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date of this prospectus. We refer to such period as the lock-up period. When the lock-up period expires, we and our executive officers and directors subject to a lock-up agreement will be able to sell our shares in the public market. In addition, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC may, in its sole discretion, release all or some portion of the shares subject to lock-up agreements at any time and for any reason. Sales of a substantial number of such shares upon expiration of the lock-up agreements, the perception that such sales may occur, or early release of these agreements, could cause our market price to fall.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be approximately $ million (or approximately $ million if the underwriters exercise in full their over-allotment option).

The principal purposes of this offering are to increase our capitalization and financial flexibility. We intend to use the net proceeds that we receive from this offering and the concurrent Common Stock Offering, if consummated, for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including technology development and marketing activities, general and administrative expenses, and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to invest in or acquire third-party businesses, products, services, technologies, or other assets. However, we do not currently have any definitive or preliminary plans with respect to the use of proceeds for such purposes.

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table sets forth our ratios of earnings to fixed charges for each period indicated. For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings represent pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations plus fixed charges. Fixed charges represent estimated interest within rental expense and interest expense.



	Year Ended December 31,				Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	2014	2015	2016	2017	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)	—	—	—	—	—

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(1) For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 and the three months ended March 31, 2018, we reported pre-tax losses. Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by approximately $25.0 million, $30.2 million, $22.5 million, and $15.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively. Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by approximately $36.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

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MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK



	High		Low
Year Ending December 31, 2018
Third quarter (through , 2018)	$		$
Second quarter	$	25.06	$	20.76
First quarter	$	31.50	$	19.18
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Fourth quarter	$	31.32	$	19.50
Third quarter (beginning July 28, 2017)	$	33.49	$	19.29

On , 2018, the last reported sale price for our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market was $ per share.

As of , 2018, there were approximately holders of record of our common stock.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments and capitalization as of March 31, 2018 on:


•	an actual basis;


•	an as adjusted basis to give effect to the completion of this offering of notes (assuming the underwriters' over-allotment option is not exercised) after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, and assuming that such net proceeds are held as cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments; and

•

an as further adjusted basis to give effect to the adjustments set forth above and the sale of common stock in the concurrent Common Stock Offering (assuming the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares is not exercised), after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, and assuming that such net proceeds are held as cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.



	March 31, 2018
	Actual			As Adjusted	As Further Adjusted for the Concurrent Common Stock Offering
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$	190,773		$	$
Debt:
Loan facility	1,357
% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023⁽¹⁾	—
Total debt:	1,357
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized, and no shares issued and outstanding, actual, as adjusted, and as further adjusted	—
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 82,672,592 shares issued and outstanding, actual; 500,000,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding, as adjusted, and as further adjusted	83
Additional paid-in capital	374,614
Accumulated deficit	(165,442		)
Total stockholders’ equity⁽²⁾	209,255
Total capitalization⁽²⁾	$	210,612		$	$

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amount of the notes without reflecting the debt discount or fees and expenses that we are required to recognize. Amounts shown in the table above do not reflect application of ASC 470-20.


(2)	Issuance of the notes (giving effect to the application of ASC 470-20 as described in note (1) above) will result in a net increase in additional paid-in capital and, therefore, a net increase in total stockholders’ equity and total capitalization. Amounts shown in the table above do not reflect application of ASC 470-20.

The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 82,672,592 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2018, and excludes:


•	11,821,024 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of March 31, 2018, with a weighted-average exercise price of $6.39 per share;


•	1,152,718 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of restricted stock units, or RSUs, outstanding as of March 31, 2018;


•	187,076 shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the first share purchase under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on June 29, 2018;


•	up to 1,057,595 shares of our common stock issuable upon the settlement of time-based and performance-based RSUs granted after March 31, 2018; and

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

You should read the financial data set forth below in conjunction with the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018 incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our results to be expected in any future period, and our interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that should be expected for the full year. The selected statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and balance sheet data as of December 31, 2016 and 2017 were derived from our audited financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The selected statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2014 and balance sheet data as of December 31, 2014 and 2015 were derived from our audited financial statements that are not incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The selected statements of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 and balance sheet data as of March 31, 2018 were derived from our unaudited financial statements that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.



	Year Ended December 31,												Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2015			2016			2017			2017			2018
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenue	$	125,363		$	187,338		$	267,196		$	370,036		$	59,868		$	79,893
Cost of revenue(1)	93,272			138,492			184,452			258,216			53,492			74,197
Gross profit	32,091			48,846			82,744			111,820			6,376			5,696
Operating expenses:
Technology and development(1)	17,876			27,842			34,588			42,532			9,672			12,762
Marketing(1)	15,058			19,899			28,571			32,251			10,459			13,336
General and administrative(1)	24,240			31,394			42,369			53,009			14,367			16,772
Total operating expenses	57,174			79,135			105,528			127,792			34,498			42,870
Income (loss) from operations	(25,083		)	(30,289		)	(22,784		)	(15,972		)	(28,122		)	(37,174		)
Interest income and other income, net:
Interest income	—			46			173			882			43			577
Other income, net	24			7			85			88			13			158
Total interest income and other income, net	47			53			258			970			56			735
Income (loss) before tax benefit (expense)	(25,036		)	(30,236		)	(22,526		)	(15,002		)	(28,066		)	(36,439		)
Income tax benefit (expense)	306			—			—			—			—			—
Net income (loss)	$	(24,730	)	$	(30,236	)	$	(22,526	)	$	(15,002	)	$	(28,066	)	$	(36,439	)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock	(101,251		)	(102,224		)	(55,502		)	(175,915		)	(24,770		)	—

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Net income (loss) attributable to common stock—basic and diluted	$	(125,981	)	$	(132,460	)	$	(78,028	)	$	(190,917	)	$	(52,836	)	$	(36,439	)
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	$	(11.76	)	$	(9.87	)	$	(5.42	)	$	(4.47	)	$	(3.58	)	$	(0.44	)
Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted(2)	10,716,557			13,416,411			14,395,067			42,722,114			14,767,478			82,010,913

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(1)	Includes stock-based compensation as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,								Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2015		2016		2017		2017		2018
	(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	1,280	$	1,440	$	2,266	$	2,902	$	714	$	1,300
Technology and development	962		1,375		2,383		3,325		731		1,473
Marketing	237		298		469		487		119		119
General and administrative	2,717		2,449		3,295		4,387		1,117		1,304
Total	$	5,196	$	5,562	$	8,413	$	11,101	$	2,681	$	4,196


(2)	See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein, for an explanation of the calculations of our net income (loss) per share attributable to common stock—basic and diluted.



	As of December 31,											As of March 31, 2018
	2014			2015			2016			2017		As of March 31, 2018
	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$	112,127		$	87,341		$	65,779		$	208,342	$	190,773
Working capital	106,196			83,234			60,445			204,349		177,300
Total assets	142,113			125,054			133,477			281,955		269,950
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	(370,595		)	(495,713		)	(563,734		)	235,430		209,255

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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related Party Transactions

2015 Third-Party Tender Offer

Bridget Frey, Scott Nagel, Chris Nielsen, and Adam Wiener, each of whom is an executive officer, sold shares of our capital stock in the tender offer, which closed in August 2015.

Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement

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comparable services or products, and (5) the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties or to or from employees generally. The applicable committee will approve only those transactions that are in, or are not inconsistent with, the best interests of Redfin and its stockholders.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The table below provides information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of July 3, 2018 by:


•	each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock; and


•	our management, which includes


◦	each of our directors;


◦	each of our named executive officers, who are Glenn Kelman, Scott Nagel and Chris Nielsen; and


◦	all of our directors and executive officers as a group.



Name of Beneficial Owner	Number of Shares Beneficially Owned	Percent of Class
5% Beneficial Owners
Persons affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson	7,264,729⁽¹⁾	8.7%
Persons affiliated with Greylock Partners	4,177,012 ⁽²⁾	5.0%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.	5,097,943⁽³⁾	6.1%
Persons affiliated with Tiger Global Management	7,690,091⁽⁴⁾	9.2%
Persons affiliated with Vulcan Capital	7,021,666⁽⁵⁾	8.4%
Management
Robert Bass	61,110⁽⁶⁾	*
Julie Bornstein	39,233⁽⁷⁾	*
Glenn Kelman	2,732,647 ⁽⁸⁾	3.2%
Austin Ligon	671,329⁽⁹⁾	*
David H. Lissy	11,552	*
Robert Mylod, Jr.	491,033⁽¹⁰⁾	*
Scott Nagel	850,295⁽¹¹⁾	1.0%
Chris Nielsen	807,016⁽¹²⁾	1.0%
James Slavet	68,170⁽¹³⁾	*
Selina Tobaccowala	95,722⁽¹⁴⁾	*
All directors and executive officers as a group	7,535,826⁽¹⁵⁾	8.6%

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*	Percentage owned does not exceed one percent.

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address for the persons affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson is 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA 94025. All information relating to the persons affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson is based on the Schedule 13G they filed on January 30, 2018.

(2)


(3)	Of the shares beneficially owned, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has sole voting power over 458,314 shares and sole dispositive power over 5,097,943 shares. The address for T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. All information relating to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is based on the Schedule 13G it filed on February 14, 2018.

(4)

(5)


(6)	Ownership includes 61,110 shares underlying stock options.


(7)	Ownership includes 39,233 shares underlying stock options.


(8)	Ownership includes 743,206 shares underlying stock options.


(9)	Ownership includes 37,567 shares underlying stock options. Of the shares beneficially owned, 554,844 shares are held by Toon Toot Sawan LP. Mr. Ligon is the managing member of the general partner of Toon Toot Sawan LP.


(10)	Ownership includes 133,333 shares underlying stock options. Of the shares beneficially owned, 357,700 shares are held by Annox Capital, LLC. Mr. Mylod is the managing member of Annox Capital, LLC.


(11)	Ownership includes 841,962 shares underlying stock options.


(12)	Ownership includes 807,016 shares underlying stock options.


(13)	Mr. Slavet is a managing member of Greylock XII GP LLC, which beneficially owns 4,177,012 shares of our common stock, as discussed in footnote 2. Mr. Slavet disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.


(14)	Ownership includes 75,000 shares underlying stock options.

(15) Ownership includes 4,157,661 shares underlying stock options.

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

We will issue the % Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “notes”) under an indenture to be dated as of the date of initial issuance of the notes (the “indenture”) between us and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “trustee”). This description of the notes supplements the description of the notes and the indenture in the accompanying prospectus. The terms of the notes include those expressly set forth in the indenture and those made part of the indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

You may request a copy of the indenture from us as described under “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the notes and the indenture and does not purport to be complete. This summary is subject to and is qualified by reference to all the provisions of the notes and the indenture, including the definitions of certain terms used in the indenture. We urge you to read these documents because they, and not this description, set forth fully the terms of the notes and define your rights as a holder of the notes.

For purposes of this description, references to “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to Redfin Corporation and not to its subsidiaries.

General

The notes will:


•	be our general unsecured, senior obligations;


•	initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $ (or $ if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full);


•	bear cash interest from July , 2018 at an annual rate of % payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2019;

•

be subject to redemption at our option, in whole or in part, on or after July 20, 2021 if the last reported sale price of our common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of redemption and at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date;


•	be subject to repurchase by us at the option of the holders following a fundamental change (as defined below under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes”), at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date;


•	mature on July 15, 2023, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased;


•	be issued in denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000; and


•	be represented by one or more registered notes in global form, but in certain limited circumstances may be represented by notes in definitive form. See “Book-Entry, Settlement and Clearance.”

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converted at an initial conversion rate of shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ per share of common stock). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment if certain events occur.

We will settle conversions of notes by paying or delivering, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election, as described under “—Conversion Rights—Settlement upon Conversion.” You will not receive any separate cash payment for interest, if any, accrued and unpaid to the conversion date except under the limited circumstances described below.

The indenture will not limit the amount of debt that may be issued by us or our subsidiaries under the indenture or otherwise. The indenture will not contain any financial covenants and will not restrict us from paying dividends or issuing or repurchasing our other securities. Other than restrictions described under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes” and “—Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets” below and except for the provisions set forth under “—Conversion Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period,” the indenture will not contain any covenants or other provisions designed to afford holders of the notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction involving us or in the event of a decline in our credit rating as the result of a takeover, recapitalization, highly leveraged transaction or similar restructuring involving us that could adversely affect such holders.

We may, without the consent of the holders, reopen the indenture for the notes and issue additional notes under the indenture with the same terms as the notes offered hereby (other than differences in the issue date, the issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of such additional notes) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional notes are not fungible with the notes initially offered hereby for U.S. federal securities law and income tax purposes, such additional notes will have one or more separate CUSIP numbers.

We do not intend to list the notes on any securities exchange or any automated dealer quotation system.

Except to the extent the context otherwise requires, we use the term “notes” in this prospectus to refer to each $1,000 principal amount of notes. We use the term “common stock” in this prospectus to refer to our common stock, par value $0.001 per share. References in this prospectus to a “holder” or “holders” of notes that are held through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) are references to owners of beneficial interests in such notes, unless the context otherwise requires. However, we and the trustee will treat the person in whose name the notes are registered (Cede & Co., in the case of notes held through DTC) as the owner of such notes for all purposes. References herein to the “close of business” refer to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, and to the “open of business” refer to 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Purchase and Cancellation

We will cause all notes surrendered for payment, repurchase (including as described below), redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any person other than the trustee (including any of our agents, subsidiaries or affiliates), to be delivered to the trustee for cancellation. All notes delivered to the trustee shall be cancelled promptly by the trustee. Except for notes surrendered for transfer or exchange, no notes shall be authenticated in exchange for any notes cancelled as provided in the indenture.

We may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such notes are surrendered to us), repurchase notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by us or our subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. We will cause any notes so repurchased (other than notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the trustee for cancellation, and they will no longer be considered “outstanding” under the indenture upon their

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Payments on the Notes; Paying Agent and Registrar; Transfer and Exchange

We will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, notes in global form registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of such global note.

We will pay or cause to be paid the principal of any certificated notes at the office or agency designated by us for that purpose. We have initially designated the trustee as our paying agent and registrar and its agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a place where notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer. We may, however, change the paying agent or registrar without prior notice to the holders of the notes, and we may act as paying agent or registrar. Interest on certificated notes will be payable (i) to holders having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the holders of these notes and (ii) to holders having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each holder or, upon application by such a holder to the registrar not later than the relevant regular record date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the holder notifies, in writing, the registrar to the contrary.

A holder of notes may transfer or exchange notes at the office of the registrar in accordance with the indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents. No service charge will be imposed by us, the trustee or the registrar for any registration of transfer or exchange of notes, but we may require a holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge required by law or permitted by the indenture. We are not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption or surrendered for conversion or required repurchase.

The registered holder of a note will be treated as its owner for all purposes.

Interest

The notes will bear cash interest at a rate of % per year until maturity. Interest on the notes will accrue from July , 2018 or from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for. Interest will be payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2019.

Interest will be paid to the person in whose name a note is registered at the close of business on January 1 or July 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date (each, whether or not a business day, a “regular record date”). Interest on the notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month.

If any interest payment date, the maturity date or any earlier required repurchase date upon a fundamental change of a note falls on a day that is not a business day, the required payment will be made on the next succeeding business day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. The term “business day” means, with respect to any note, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to interest in this prospectus include additional interest, if any, payable at our election as the sole remedy relating to the failure to comply with our reporting obligations as described under “—Events of Default.”

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Ranking

The notes will be our general unsecured obligations that rank senior in right of payment to any of our indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes. The notes will rank equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future liabilities that are not so subordinated. The notes will effectively rank junior to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. In the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up, our assets that secure secured debt will be available to pay obligations on the notes only after all indebtedness under such secured debt has been repaid in full from such assets. The notes will rank structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries (including trade payables but excluding intercompany obligations and liabilities of a type not required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP). We advise you that there may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on any or all the notes then outstanding.

The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends and make other payments to us may be restricted by, among other things, our future debt instruments, applicable corporate and other laws and regulations as well as agreements to which our subsidiaries may become a party. We may not be able to pay the cash portion of any settlement amount upon conversion of the notes, or to pay cash for the fundamental change repurchase price if a holder requires us to repurchase notes upon a fundamental change as described below. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes—We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the notes or to repurchase the notes upon a fundamental change, and our future debt may contain limitations on our ability to pay cash upon conversion or repurchase of the notes.”

Optional Redemption

No “sinking fund” is provided for the notes, which means that we are not required to redeem or retire the notes periodically. Prior to July 20, 2021, the notes will not be redeemable. On or after July 20, 2021, we may redeem for cash all or part of the notes, at our option, if the last reported sale price of our common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of redemption (a “redemption notice date”). In the case of any optional redemption, we will provide not less than 50 nor more than 60 scheduled trading days’ notice before the redemption date (provided that any redemption notice date must be at least one calendar day prior to the first scheduled trading day of any relevant observation period) to the trustee, the paying agent and each holder of notes, and the redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (unless the redemption date falls after a regular record date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding interest payment date, in which case we will pay or cause to be paid the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the holder of record as of the close of business on such regular record date, and the redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed). The redemption date must be a business day.

With respect to any notes that are converted during a redemption period as described under “Conversion Rights—General,” we will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for the notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares as described under “—Conversion

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Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period.”

If we decide to redeem fewer than all of the outstanding notes, the notes to be redeemed shall be selected in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary, in the case of notes represented by a global note, or, in the case of notes in certificated form, the trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

If a portion of your notes are selected for partial redemption and you convert a portion of such notes, the converted portion will be deemed to be from the portion selected for redemption.

In the event of any redemption in part, we will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any such note so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any note being redeemed in part.

No notes may be redeemed if the principal amount of the notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the redemption date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by us in the payment of the redemption price with respect to such notes).

Conversion Rights

General

Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, the notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described under the headings “—Conversion upon Satisfaction of Sale Price Condition,” “—Conversion upon Redemption,” “—Conversion upon Satisfaction of Trading Price Condition,” and “—Conversion upon Specified Corporate Events.” On or after April 15, 2023 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their notes at the applicable conversion rate, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at the option of the holder, regardless of the foregoing conditions.

The conversion rate will initially be shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ per share of common stock), subject to adjustment as described herein. Upon conversion of a note, we will satisfy our conversion obligation by paying or delivering, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election, all as set forth below under “—Settlement upon Conversion.” If we satisfy our conversion obligation solely in cash or through payment and delivery, as the case may be, of a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, the amount of cash and shares of common stock, if any, due upon conversion will be based on a daily conversion value (as defined below) calculated on a proportionate basis for each trading day in a 40 trading day observation period (as defined below under “—Settlement upon Conversion”). The trustee will initially act as the conversion agent.

A holder may convert fewer than all of such holder’s notes so long as the notes converted are a multiple of $1,000 principal amount.

If we call notes for redemption, a holder of notes may convert all or any portion of its notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, only until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date unless we fail to pay the redemption price (in which case a holder of notes may convert such notes until the redemption price has been paid or duly provided for). If a holder elects to convert notes from, and including, the redemption notice date until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the related redemption date (any such period, a “redemption period”), we will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for the notes as

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described under “—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period.” If a holder of notes has submitted notes for purchase upon a fundamental change, the holder may convert those notes only if that holder first withdraws its fundamental change purchase notice.

Upon conversion, you will not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as described below. We will not issue fractional shares of our common stock upon conversion of notes. Instead, we will pay cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share as described under “—Settlement upon Conversion.” Our payment and delivery, as the case may be, to you of the cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, as the case may be, into which a note is convertible will be deemed to satisfy in full our obligation to pay:


•	the principal amount of the note; and


•	accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant conversion date.

As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant conversion date will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of notes into a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such conversion.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, if notes are converted after the close of business on a regular record date for the payment of interest and prior to the open of business on the corresponding interest payment date, holders of such notes at the close of business on such regular record date will receive the full amount of interest payable on such notes on the corresponding interest payment date notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any regular record date to the open of business on the immediately following interest payment date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the notes so converted; provided that no such payment need be made:


•	for conversions following the regular record date immediately preceding the maturity date;


•	if we have specified a redemption date that is after a regular record date and on or prior to the business day immediately following the corresponding interest payment date;


•	if we have specified a fundamental change repurchase date that is after a regular record date and on or prior to the business day immediately following the corresponding interest payment date; or


•	to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such note.

Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all record holders on the regular record date immediately preceding the maturity date, any fundamental change repurchase date or any redemption date will receive the full interest payment due on the maturity date, such fundamental change repurchase date or such redemption date in cash regardless of whether their notes have been converted following such regular record date.

If a holder converts notes, we will pay or cause to be paid any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on any issuance of any shares of our common stock upon the conversion, unless the tax is due because the holder requests such shares to be issued in a name other than the holder’s name, in which case the holder will pay that tax.

Holders may surrender their notes for conversion only under the following circumstances:

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Conversion upon Satisfaction of Sale Price Condition

Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, a holder may surrender all or any portion of its notes for conversion at any time during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2018 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day..

The “last reported sale price” of our common stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which our common stock is traded. If our common stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “last reported sale price” will be the last quoted bid price for our common stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If our common stock is not so quoted, the “last reported sale price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for our common stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by us for this purpose. The “last reported sale price” will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of regular trading session hours.

“Trading day” means a day on which (i) trading in our common stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if our common stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which our common stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if our common stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which our common stock (or such other security) is then traded, and (ii) a last reported sale price for our common stock (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market. If our common stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, “trading day” means a “business day.”

Conversion upon Satisfaction of Trading Price Condition

Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, a holder of notes may surrender all or any portion of its notes for conversion at any time during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the “trading price” per $1,000 principal amount of notes, as determined following a request by a holder of notes in accordance with the procedures described below, for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day.

The “trading price” of the notes on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the bid solicitation agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers we select for this purpose; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the bid solicitation agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the bid solicitation agent, that one bid shall be used. If the bid solicitation agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate. If (x) we are not acting as bid solicitation agent, and we do not, when we are required to, instruct the bid solicitation agent to obtain bids, or if we give such instruction to the bid solicitation agent, and the bid solicitation agent fails to make such

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determination, or (y) we are acting as bid solicitation agent and we fail to make such determination, then, in either case, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate on each trading day of such failure.

The bid solicitation agent (if other than us) shall have no obligation to determine the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes unless we have requested such determination and have provided the bid solicitation agent with the names and contact information of the securities dealers we have selected for such purpose; and we shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if we are acting as bid solicitation agent, we shall have no obligation to determine the trading price) unless a holder of a note provides us with reasonable evidence that the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes would be less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate. At such time, we shall instruct the bid solicitation agent (if other than us) to determine, or if we are acting as bid solicitation agent, we shall determine, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes beginning on the next trading day and on each successive trading day until the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate. If the trading price condition has been met, we will so notify the holders, the trustee and the conversion agent (if other than the trustee). If, at any time after the trading price condition has been met, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate for such date, we will so notify the holders, the trustee and the conversion agent (if other than the trustee) and thereafter neither we nor the bid solicitation agent (if other than us) shall be required to solicit bids again until a new holder request is made as provided above.

We will initially act as the bid solicitation agent.

Conversion upon Notice of Redemption

If we call any or all of the notes for redemption prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, holders may convert all or any portion of their notes at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day prior to the redemption date, even if the notes are not otherwise convertible at such time. After that time, the right to convert such notes will expire, unless we default in the payment of the redemption price, in which case a holder of notes may convert all or any portion of its notes until the redemption price has been paid or duly provided for.

Conversion upon Specified Corporate Events

Certain Distributions

If, prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, we elect to:

•

issue to all or substantially all holders of our common stock any rights, options or warrants (other than in connection with a stockholder rights plan prior to the separation of the relevant rights) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of our common stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock for the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance; or

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distribute to all or substantially all holders of our common stock our assets, securities or rights to purchase our securities (other than in connection with a stockholder rights plan prior to the separation of the relevant rights), which distribution has a per share value, as reasonably determined by our board of directors or a committee thereof, exceeding 10% of the last reported sale price of our common stock on the trading day preceding the date of announcement for such

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then, in either case, we must notify the holders of the notes at least 50 scheduled trading days prior to the ex- dividend date for such issuance or distribution (or, if later in the case of any such separation of rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as soon as reasonably practicable after we become aware that such separation or triggering event has occurred or will occur). Once we have given such notice, holders may surrender all or any portion of their notes for conversion at any time until the earlier of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for such issuance or distribution and our announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take place, even if the notes are not otherwise convertible at such time.

Certain Corporate Events

If a transaction or event that constitutes a “fundamental change” (as defined under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes”) or a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined under “—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period”) occurs prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, regardless of whether a holder has the right to require us to repurchase the notes as described under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes,” or if we are a party to a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, or transfer or lease of all or substantially all of our assets that occurs prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023, in each case, pursuant to which our common stock would be converted into cash, securities or other assets, all or any portion of a holder’s notes may be surrendered for conversion at any time from or after the date that is 50 scheduled trading days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction (or, if later, the earlier of (x) the business day after we give notice of such transaction and (y) the actual effective date of such transaction) until 35 trading days after the actual effective date of such transaction or, if such transaction also constitutes a fundamental change, until the related fundamental change repurchase date. We will notify holders, the trustee and the conversion agent (if other than the trustee) (i) as promptly as practicable following the date we publicly announce such transaction but in no event less than 50 scheduled trading days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction; or (ii) if we do not have knowledge of such transaction at least 50 scheduled trading days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction, within one business day of the date upon which we receive notice, or otherwise become aware, of such transaction, but in no event later than the actual effective date of such transaction.

Conversions on or after April 15, 2023

On or after April 15, 2023, a holder may convert all or any portion of its notes at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date regardless of the foregoing conditions.

Conversion Procedures

If you hold a beneficial interest in a global note, to convert you must comply with DTC’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a global note and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next interest payment date to which you are not entitled. As such, if you are a beneficial owner of the notes, you must allow for sufficient time to comply with DTC’s procedures if you wish to exercise your conversion rights.

If you hold a certificated note, to convert you must:


•	complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the note, or a facsimile of the conversion notice;


•	deliver the conversion notice, which is irrevocable, and the note to the conversion agent;

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•	if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and


•	if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next interest payment date to which you are not entitled.

We will pay or cause to be paid any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax on the issuance of any shares of our common stock upon conversion of the notes, unless the tax is due because the holder requests such shares to be issued in a name other than the holder’s name, in which case the holder will pay the tax.

We refer to the date you comply with the relevant procedures for conversion described above as the “conversion date.”

If a holder has already delivered a repurchase notice as described under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes” with respect to a note, the holder may not surrender that note for conversion until the holder has withdrawn the repurchase notice in accordance with the relevant provisions of the indenture. If a holder submits its notes for required repurchase, the holder’s right to withdraw the repurchase notice and convert the notes that are subject to repurchase will terminate at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the relevant fundamental change repurchase date.

Settlement upon Conversion

Upon conversion, we may choose to pay or deliver, as the case may be, either cash (“cash settlement”), shares of our common stock (“physical settlement”) or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock (“combination settlement”), as described below. We refer to each of these settlement methods as a “settlement method.”

All conversions for which the relevant conversion date occurs on or after April 15, 2023 and all conversions for which the relevant conversion date occurs during a redemption period, will be settled using the same settlement method. Except for any conversions for which the relevant conversion date occurs during a redemption period, and any conversions for which the relevant conversion date occurs on or after April 15, 2023, we will use the same settlement method for all conversions with the same conversion date, but we will not have any obligation to use the same settlement method with respect to conversions with different conversion dates. For example, we may choose for notes converted on one conversion date to settle in physical settlement, and choose for notes converted on another conversion date to settle in cash settlement or combination settlement.

If we elect a settlement method, we will inform holders so converting through the trustee of the settlement method we have selected no later than the close of business on the trading day immediately following the related conversion date (or in the case of any conversions occurring (i) during a redemption period as described under “—Optional Redemption,” in such notice of redemption or (ii) on or after April 15, 2023, no later than the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2023). If we do not timely elect a settlement method as described in the preceding sentence, we will no longer have the right to elect cash settlement or physical settlement for such conversion or during such period and we will be deemed to have elected combination settlement in respect of our conversion obligation, as described below, and the specified dollar amount (as defined below) per $1,000 principal amount of notes will be equal to $1,000. If we timely elect combination settlement, but we do not timely notify converting holders of the specified dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes, such specified dollar amount will be deemed to be $1,000. It is our current intent and policy to settle conversions through combination settlement with a specified dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes of $1,000.

By notice to holders of the notes, we may, prior to April 15, 2023, at our option, irrevocably elect to satisfy our conversion obligation with respect to the notes through combination settlement with a specified dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes of $1,000 for all conversion dates occurring

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Settlement amounts will be computed as follows:


•	if we elect physical settlement, we will deliver to the converting holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of notes being converted a number of shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate;


•	if we elect cash settlement, we will pay or cause to be paid to the converting holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the daily conversion values for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the related observation period; and


•	if we elect (or are deemed to have elected) combination settlement, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of notes being converted a “settlement amount” equal to the sum of the daily settlement amounts for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the related observation period.

The “daily settlement amount,” for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the observation period, shall consist of:


•	cash equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes to be received upon conversion as specified in the notice specifying our chosen settlement method (the “specified dollar amount”), if any, divided by 40 (such quotient, the “daily measurement value”) and (ii) the daily conversion value; and


•	if the daily conversion value exceeds the daily measurement value, a number of shares equal to (i) the difference between the daily conversion value and the daily measurement value, divided by (ii) the daily VWAP for such trading day.

The “daily conversion value” means, for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the observation period, 2.5% of the product of (1) the conversion rate on such trading day and (2) the daily VWAP for such trading day.

The “daily VWAP” means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “RDFN <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such trading day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of our common stock on such trading day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by us). The “daily VWAP” will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

The “observation period” with respect to any note surrendered for conversion means:


•	if the relevant conversion date occurs prior to April 15, 2023 and we have not issued a notice of redemption with respect to the notes as described under “—Optional Redemption” above, the 40 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the second trading day immediately succeeding such conversion date;


•	if the relevant conversion date occurs during a redemption period with respect to the notes as described under “—Optional Redemption,” the 40 consecutive trading days beginning on, and including, the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding such redemption date; and


•	if the relevant conversion date occurs on or after April 15, 2023 and we have not issued a notice of redemption with respect to the notes as described under “—Optional Redemption” above, the 40

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consecutive trading days beginning on, and including, the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date.

For the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion only, “trading day” means a day on which (i) there is no “market disruption event” (as defined below) and (ii) trading in our common stock generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if our common stock is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which our common stock is then listed or, if our common stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which our common stock is then listed or admitted for trading. If our common stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “trading day” means a “business day.”

“Scheduled trading day” means a day that is scheduled to be a trading day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which our common stock is listed or admitted for trading. If our common stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “scheduled trading day” means a “business day.”

For the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, “market disruption event” means (i) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which our common stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any scheduled trading day for our common stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in our common stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to our common stock.

Except as described under “—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period” and “—Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Our Common Stock,” we will deliver the consideration due in respect of conversion on the second business day immediately following the relevant conversion date, if we elect physical settlement, or, in the case of any other settlement method, on the second business day immediately following the last trading day of the relevant observation period.

We will pay cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share of common stock issuable upon conversion based on the daily VWAP for the relevant conversion date (in the case of physical settlement) or based on the daily VWAP for the last trading day of the relevant observation period (in the case of combination settlement).

Each conversion will be deemed to have been effected as to any notes surrendered for conversion on the conversion date; provided, however, that the person in whose name any shares of our common stock shall be issuable upon such conversion will become the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the conversion date (in the case of physical settlement) or the last trading day of the relevant observation period (in the case of combination settlement).

Conversion Rate Adjustments

The conversion rate will be adjusted as described below, except that we will not make any adjustments to the conversion rate if holders of the notes participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of our common stock and solely as a result of holding the notes, in any of the transactions described below without having to convert their notes as if they held a number of shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of notes held by such holder.

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common stock, or if we effect a share split or share combination, the conversion rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:



CR₁ = CR₀ ×	OS₁
	OS₀

where,

CR₀ = the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-dividend date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;

CR₁ = the conversion rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such ex-dividend date or effective date;

OS₀ = the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such ex-dividend date or effective date (before giving effect to any such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination); and

OS₁ = the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

Any adjustment made under this clause (1) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the effective date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this clause (1) is declared but not so paid or made, the conversion rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date our board of directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the conversion rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(2) If we issue to all or substantially all holders of our common stock any rights, options or warrants (other than pursuant to a stockholder rights plan) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of our common stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock for the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the conversion rate will be increased based on the following formula:



CR₁ = CR₀ ×	OS₀ + X
	OS₀ + Y

where,

CR₀ = the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such issuance;

CR₁ = the conversion rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such ex-dividend date;

OS₀ = the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such ex-dividend date;

X = the total number of shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

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Y = the number of shares of our common stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock over the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

Any increase made under this clause (2) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of common stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the conversion rate shall be decreased to the conversion rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of common stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the conversion rate shall be decreased to the conversion rate that would then be in effect if such ex-dividend date for such issuance had not occurred.

For the purpose of this clause (2), and for the purpose of the first bullet point under “—Conversion upon Specified Corporate Events—Certain Distributions,” in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of our common stock at less than such average of the last reported sale prices for the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of common stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by us for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by us in good faith.

(3) If we distribute shares of our capital stock, evidences of our indebtedness, other assets or property of ours or rights, options or warrants to acquire our capital stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of our common stock, excluding:


•	dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above;


•	rights issued under a stockholder rights plan prior to separation thereof from the common stock in the circumstances described below;


•	dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in clause (4) below shall apply; and


•	spin-offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this clause (3) shall apply; then the conversion rate will be increased based on the following formula:



CR₁ = CR₀ ×	SP₀
	SP₀ − FMV

where,

CR₀ = the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such distribution;

CR₁ = the conversion rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such ex-dividend date;

SP₀ = the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock over the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the ex- dividend date for such distribution; and

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FMV = the fair market value (as determined by us in good faith) of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed with respect to each outstanding share of our common stock on the ex-dividend date for such distribution.

Any increase made under the portion of this clause (3) above will become effective immediately after the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the conversion rate shall be decreased to be the conversion rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. In the case of any distribution of rights, options, or warrants, to the extent any such rights, options, or warrants expire unexercised, the conversion rate shall be immediately readjusted to the conversion rate that would then be in effect had the increase made for the distribution of such rights, options, or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of our common stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, options, or warrants.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP₀” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each holder of a note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of our common stock, the amount and kind of our capital stock, evidences of our indebtedness, other assets or property of ours or rights, options or warrants to acquire our capital stock or other securities that such holder would have received if such holder owned a number of shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate in effect on the ex- dividend date for the distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this clause (3) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on our common stock of shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange, which we refer to as a “spin-off,” the conversion rate will be increased based on the following formula:



CR₁ = CR₀ ×	FMV₀ + MP₀
	MP₀

where,

CR₀ = the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the valuation period (as defined below);

CR₁ = the conversion rate in effect immediately after the end of the valuation period;

FMV₀ = the average of the last reported sale prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of our common stock applicable to one share of our common stock (determined by reference to the definition of last reported sale price set forth under “—Conversion upon Satisfaction of Sale Price Condition” as if references therein to our common stock were to such capital stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive trading day period after, and including, the ex-dividend date of the spin-off (the “valuation period”); and

MP₀ = the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock over the valuation period.

The increase to the conversion rate under the preceding paragraph will occur at the close of business on the last trading day of the valuation period; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of notes for which physical settlement is applicable, if the relevant conversion date occurs during the valuation period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of trading days as have elapsed between the ex-dividend date for such spin-off and such conversion date in determining the conversion rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of notes for which cash settlement or combination settlement is applicable, for any trading day that falls within the relevant observation period for such conversion and within the valuation period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall

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be deemed replaced with such lesser number of trading days as have elapsed between the ex-dividend date for such spin-off and such trading day in determining the conversion rate as of such trading day. If any dividend or distribution that constitutes a spin-off is declared but not paid or made the conversion rate shall be immediately decreased, effective as of the date our board of directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the conversion rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or announced.

(4) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of our common stock, the conversion rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:



CR₁ = CR₀ ×	SP₀
	SP₀ − C

where,

CR₀ = the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution;

CR₁ = the conversion rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution;

SP₀ = the last reported sale price of our common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution; and

C = the amount in cash per share we distribute to all or substantially all holders of our common stock.

Any increase made under this clause (4) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the conversion rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date our board of directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the conversion rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each holder of a note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of our common stock, the amount of cash that such holder would have received if such holder owned a number of shares of our common stock equal to the conversion rate on the ex-dividend date for such cash dividend or distribution.

(5) If we or any of our subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for our common stock (other than an odd-lot tender offer), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of common stock exceeds the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock over the 10 consecutive trading day period commencing on, and including, the trading day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the conversion rate will be increased based on the following formula:



CR₁ = CR0 x	AC + (SP₁ x OS₁)
	OS0 x SP₁

where,

CR₀ = the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th trading day immediately following, and including, the trading day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

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CR₁ = the conversion rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th trading day immediately following, and including, the trading day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by us in good faith) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

OS₀ = the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

OS₁ = the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

SP₁ = the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock over the 10 consecutive trading day period commencing on, and including, the trading day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

The increase to the conversion rate under the preceding paragraph will occur at the close of business on the 10th trading day immediately following, and including, the trading day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of notes for which physical settlement is applicable, if the relevant conversion date occurs during the 10 trading days immediately following, and including, the trading day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of trading days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer and such conversion date in determining the conversion rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of notes for which cash settlement or combination settlement is applicable, for any trading day that falls within the relevant observation period for such conversion and within the 10 trading days immediately following, and including, the trading day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of trading days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer and such trading day in determining the conversion rate as of such trading day.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a conversion rate adjustment becomes effective on any ex-dividend date as described above, and a holder that has converted its notes on or after such ex-dividend date and on or prior to the related record date would be treated as the record holder of shares of our common stock as of the related conversion date as described under “—Settlement upon Conversion” based on an adjusted conversion rate for such ex-dividend date, then, notwithstanding the foregoing conversion rate adjustment provisions, the conversion rate adjustment relating to such ex-dividend date will not be made for such converting holder.

Instead, such holder will be treated as if such holder were the record owner of the shares of our common stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

Except as stated herein, we will not adjust the conversion rate for the issuance of shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of our common stock or the right to purchase shares of our common stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.

As used in this section, “ex-dividend date” means the first date on which the shares of our common stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from us or, if applicable, from the seller of our common stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market, and “effective date” means the first date on which the shares of our common stock

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trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

As used in this section, “record date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of our common stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which our common stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of our common stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by our board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, statute, contract or otherwise).

We are permitted to increase the conversion rate of the notes by any amount for a period of at least 20 business days if our board of directors or a committee thereof determines that such increase would be in our best interest. We may also (but are not required to) increase the conversion rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of our common stock or rights to purchase shares of our common stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event.

A holder may, in some circumstances, including a distribution of cash dividends to holders of our shares of common stock, be deemed to have received a distribution subject to U.S. federal income tax as a result of an adjustment or the nonoccurrence of an adjustment to the conversion rate. For a discussion of the U.S. federal income tax treatment of an adjustment to the conversion rate, see “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders of Notes.”

If we have a stockholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the notes into common stock, you will receive, in addition to any shares of common stock received in connection with such conversion, the rights under the stockholder rights plan. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the shares of common stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan, the conversion rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if we distributed to all or substantially all holders of our common stock, shares of our capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants as described in clause (3) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

Except as described above, the conversion rate will not be adjusted:


•	on account of stock repurchases that are not tender offers or exchange offers referred to in clause (5) above, including structured or derivative transactions, or pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by our board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or otherwise;


•	upon the issuance of any shares of our common stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on our securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of our common stock under any plan;


•	upon the issuance of any shares of our common stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by us or any of our subsidiaries;


•	upon the issuance of any shares of our common stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in the preceding bullet and outstanding as of the date the notes were first issued;


•	solely for a change in the par value of our common stock; or


•	for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

Adjustments to the conversion rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share.

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If an adjustment to the conversion rate otherwise required by the provisions described above would result in a change of less than 1% to the conversion rate, then, notwithstanding the foregoing, we may, at our election, defer and carry forward such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in an aggregate change of at least 1% to the conversion rate; (ii) (x) on the conversion date for any notes (in the case of physical settlement) or (y) on each trading day of any observation period with respect to any notes (in the case of cash settlement or combination settlement); (iii) the effective date of any fundamental change or make-whole fundamental change; and (iv) April 15, 2023.

Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Our Common Stock

In the case of:


•	any recapitalization, reclassification or change of our common stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination),


•	any consolidation, merger or combination involving us,


•	any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of ours and our subsidiaries substantially as an entirety, or


•	any statutory share exchange,

in each case, as a result of which our common stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “share exchange event”), then, at and after the effective time of the share exchange event, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of notes will be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of notes into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate immediately prior to such share exchange event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “reference property”) upon such share exchange event. However, at and after the effective time of the share exchange event, (i) we will continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of notes, as set forth under “—Settlement upon Conversion” and (ii)(x) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the notes as set forth under “—Settlement upon Conversion” will continue to be payable in cash, (y) any shares of our common stock that we would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the notes as set forth under “—Settlement upon Conversion” will instead be deliverable in the amount and type of reference property that a holder of that number of shares of our common stock would have received in such share exchange event and (z) the daily VWAP will be calculated based on the value of a unit of reference property that a holder of one share of our common stock would have received in such share exchange event. If the share exchange event causes our common stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), the reference property into which the notes will be convertible will be deemed to be (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of our common stock that affirmatively make such an election or (ii) if no holders of our common stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of our common stock. If the holders of our common stock receive only cash in such share exchange event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such share exchange event (i) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the conversion rate in effect on the conversion date (as may be increased as described under “—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period”), multiplied by the price paid per share of common stock in such share exchange event and (ii) we will satisfy our conversion obligation by paying cash to converting holders on the second business day immediately following the conversion date. We will notify holders, the trustee and the conversion agent (if other than the trustee) of the weighted average as soon as practicable

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after such determination is made.

The supplemental indenture providing that the notes will be convertible into reference property will also provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that are as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments described under “—Conversion Rate Adjustments” above. If the reference property in respect of any such share exchange event includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets of a company other than us or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such share exchange event, such other company will also execute such supplemental indenture, and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the holders, including the right of holders to require us to repurchase their notes upon a fundamental change as described under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes” below, as the board of directors reasonably considers necessary by reason of the foregoing. We will agree in the indenture not to become a party to any such share exchange event unless its terms are consistent with the foregoing.

Adjustments of Prices

Whenever any provision of the indenture requires us to calculate the last reported sale prices, the daily VWAPs, the daily conversion values or the daily settlement amounts over a span of multiple days (including, without limitation, an observation period and the period, if any, for determining the “stock price” for purposes of a make-whole fundamental change or a notice of redemption), we will make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the conversion rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the conversion rate where the ex- dividend date, effective date or expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the last reported sale prices, the daily VWAPs, the daily conversion values or the daily settlement amounts are to be calculated.

Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period

If the “effective date” (as defined below) of a “fundamental change” (as defined below and determined after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to the proviso in clause (2) of the definition thereof, a “make-whole fundamental change”) occurs prior to the maturity date of the notes and a holder elects to convert its notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change or if we issue a notice of redemption as set forth under “—Optional Redemption” and a holder elects to convert notes during the related redemption period, we will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for the notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of common stock (the “additional shares”), as described below. A conversion of notes will be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such make-whole fundamental change if the relevant notice of conversion of the notes is received by the conversion agent from, and including, the effective date of the make-whole fundamental change up to, and including, the business day immediately prior to the related fundamental change repurchase date (or, in the case of a make-whole fundamental change that would have been a fundamental change but for the proviso in clause (2) of the definition thereof, the 35th trading day immediately following the effective date of such make-whole fundamental change) (such period, the “make-whole fundamental change period”).

Upon surrender of notes for conversion in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or during a redemption period, we will, at our option, satisfy our conversion obligation by physical settlement, cash settlement or combination settlement, based on the conversion rate as increased to reflect the additional shares pursuant to the table set forth below, as described under “—Conversion Rights—Settlement upon Conversion.” However, if the consideration for our common stock in any make-whole fundamental change described in clause (2) of the definition of fundamental change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of notes following the effective date of such make-whole fundamental change, the conversion obligation will be calculated based solely on the “stock price” (as defined below) for the transaction and will be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted notes equal to the conversion rate (including any increase to reflect the additional shares as described in this

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section), multiplied by such stock price. In such event, the conversion obligation will be determined and paid to holders in cash on the second business day following the conversion date. We will notify holders of the effective date of any make-whole fundamental change no later than five business days after such effective date.

The number of additional shares, if any, by which the conversion rate will be increased will be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the make-whole fundamental change occurs or becomes effective (the “effective date”) or the redemption notice date, as applicable, and the price (the “stock price”) paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of our common stock in the make-whole fundamental change or on the redemption notice date. If the holders of our common stock receive in exchange for their common stock only cash in a make-whole fundamental change described in clause (2) of the definition of fundamental change, the stock price will be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the stock price will be the average of the last reported sale prices of our common stock over the five trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the effective date of the make-whole fundamental change or the redemption notice date, as the case may be.

The stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table below will be adjusted as of any date on which the conversion rate of the notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted stock prices will equal the stock prices immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the conversion rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the stock price adjustment and the denominator of which is the conversion rate as so adjusted. The number of additional shares as set forth in the table below will be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the conversion rate as set forth under “—Conversion Rate Adjustments.”

The following table sets forth the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each stock price and effective date set forth below:

Stock Price

Effective Date / Redemption Notice Date

July , 2018

July 15, 2019

July 15, 2020

July 15, 2021

July 15, 2022

July 15, 2023

The exact stock prices and effective dates or redemption notice dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

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If the stock price is between two stock prices in the table or the effective date or redemption notice date, as the case may be, is between two effective dates or redemption notice dates, as applicable, in the table, the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates or redemption notice dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.


•	If the stock price is greater than $ per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.


•	If the stock price is less than $ per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be

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added to the conversion rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of notes exceed shares of common stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “—Conversion Rate Adjustments.”

Our obligation to increase the conversion rate for notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or during a redemption period could be considered a penalty, in which case the enforceability thereof would be subject to general principles of reasonableness and equitable remedies.

Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes

If a “fundamental change” (as defined below in this section) occurs at any time prior to the maturity date, holders will have the right, at their option, to require us to repurchase for cash all of their notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. The fundamental change repurchase date will be a date specified by us that is not less than 20 or more than 35 business days following the date of our fundamental change notice as described below.

The fundamental change repurchase price we are required to pay will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (unless the fundamental change repurchase date falls after a regular record date but on or prior to the interest payment date to which such regular record date relates, in which case we will instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the holder of record on such regular record date, and the fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased).

A “fundamental change” will be deemed to have occurred at the time after the notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:

(1) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than us, our wholly owned subsidiaries and our and their employee benefit plans, files a Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) or any schedule, form, or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of (i) our common equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of our common equity entitled to vote generally in elections of our directors or (ii) more than 50% of our then outstanding shares of common stock;

(2) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of our common stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which our common stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of us pursuant to which our common stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of us and our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person other than one of our wholly owned subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction described in clause (B) in which the holders of all classes of our common equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of common equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a fundamental change pursuant to this clause (2);

(3) our stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of us; or

(4) our common stock (or other common stock underlying the notes) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors).

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For purposes of the definition of “fundamental change” above (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not for the purposes of the definition of “make-whole fundamental change” above under the section titled “—Conversion Rights—Increase In Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon A Make-Whole Fundamental Change”), any transaction that constitutes a fundamental change pursuant to both clause (1) and clause (2) of such definition (without giving effect to the proviso in clause (2)) shall be deemed a fundamental change solely under clause (2) of such definition (subject to the proviso in clause (2)).

A transaction or transactions described in clause (1) or clause (2) above will not constitute a fundamental change, however, if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of our common stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters’ rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions the notes become convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters’ rights (subject to the provisions set forth above under “—Conversion Rights—Settlement upon Conversion”).

If any transaction in which our common stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related make-whole fundamental change period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a fundamental change or a make-whole fundamental change but for the immediately preceding paragraph, following the effective date of such transaction), references to us in the definition of “fundamental change” above shall instead be references to such other entity.

On or before the 20th day after the occurrence of a fundamental change, we will provide to all holders of the notes and the trustee and paying agent a notice of the occurrence of the fundamental change and of the resulting repurchase right. Such notice shall state, among other things:


•	the events causing a fundamental change;


•	the effective date of the fundamental change;


•	the last date on which a holder may exercise the repurchase right;


•	the fundamental change repurchase price;


•	the fundamental change repurchase date;


•	the name and address of the paying agent and the conversion agent, if applicable;


•	if applicable, the conversion rate and any adjustments to the conversion rate;


•	that the notes with respect to which a fundamental change repurchase notice has been delivered by a holder may be converted only if the holder withdraws the fundamental change repurchase notice in accordance with the terms of the indenture; and


•	the procedures that holders must follow to require us to repurchase their notes.

Simultaneously with providing such notice, we will publish a press release containing this information or publish the information on our website or through such other public medium as we may use at that time.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not be required to repurchase, or to make an offer to repurchase, the notes upon a fundamental change if a third party makes such an offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by us as set forth above and such third party purchases all notes properly surrendered and not validly withdrawn under its offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements

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for an offer made by us as set forth above.

To exercise the fundamental change repurchase right, you must deliver, on or before the business day immediately preceding the fundamental change repurchase date, the notes to be repurchased, duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written repurchase notice, to the paying agent. Each repurchase notice must state:


•	if certificated, the certificate numbers of your notes to be delivered for repurchase;


•	the portion of the principal amount of notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and


•	that the notes are to be repurchased by us pursuant to the applicable provisions of the notes and the indenture.

If the notes are not in certificated form, such repurchase notice must comply with appropriate DTC procedures.

Holders may withdraw any repurchase notice (in whole or in part) by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the paying agent prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the fundamental change repurchase date. The notice of withdrawal shall state:


•	the principal amount of the withdrawn notes, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;


•	if certificated notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn notes; and


•	the principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the repurchase notice, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.

If the notes are not in certificated form, such notice of withdrawal must comply with appropriate DTC procedures.

We will be required to repurchase the notes that have been properly surrendered for repurchase and that have not been validly withdrawn on the fundamental change repurchase date. Holders who have exercised the repurchase right will receive payment of the fundamental change repurchase price on the later of (i) the fundamental change repurchase date and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of the notes. If the paying agent holds money sufficient to pay the fundamental change repurchase price of the notes on the fundamental change repurchase date, then, with respect to the notes that have been properly surrendered for repurchase and have not been validly withdrawn:


•	the notes will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue (whether or not book-entry transfer of the notes is made or whether or not the notes are delivered to the paying agent); and


•	all other rights of the holder will terminate (other than the right to receive the fundamental change repurchase price).

In connection with any repurchase offer pursuant to a fundamental change repurchase notice, we will, if required:


•	comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable;


•	file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act; and


•	otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by us to repurchase the notes;

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in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations described under this “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes” to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in the indenture.

To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations adopted after the date on which the notes are first issued conflict with the provisions of the indenture relating to our obligations to purchase the notes upon a fundamental change, we will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations under such provisions of the indenture by virtue of such conflict.

No notes may be repurchased on any date at the option of holders upon a fundamental change if the principal amount of the notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by us in the payment of the fundamental change repurchase price with respect to such notes).

The repurchase rights of the holders could discourage a potential acquirer of us. The fundamental change repurchase feature, however, is not the result of management’s knowledge of any specific effort to obtain control of us by any means or part of a plan by management to adopt a series of anti-takeover provisions.

The term fundamental change is limited to specified transactions and may not include other events that might adversely affect our financial condition. In addition, the requirement that we offer to repurchase the notes upon a fundamental change may not protect holders in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, merger or similar transaction involving us.

The definition of fundamental change includes a phrase relating to the sale, lease or other transfer of “all or substantially all” of our consolidated assets. There is no precise, established definition of the phrase “substantially all” under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of the notes to require us to repurchase its notes as a result of the sale, lease or other transfer of less than all of our assets may be uncertain.

If a fundamental change were to occur, we may not have enough funds to pay the fundamental change repurchase price. Our ability to repurchase the notes for cash may be limited by restrictions on our ability to obtain funds for such repurchase through dividends from our subsidiaries, the terms of our then existing borrowing arrangements or otherwise. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes—We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle conversions of the notes or to repurchase the notes upon a fundamental change, and our future debt may contain limitations on our ability to pay cash upon conversion or repurchase of the notes.” If we fail to repurchase the notes when required following a fundamental change, we will be in default under the indenture. In addition, we have, and may in the future incur, other indebtedness with similar change in control provisions permitting our holders to accelerate or to require us to repurchase our indebtedness upon the occurrence of similar events or on specific dates.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

The indenture will provide that we shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets to, another person, unless (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not us) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such corporation (if not us) expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of our obligations under the notes and the indenture; and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under the indenture. Upon any such consolidation, merger or sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not us) shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, ours under the indenture, and we shall be discharged from our obligations under the notes and the indenture except in the case of any such lease.

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Although these types of transactions will be permitted under the indenture, certain of the foregoing transactions could constitute a fundamental change permitting each holder to require us to repurchase the notes of such holder as described above.

Events of Default

Each of the following is an event of default with respect to the notes:


(1)	default in any payment of interest on any note when due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;


(2)	default in the payment of principal of any note when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon optional redemption, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;


(3)	our failure to comply with our obligation to convert the notes in accordance with the indenture upon exercise of a holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for a period of three business days;

(4)

our failure to give a fundamental change notice as described under “—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes,” notice of a make-whole fundamental change as described under “—Conversion Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or during a Redemption Period,” or notice of a specified corporate event as described under “—Conversion Rights—Conversion upon Specified Corporate Events,” in each case when due;


(5)	our failure to comply with our obligations described under “—Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets”;


(6)	our failure for 60 days after written notice from the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the notes then outstanding has been received to comply with any of our other agreements contained in the notes or indenture;

(7)

default by us or any of our significant subsidiaries, as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there is then outstanding, or by which there is then secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $25,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of us and/or any such significant subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable in full or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt in excess of $25,000,000 when due and payable in full at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, each only if such default shall be continuing upon the expiration of any applicable cure or notice period and regarding which no waiver or other dispensation is granted;


(8)	certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of us or any of our significant subsidiaries; or

(9)

a final judgment or judgments for the payment of $25,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate rendered against us or any of our significant subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged, bonded, paid, waived or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished.

If an event of default occurs and is continuing (other than an event of default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of us or a significant subsidiary), the trustee by notice to us, or

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the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes by notice to us and the trustee, may, and the trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the notes to be due and payable. In case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, involving us or a significant subsidiary, 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the notes will automatically become due and payable. Upon such a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be due and payable immediately.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indenture will provide that, to the extent we elect, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to (i) our failure to file with the trustee pursuant to Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act any documents or reports that we are required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or (ii) our failure to comply with our obligations as set forth under “-Reports” below, will for the first 360 days after the occurrence of such an event of default (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not commence until the notice described in clause (6) above has been given, and the related 60-day period described in clause (6) above has passed) consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the notes outstanding for each day during the first 180 days and 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the notes outstanding from the 181^st day until the 360^th day following the occurrence of such an event of default during which such event of default is continuing.

If we so elect, such additional interest will be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the notes. On the 361st day after such event of default (if the event of default relating to the reporting obligations is not cured or waived prior to such 361st day), the notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above. The provisions of the indenture described in this paragraph will not affect the rights of holders of any notes in the event of the occurrence of any other event of default. In the event we do not elect to pay the additional interest following an event of default in accordance with this paragraph or we elected to make such payment but do not pay the additional interest when due, the notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided above. No additional interest shall accrue, and no right to declare the principal or other amounts due and payable in respect of the notes shall exist, after such violation has been cured during such 360-day period.

In order to elect to pay the additional interest as the sole remedy during the first 360 days after the occurrence of an event of default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations as described in accordance with the two immediately preceding paragraphs, we must notify all holders of notes, the trustee and the paying agent of such election prior to the beginning of such 360-day period (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not commence until the notice described in clause (6) above has been given, and the related 60-day period described in clause (6) above has passed). Upon our failure to timely give such notice, the notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided above.

If any portion of the amount payable on the notes upon acceleration is considered by a court to be unearned interest (through the allocation of the value of the instrument to the embedded warrant or otherwise), the court could disallow recovery of any such portion.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes may waive all past defaults (except with respect to nonpayment of principal or interest or with respect to the failure to deliver the consideration due upon conversion) and rescind any such acceleration with respect to the notes and its consequences if (i) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing events of default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.

Each holder shall have the right to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of:


•	the principal (including the redemption price and the fundamental change repurchase price, if applicable) of;


•	accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on; and

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•	the consideration due upon conversion of,

its notes, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, and such right to receive such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder.

Subject to the provisions of the indenture relating to the duties of the trustee, if an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the indenture or the notes unless:


(1)	such holder has previously given the trustee notice that an event of default is continuing;


(2)	holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes have requested the trustee to pursue the remedy;


(3)	such holders have offered the trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;


(4)	the trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of such security or indemnity; and


(5)	the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes have not given the trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the trustee, is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee.

The indenture will provide that in the event an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee will be required in the exercise of its powers to use the degree of care that a prudent person would use in the conduct of its own affairs. The trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the indenture or that the trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the indenture, the trustee will be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense caused by taking or not taking such action.

The indenture will provide that if a default occurs and is continuing of which the Trustee has received written notice, the trustee must deliver to each holder notice of the default within 90 days after it has received such notice. Except in the case of a default in the payment of principal of or interest on any note or a default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, the trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of trust officers of the trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the holders. In addition, we are required to deliver to the trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any default that occurred during the previous fiscal year. We are also required to deliver to the trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any events which would constitute certain defaults, their status and what action we are taking or proposing to take in respect thereof; provided that we are not required to deliver such notice if such default has been cured within the applicable grace period (if any) provided in the indenture.

Payments of the redemption price, the fundamental change repurchase price, principal and interest

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that are not made when due will accrue interest per annum at the then-applicable interest rate from the required payment date.

Modification and Amendment

Subject to certain exceptions, the indenture or the notes may be amended with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding (including without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, notes) and, subject to certain exceptions, any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, notes). However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding note affected, no amendment may, among other things:


(1)	reduce the principal amount of notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;


(2)	reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any note;


(3)	reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any note;


(4)	make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any notes;


(5)	reduce the redemption price or the fundamental change repurchase price of any note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the holders of notes our obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;


(6)	make any note payable in money, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in the note;


(7)	change the ranking of the notes; or


(8)	make any change in the amendment provisions that require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions.

Without the consent of any holder, we and the trustee may amend the indenture to:


(1)	cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;


(2)	provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of our obligations under the indenture;


(3)	add guarantees with respect to the notes;


(4)	secure the notes;


(5)	add to our covenants or events of default for the benefit of the holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon us under the indenture;


(6)	make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder, as determined by us in good faith;


(7)	increase the conversion rate as provided in the indenture;


(8)	irrevocably elect a settlement method or a specified dollar amount, or eliminate our right to elect a settlement method;


(9)	in connection with any transaction described under “—Conversion Rights—Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Our Common Stock” above, provide that the notes are

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convertible into reference property, subject to the provisions described under “—Conversion Rights—Settlement upon Conversion” above, and make certain related changes to the terms of the notes to the extent expressly required by the indenture;


(10)	comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;


(11)	conform the provisions of the indenture to the “Description of Notes” section in the prospectus, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet; or


(12)	appoint a successor trustee for the notes.

Holders do not need to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It will be sufficient if such holders approve the substance of the proposed amendment. After an amendment under the indenture becomes effective, we are required to deliver to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all the holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.

Discharge

We may satisfy and discharge our obligations under the indenture and the notes by delivering to the securities registrar for cancellation all outstanding notes or by depositing with the trustee or delivering to the holders, as applicable, after the notes have become due and payable, whether at maturity, at any redemption date, at any fundamental change repurchase date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or cash and/or shares of common stock, solely to satisfy outstanding conversions, as applicable, sufficient to pay all of the outstanding notes and paying all other sums payable under the indenture by us. Such discharge is subject to terms contained in the indenture.

Calculations in Respect of Notes

Except as otherwise provided above, we will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the indenture and the notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the stock price, the last reported sale prices of our common stock, the daily VWAPs, the daily conversion values, the daily settlement amounts, adjustments to the conversion price and the conversion rate, accrued interest payable on the notes and the conversion rate of the notes. We will make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, our calculations will be final and binding on holders of notes. We will provide a schedule of our calculations to each of the trustee and the conversion agent, and each of the trustee and the conversion agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of our calculations without independent verification. The trustee will forward our calculations to any holder of notes upon the request of that holder.

Reports

The indenture will provide that any documents or reports that we are required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any such information, documents, or reports, or portions thereof, that are subject to a request for confidential treatment and any correspondence with the SEC) must be filed by us with the trustee within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the SEC (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Documents filed by us with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be filed with the trustee as of the time such documents are filed via EDGAR.

Trustee

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the trustee, security registrar, paying agent and conversion agent. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in each of its capacities, including without limitation as trustee, security registrar, paying agent and conversion agent, assumes no responsibility for the accuracy

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or completeness of the information concerning us or our affiliates or any other party contained in this document or the related documents or for any failure by us or any other party to disclose events that may have occurred and may affect the significance or accuracy of such information.

We maintain banking relationships in the ordinary course of business with the trustee and its affiliates.

Governing Law

The indenture will provide that it and the notes, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to the indenture or the notes, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Book-Entry, Settlement and Clearance

The Global Notes

The notes will be initially issued in the form of one or more registered notes in global form, without interest coupons (the “global notes”). Upon issuance, each of the global notes will be deposited with the trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.

Ownership of beneficial interests in a global note will be limited to persons who have accounts with DTC (“DTC participants”) or persons who hold interests through DTC participants. We expect that under procedures established by DTC:


•	upon deposit of a global note with DTC’s custodian, DTC will credit portions of the principal amount of the global note to the accounts of the DTC participants designated by the underwriters; and


•	ownership of beneficial interests in a global note will be shown on, and transfer of ownership of those interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to interests of DTC participants) and the records of DTC participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the global note).

Beneficial interests in global notes may not be exchanged for notes in physical, certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below.

Book-Entry Procedures for the Global Notes

All interests in the global notes will be subject to the operations and procedures of DTC and, therefore, you must allow for sufficient time in order to comply with these procedures if you wish to exercise any of your rights with respect to the notes. We provide the following summary of those operations and procedures solely for the convenience of investors. The operations and procedures of DTC are controlled by that settlement system and may be changed at any time. Neither we nor the underwriters are responsible for those operations or procedures.

DTC has advised us that it is:


•	a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York;


•	a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York State Banking Law;


•	a member of the Federal Reserve System;


•	a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code; and


•	a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

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DTC was created to hold securities for its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between its participants through electronic book-entry changes to the accounts of its participants. DTC’s participants include securities brokers and dealers, including the underwriters; banks and trust companies; clearing corporations and other organizations. Indirect access to DTC’s system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies; these indirect participants clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC participant, either directly or indirectly. Investors who are not DTC participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through DTC participants or indirect participants in DTC.

So long as DTC’s nominee is the registered owner of a global note, that nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by that global note for all purposes under the indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global note:


•	will not be entitled to have notes represented by the global note registered in their names;


•	will not receive or be entitled to receive physical, certificated notes; and


•	will not be considered the owners or holders of the notes under the indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any direction, instruction or approval to the trustee under the indenture.

As a result, each investor who owns a beneficial interest in a global note must rely on the procedures of DTC to exercise any rights of a holder of notes under the indenture (and, if the investor is not a participant or an indirect participant in DTC, on the procedures of the DTC participant through which the investor owns its interest).

Payments of principal and interest with respect to the notes represented by a global note will be made by the trustee to DTC’s nominee as the registered holder of the global note. Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for the payment of amounts to owners of beneficial interests in a global note, for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of those interests by DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of DTC relating to those interests.

Payments by participants and indirect participants in DTC to the owners of beneficial interests in a global note will be governed by standing instructions and customary industry practice and will be the responsibility of those participants or indirect participants and DTC.

Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected under DTC’s procedures and will be settled in same-day funds.

Certificated Notes

Notes in physical, certificated form will be issued and delivered to each person that DTC identifies as a beneficial owner of the related notes only if:


•	DTC notifies us at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the global notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days;


•	DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days; or


•	an event of default with respect to the notes has occurred and is continuing and such beneficial owner requests that its notes be issued in physical, certificated form.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

As of March 31, 2018, there were:


•	82,672,592 shares of common stock outstanding;


•	11,821,024 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $6.39 per share;


•	1,152,718 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of RSUs;


•	7,011,507 additional shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan; and


•	2,414,688 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Common Stock

Dividend Rights

Voting Rights

No Preemptive or Similar Rights

Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights, and is not subject to redemption or sinking fund provisions.

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

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Preferred Stock

Registration Rights

Demand Registration Rights

Form S-3 Registration Rights

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Piggyback Registration Rights

Anti-Takeover Provisions

Delaware Law


•	prior to the date of the transaction, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

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•	at or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

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Washington Law


•	a merger or consolidation with, disposition of assets to, or issuance or redemption of stock to or from the acquiring person;


•	termination of five percent or more of the employees of the target corporation as a result of the acquiring person’s acquisition of 10% or more of the shares; or


•	allowing the acquiring person to receive any disproportionate benefit as a stockholder.

Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaw Provisions

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•	Stockholder Action; Special Meeting of Stockholders. Our restated certificate of incorporation provides that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors, our chief executive officer, or our president.

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•	No Cumulative Voting. The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting.


•	Directors Removed Only for Cause. Our restated certificate of incorporation provide that stockholders may remove directors only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding common stock.


•	Amendment of Charter Provisions. Any amendment of the above expected provisions in our restated certificate of incorporation requires approval by holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding common stock.

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Listing

Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RDFN.”

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Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. The transfer agent’s address is 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and its telephone number is (800) 937-5449.

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CONCURRENT COMMON STOCK OFFERING

See "Use of Proceeds" for additional information regarding the use of proceeds from our concurrent Common Stock Offering.

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CERTAIN MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR U.S. AND NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF NOTES

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes and the ownership and disposition of shares of common stock into which the notes may be converted. This summary is based upon provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations, administrative rulings and judicial decisions in effect as of the date hereof, any of which may subsequently be changed, possibly retroactively, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. Except where noted, this summary deals only with a note or share of common stock held as a capital asset by a beneficial owner who purchased the note on original issuance at its “issue price” (generally, the first price at which a substantial portion of the notes is sold to persons other than bond houses, brokers, or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers). This summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxes and does not deal with all tax consequences that may be relevant to holders in light of their personal circumstances or particular situations, such as:

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tax consequences to holders who may be subject to special tax treatment, including dealers in securities or currencies, banks, financial institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, tax-exempt entities, insurance companies, persons required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to conform the timing of income accruals to their financial statements under Section 451(b) of the Code, or traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities;


•	tax consequences to persons holding notes or common stock as a part of a hedging, integrated or conversion transaction or a straddle or persons deemed to sell notes or common stock under the constructive sale provisions of the Code;


•	tax consequences to U.S. holders (as defined below) whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar;


•	tax consequences to “controlled foreign corporations,” “passive foreign investment companies,” corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid federal income tax or certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States;


•	tax consequences to pass-through entities or investors in such entities;


•	alternative minimum tax consequences, if any;


•	any state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences;


•	tax consequences of the Medicare contribution tax on net investment income; and


•	estate or gift tax consequences, if any.

If an entity or arrangement, domestic or foreign, that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds notes or shares of common stock, the tax treatment of a partner or other owner will generally depend upon the status of the partner or owner and the activities of the partnership or other entity. If you are a partner in a partnership holding the notes or shares of common stock, you should consult your tax advisor.

As used herein, the term “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of notes or shares of common stock received upon conversion of the notes that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:


•	an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

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•	a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;


•	an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or


•	a trust, if it (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

A “non-U.S. holder” is a beneficial owner of notes or shares of common stock received upon conversion of the notes (other than an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is not a U.S. holder.

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF NOTES, YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES OR THE SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK INTO WHICH THE NOTES ARE CONVERTIBLE ARISING UNDER U.S. FEDERAL ESTATE OR GIFT TAX RULES OR UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR ANY OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATY.

Consequences to U.S. Holders

Payments of Interest

It is anticipated, and this discussion assumes, that the notes will be issued with no more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, if any (as determined under the Code). In such case, interest on a note will generally be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued in accordance with the U.S. holder’s normal method of accounting for tax purposes.

We may be required to make payments of additional interest to holders of the notes at our option, if we fail to comply with certain reporting and information delivery obligations as described under “Description of Notes—Events of Default.” We believe that there is only a remote possibility that we would be required to pay additional interest, or that if such additional interest were required to be paid, it would be an incidental amount, and therefore we do not intend to treat the notes as subject to the special rules governing certain contingent payment debt instruments as a result of the possibility that such payments may be made. This discussion assumes that the notes are not treated as contingent payment debt instruments. If, contrary to expectations, we pay additional interest, although it is not free from doubt, such additional interest should be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued in accordance with the U.S. holder’s normal method of tax accounting. U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the treatment of such amounts.

Sale, Exchange, Redemption, Repurchase or Other Taxable Disposition of Notes

Except as provided below under “—Conversion of Notes” a U.S. holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss upon the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase or other taxable disposition of a note, equal to the difference between the sum of the cash plus the fair market value of any other property received upon such disposition (excluding any amount attributable to accrued but unpaid interest, which will be treated as described above under “—Payments of Interest”) and such U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note. A U.S. holder’s tax basis in a note will generally be equal to the amount that the U.S. holder paid for the note. If, at the time of the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase or other taxable disposition of the note, a U.S. holder held the note for more than one year, such gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss. Long-term capital gains recognized by certain non-corporate U.S. holders,

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including individuals, will generally be subject to a reduced rate of U.S. federal income tax. A U.S. holder’s ability to deduct capital losses may be limited.

Conversion of Notes

If a U.S. holder presents a note for conversion, a U.S. holder may receive solely cash, solely common stock, or a combination of cash and common stock in exchange for notes, depending upon our chosen settlement method.

If a U.S. holder receives solely common stock (and cash in lieu of a fractional share) in exchange for notes upon conversion, the U.S. holder generally will not recognize gain or loss upon the conversion of the notes into common stock except to the extent of (1) cash received in lieu of a fractional share and (2) amounts received with respect to accrued interest (which will be treated as described above under “—Payments of Interest”), subject to the discussion under “—Constructive Distributions” below regarding the possibility that an adjustment to the conversion rate of a note converted in connection with a fundamental change (as defined above under “Description of Notes—Increase in Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change”) may be treated as a taxable stock dividend. The tax basis of shares of common stock received upon a conversion (including any fractional share deemed to be received by the U.S. holder but excluding shares attributable to accrued interest, the tax basis of which will equal their fair market value) will equal the adjusted tax basis of the note that was converted. The U.S. holder’s holding period for the shares of common stock will include the period during which the U.S. holder held the notes, except that the holding period of any shares received with respect to accrued interest will commence on the day after the date of receipt.

If a U.S. holder receives solely cash in exchange for notes upon conversion, the U.S. holder’s gain or loss will be determined in the same manner as if the U.S. holder disposed of the notes in a taxable disposition (as described above under “—Sale, Exchange, Redemption Repurchase or Other Taxable Disposition of Notes”).

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of the conversion of a note into cash and common stock is uncertain, and U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the consequences of such a conversion. In general, the income tax treatment will depend on whether the conversion is treated as a recapitalization (which requires that a note be treated as a security for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or alternatively as a conversion of a portion of the note into common stock and a taxable sale of a portion of the note for cash.

We intend to take the position that the notes are “securities” for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, if upon a conversion, a U.S. holder receives a combination of cash (other than cash in lieu of a fractional share) and common stock, that the conversion will be treated as a recapitalization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The term “security” is not defined in the Code or the U.S. Treasury Regulations and has not clearly been defined by judicial decisions. Therefore, a note may not constitute a “security” for U.S. federal income tax purposes notwithstanding our position. Assuming the notes are treated as “securities” and that the conversion is treated as a recapitalization, a U.S. holder will recognize gain, but not loss, in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the excess of the sum of the cash and the fair market value of the common stock received (other than amounts attributable to accrued interest, which will be treated as described above under “—Payments of Interest”) over the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the notes converted and (2) the amount of cash received (other than cash received in lieu of a fractional share or cash attributable to accrued interest). Any gain recognized on conversion generally will be capital gain and will be long-term capital gain if, at the time of the conversion, the note has been held for more than one year.

The tax basis of the shares of common stock received upon such a conversion (including any fractional share deemed to be received by the U.S. holder but excluding common stock attributable to accrued interest) generally will equal the tax basis of the note that was converted, reduced by the amount of any cash received (other than cash received in lieu of a fractional share or cash attributable to

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accrued interest), and increased by the amount of gain, if any, recognized (other than with respect to a fractional share). A U.S. holder’s tax basis in a fractional share of our common stock will be determined by allocating such holder’s tax basis in the shares of our common stock, as determined in accordance with the previous sentence, between the shares of our common stock actually received and the fractional share of our common stock deemed received upon conversion, in accordance with their respective fair market values. A U.S. holder’s holding period for shares of common stock (other than common stock attributable to accrued interest) will include the period during which the U.S. holder held the notes. A U.S. holder’s tax basis in common stock attributable to accrued interest will equal its fair market value on the date of receipt and the holding period for such stock will commence on the day after the date of receipt. Cash received in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock upon a conversion of a note should be treated as a payment in exchange for the fractional share of our common stock. Accordingly, the receipt of cash in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock should generally result in capital gain or loss, if any, measured by the difference between the cash received for the fractional share of our common stock and a U.S. holder’s tax basis allocable to such fractional share of our common stock, as described above.

If the conversion of a note into cash and common stock were not treated as a recapitalization, the cash payment received may be treated as proceeds from the sale of a portion of the note taxable in the manner described under “—Sale, Exchange, Redemption, Repurchase or Other Taxable Disposition of Notes” above, and the common stock received on such a conversion (other than common stock attributable to accrued interest) would be treated as received upon a conversion of the other portion of the note, which generally would not be taxable to a U.S. holder (as described above). In that case, the U.S. holder’s tax basis in the note would generally be allocated pro rata among the common stock received and the portion of the note that is treated as sold for cash. The holding period for the common stock received in the conversion (other than common stock attributable to accrued interest) would include the holding period for the notes.

A U.S. holder that converts a note between a record date for an interest payment and the next interest payment date and consequently receives a payment of cash interest, as described in “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights,” should consult its own tax advisor concerning the appropriate treatment of such payments.

As described in “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—General,” our delivery of cash, shares of common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of common stock will generally be deemed to satisfy our obligation with respect to accrued and unpaid interest on the notes. We intend to take the position that upon a conversion of notes accrued and unpaid interest is first paid by any cash paid upon such conversion (other than cash paid in lieu of a fractional share).

Constructive Distributions

The conversion rate of the notes will be adjusted in certain circumstances. Adjustments (or failures to make adjustments) that have the effect of increasing a U.S. holder’s proportionate interest in our assets or earnings may in some circumstances result in a deemed distribution to a U.S. holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Adjustments to the conversion rate made pursuant to a bona fide reasonable adjustment formula that has the effect of preventing the dilution of the interest of the holders of the notes, however, will generally not be considered to result in a deemed distribution to a U.S. holder. Certain of the possible conversion rate adjustments provided in the notes (including, without limitation, adjustments in respect of taxable dividends to holders of our common stock) will not qualify as being pursuant to a bona fide reasonable adjustment formula. If such adjustments are made, a U.S. holder will be deemed to have received a distribution even though the U.S. holder has not received any cash or property as a result of such adjustments. In addition, an adjustment to the conversion rate in connection with a make-whole fundamental change may be treated as a deemed distribution. Any deemed distributions will be taxable as a dividend, return of capital, or capital gain as described in “—Distributions” below. However, it is not clear whether a constructive dividend deemed paid to a non-corporate U.S. holder would be eligible for the preferential rates of U.S. federal income tax applicable in respect of certain dividends received. It is also unclear whether corporate holders would be entitled to claim the dividends received

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deduction with respect to any such constructive dividends. Because a constructive dividend deemed received by a U.S. holder would not give rise to any cash from which any applicable withholding could be satisfied, if backup withholding is paid on behalf of a U.S. holder (because such U.S. holder failed to establish an exemption from backup withholding), such backup withholding may be set off against payments of cash and common stock payable on the notes (or, in certain circumstances, against any payments on the common stock).

The Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, has proposed regulations addressing the amount and timing of deemed distributions, obligations of withholding agents and filing and notice obligations of issuers effective for deemed distributions occurring on or after the date the regulations are adopted in final form. If adopted as proposed, the regulations would generally provide that (1) the amount of a deemed distribution is the excess of the fair market value of the right to acquire stock immediately after the conversion adjustment over the fair market value of the right to acquire stock without the adjustment, (2) the deemed distribution occurs at the earlier of the date the adjustment occurs under the terms of the note and the date of the actual distribution of cash or property that results in the deemed distribution, and (3) we are required to report the amount of any deemed distributions on our website or to the IRS and all holders of notes. The final regulations will be effective for deemed distributions occurring on or after the date of adoption, but holders of notes and withholding agents may rely on them prior to that date under certain circumstances.

Distributions

Distributions, if any, made on our common stock to a U.S. holder generally will be included in a U.S. holder’s income as ordinary dividend income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. However, with respect to dividends received by individuals, such dividends are generally taxed at the lower applicable long-term capital gains rates, provided certain holding period requirements are satisfied. Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of a U.S. holder’s tax basis in the common stock and thereafter as capital gain from the sale or exchange of such common stock. Dividends received by a corporation may be eligible for a dividends received deduction, subject to applicable limitations.

Sale, Certain Redemptions or Other Taxable Dispositions of Common Stock

Upon the sale, certain redemptions or other taxable dispositions of our common stock, a U.S. holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (1) the amount of cash and the fair market value of all other property received upon such disposition and (2) the U.S. holder’s tax basis in the common stock. Such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if a U.S. holder’s holding period in the common stock is more than one year at the time of the taxable disposition. Long-term capital gains recognized by certain non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals) will generally be subject to reduced rates of U.S. federal income tax. A U.S. holder’s ability to deduct capital losses may be limited.

Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders

Payments of Interest

Subject to the discussion of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, below, the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax will not be applied to any payment of interest on a note to a non-U.S. holder provided that:


•	such interest is not effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States;

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•	the non-U.S. holder does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock that are entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code;


•	the non-U.S. holder is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us (actually or constructively) through stock ownership;


•	the non-U.S. holder is not a bank whose receipt of interest on the notes is described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code; and

•

(1) the non-U.S. holder provides its name and address, and certifies, under penalties of perjury, that it is not a U.S. person (which certification may be made on an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or other applicable form)) or (2) the non-U.S. holder holds the notes through certain foreign intermediaries or certain foreign partnerships, and the non-U.S. holder and the foreign intermediaries or foreign partnerships satisfy the certification requirements of applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations.

If a non-U.S. holder cannot satisfy the requirements described above, payments of interest will be subject to the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax, unless the non-U.S. holder provides the applicable withholding agent with a properly executed (1) IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or other applicable form) claiming an exemption from or reduction in withholding under the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty or (2) IRS Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form) stating that interest paid on the notes is not subject to withholding tax because it is effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States and includible in the non-U.S. holder’s gross income. If a non-U.S. holder is engaged in a trade or business in the United States and interest on the notes is effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment, then (although the non-U.S. holder will be exempt from the 30% withholding tax provided the certification requirements discussed above are satisfied) the non-U.S. holder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on that interest on a net income basis generally in the same manner as if the non-U.S. holder were a U.S. holder. In addition, if a non-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% (or lesser rate under an applicable income tax treaty) of its earnings and profits for the taxable year, subject to adjustments, that are effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

Dividends and Constructive Distributions

Any dividends paid to a non-U.S. holder with respect to the shares of common stock (and any deemed dividends resulting from certain adjustments, or failure to make adjustments, to the conversion rate, see “Consequences to U.S. Holders—Constructive Distributions” above) will be subject to withholding tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. However, dividends that are effectively connected with a non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment, are not subject to the withholding tax, but instead are subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis at applicable graduated individual or corporate rates. Certain certification requirements and disclosure requirements must be complied with in order for effectively connected income to be exempt from withholding. Any such effectively connected income received by a foreign corporation may, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.

Because a constructive dividend deemed received by a non-U.S. holder would not give rise to any cash from which any applicable withholding tax could be satisfied, if withholding taxes are paid on behalf of a non-U.S. holder, those withholding taxes may be set off against payments of cash and common stock payable on the notes (or, in certain circumstances, against any payments on the common stock).

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A non-U.S. holder of shares of common stock who wishes to claim the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty rate is required to satisfy applicable certification and other requirements. If a non-U.S. holder is eligible for a reduced rate of U.S. withholding tax pursuant to an income tax treaty, it may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim for refund with the IRS.

Sale, Exchange, Certain Redemptions and Repurchases, Conversion or Other Taxable Dispositions of Notes or Shares of Common Stock

Subject to the discussions below regarding backup withholding and FATCA, any gain recognized by a non-U.S. holder on the sale, exchange, certain redemptions and repurchases or other taxable disposition of a note or common stock (as well as upon the conversion of a note into cash or a combination of cash and common stock) will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless:


•	that gain is effectively connected with a non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment);


•	the non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of that disposition, and certain other conditions are met; or


•	we are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation,” or a USRPHC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes during the shorter of the non-U.S. holder’s holding period or the five-year period ending on the date of disposition of the notes or common stock, as the case may be.

If a non-U.S. holder’s gain is described in the first bullet point above, such holder will be subject to tax at regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates on the net gain recognized, generally in the same manner as if such holder were a U.S. holder. If a non-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation that recognizes gain described in the first bullet point above, such holder may also be subject to the branch profits tax equal to 30% (or such lower rate as may be prescribed under an applicable U.S. income tax treaty) of its effectively connected earnings and profits. If a non-U.S. holder is described in the second bullet point above, such holder will be subject to a flat 30% tax on the gain recognized (which gain may be offset by certain U.S.-source capital losses), even though the holder is not considered a resident of the United States. Any amounts (including common stock) which a non-U.S. holder receives on a sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase, conversion or other taxable disposition of a note which are attributable to accrued interest will be taxable as interest and subject to the rules described above under “—Payments of Interest.”

In general, we would be a USRPHC if the fair market value of our U.S. real property interests equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market value of our worldwide real property interests plus our other assets used or held for use in a trade or business. We believe that we are not, and we do not anticipate becoming, a USRPHC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Even if we become a USRPHC, gain realized by a non-U.S. holder on a disposition of our common stock will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax under FIRPTA as long as (a) our common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market and (b) the non-U.S. holder owned, directly, indirectly, and constructively, no more than five percent of our outstanding common stock at all times within the shorter of (i) the five-year period preceding the disposition or (ii) the holder’s holding period.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

U.S. Holders

Information reporting requirements generally will apply to payments of interest on the notes (including additional interest that we may be required to pay under circumstances described above under “Description of Notes—Events of Default”) and dividends on shares of common stock (including

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constructive dividends deemed paid) and to the proceeds of a sale of a note or share of common stock paid to a U.S. holder unless the U.S. holder is an exempt recipient (such as a corporation). Backup withholding (currently at a 24% rate) will apply to those payments if the U.S. holder fails to provide its correct taxpayer identification number, or certification of exempt status, or if the U.S. holder is notified by the IRS that it has failed to report in full payments of interest and dividend income. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is furnished timely to the IRS.

Non-U.S. Holders

Generally, we must report annually to the IRS and to non-U.S. holders the amount of interest (including additional interest that we may be required to pay under circumstances described above under “Description of Notes—No Registration Rights; Additional Interest” and “Description of Notes—Events of Default”) and dividends paid to non-U.S. holders (including constructive dividends deemed paid) and the amount of tax, if any, withheld with respect to those payments. Copies of the information returns reporting such interest, dividends and withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which a non-U.S. holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty. In general, a non-U.S. holder will not be subject to backup withholding with respect to payments of interest or dividends that we make, provided the non-U.S. holder certifies its non-U.S. status on a validly executed IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or other applicable IRS Form W-8 (and the applicable withholding agent does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the holder is a U.S. person, as defined under the Code, that is not an exempt recipient). In addition, a non-U.S. holder will be subject to information reporting and, depending on the circumstances, backup withholding with respect to payments of the proceeds of the sale of a note or share of common stock within the United States or conducted through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries, unless the non-U.S. holder certifies its non-U.S. status or otherwise establishes an exemption (and we and the relevant financial intermediaries do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that a holder is a U.S. person, as defined under the Code, that is not an exempt recipient) or the non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a non-U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is furnished timely to the IRS.

Foreign Accounts

Pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, and the regulations thereunder (commonly referred to as FATCA) imposes withholding at a 30% rate on certain types of “withholdable payments” (including interest paid on, and the gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, debt instruments, and dividends (including constructive dividends deemed paid) paid on, and the gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, stock in a U.S. corporation) made to a “foreign financial institution” or to a “non-financial foreign entity” (all as defined in the Code) (whether such foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity is the beneficial owner or an intermediary), unless (1) the foreign financial institution undertakes certain diligence and reporting obligations, (2) the nonfinancial foreign entity either certifies it does not have any “substantial United States owners” (as defined in the Code) or furnishes identifying information regarding each substantial United States owner or (3) the foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity otherwise qualifies for an exemption from these rules. If the payee is a foreign financial institution and is subject to the diligence and reporting requirements in (1) above, it generally must enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury requiring, among other things, that it undertake to identify accounts held by certain U.S. persons or U.S.-owned foreign entities (as defined in applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations), annually report certain information about such accounts and withhold 30% on payments to noncompliant foreign financial institutions and certain other account holders. Many foreign governments have entered into intergovernmental agreements with the United States to implement FATCA in a different manner. If an interest or dividend payment is both subject to withholding under FATCA and subject to the withholding tax discussed above under “—Payments of Interest” or “—Dividends and Constructive Distributions,” the withholding under FATCA may be credited

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against, and therefore reduce, such other withholding tax. FATCA withholding currently applies to payments of interest on the notes, as well as to payments of dividends, if any, on our common stock. FATCA withholding is applicable to payments of gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the notes or our common stock occurring on or after January 1, 2019.

Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of FATCA to the purchase, ownership, and disposition of the notes or the shares of our common stock into which the notes are convertible.

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UNDERWRITING

We and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC have entered into an underwriting agreement with respect to the notes. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the representative of the underwriters. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to each of the underwriters, and each underwriter has severally agreed to purchase from us the aggregate principal amount of notes indicated in the following table.



Underwriters	Principal Amount of Notes
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Total	$

The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the notes being offered, if any are taken, other than the notes covered by the over-allotment option described below unless and until this option is exercised. The offering of the notes by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.

Option to Purchase Additional Notes

The underwriters have an option to buy up to an additional $ in aggregate principal amount of the notes from us, solely to cover over-allotments. They may exercise that option for 30 days from the date of this prospectus. To the extent that the underwriters exercise this option, the underwriters will severally purchase notes in approximately the same proportion as set forth in the table above.

Underwriting Discount and Expenses

The public offering price is set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. Any notes sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a discount from the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. Any such securities dealers may resell any notes purchased from the underwriters to certain other brokers or dealers at a discount from the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. If all the notes are not sold at the public offering price, the underwriters may change the offering price and the other selling terms.

The following table shows the underwriting discount to be received by the underwriters in connection with the sale of the notes, assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.



	No Exercise	Full Exercise
Per Note	$	$
Total	$	$

New Issue of Notes

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the underwriters that the underwriters intend to make a market in the notes but are not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the notes. We do not intend to apply for listing of the notes on any securities exchange or for inclusion of the notes in any automated quotation system.

No Sale of Similar Securities

We and our officers and directors have agreed with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, not to dispose of or hedge any of our or their common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock during the period from the date of this prospectus continuing through the date 90 days after the date of this prospectus, except with the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, subject to certain exceptions, including our ability to issue and sell shares of common stock in the concurrent Common Stock Offering.

Concurrent Common Stock Offering

Concurrently with this offering we are offering shares of our common stock (or shares of our common stock if the underwriters in that offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to a separate prospectus. The net proceeds of the concurrent Common Stock Offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us, is expected to be approximately $ million (or approximately $ million if the underwriters in the concurrent Common Stock Offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock). Neither the completion of this offering nor of the concurrent Common Stock Offering is contingent on the completion of the other, so it is possible that this offering occurs and the concurrent Common Stock Offering does not occur, and vice versa. We cannot assure you that the concurrent common stock offering will be completed on the terms described above, or at all.

Price Stabilization and Short Positions

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell notes and shares in the open market. These transactions may include stabilizing transactions, short sales and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the notes or shares while the offering is in progress. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of notes or shares than they are required to purchase in the applicable offering. If the underwriters create a short position in the notes or shares in connection with the applicable offering, the underwriters may cover that short position by purchasing notes or shares in the open market or by exercising all or a part of their option to purchase additional notes or shares described above.

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the underwriters have repurchased notes sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.

Neither we nor any of the underwriters makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the notes. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters makes any representation that the underwriters will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued at any time without notice. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

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financial and non-financial activities and services. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of these services to us and to persons and entities with relationships with us, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses. The underwriters are also acting as underwriters in our concurrent Common Stock Offering for which they will receive customary underwriting discounts and commissions.

In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates, officers, directors and employees may purchase, sell or hold a broad array of investments and actively traded securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and trading activities may involve or relate to assets, securities and/or instruments of ours (directly, as collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) and/or persons and entities with relationships with us. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments.

Foreign Jurisdictions

European Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Offered Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State except that, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer of such Offered Notes may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State:


a)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;


b)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;


c)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

provided that no such offer of Offered Notes shall require the issuer or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of notes to the public” in relation to any Offered Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Offered Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Offered Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State.

United Kingdom

Each underwriter has represented and agreed that:

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Offered Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuers or the Guarantors; and

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b)	it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Offered Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

Hong Kong

The notes may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance”) or which do not constitute an invitation to the public within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Securities and Futures Ordinance”), or (ii) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” in Hong Kong as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder.

Singapore

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”)) under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA ) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to conditions set forth in the SFA.

Where the notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor, the securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation has acquired the notes under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer in that corporation’s securities pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore (“Regulation 32”).

Where the notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an accredited investor, the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that trust has acquired the notes under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer that is made on terms that such rights or interest are acquired at a consideration of not less than S$200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction (whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets), (3) where no

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consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32.

Japan

Canada

The notes may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.

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LEGAL MATTERS

EXPERTS

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE


•	Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017;


•	Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018;


•	Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2018 and June 6, 2018; and


•	Our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 20, 2018.

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% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023

PROSPECTUS

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

, 2018

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ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses to be paid by the Registrant, other than the estimated underwriting discount, in connection with the sale of the shares of common stock being registered hereby. All amounts are estimates except for the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee.



SEC registration fee	$	*
FINRA filing fee		*
Printing and engraving		*
Legal fees and expenses		*
Accounting fees and expenses		*
Road show expenses		*
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses		*
Miscellaneous expenses		*
Total	$	*



*	To be provided by amendment.

ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, authorizes a court to award, or a company’s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. The terms of Section 145 of the DGCL are sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act.

As permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that eliminate the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except liability for the following:


•	any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;


•	acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;


•	under Section 174 of the DGCL (regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases); or


•	any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

As permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant’s restated bylaws provide that:


•	the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions;


•	the Registrant may indemnify its other employees and agents as set forth in the DGCL;


•	the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions; and

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•	the rights conferred in the restated bylaws are not exclusive.

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers to provide these directors and executive officers additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, executive officer, or employee of the Registrant regarding which indemnification is sought. Reference is also made to the underwriting agreements filed as Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2 to this Registration Statement, which provide for the indemnification of executive officers, directors, and controlling persons of the Registrant against certain liabilities. The indemnification provisions in the Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws and the indemnification agreements entered into or to be entered into between the Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant’s directors and executive officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act.

The Registrant has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for its directors and officers.

Certain of the Registrant’s directors are also indemnified by their employers with regard to their service on the Registrant’s board of directors.

Reference is made to the following documents filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement regarding relevant indemnification provisions described above and elsewhere herein:



Exhibit Document		Number
Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Common Stock Offering.		1.1
Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Convertible Note Offering.		1.2
Restated Certificate of Incorporation.		3.2
Restated Bylaws.		3.4
Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain security holders of the Registrant dated December 15, 2014, as amended.		4.2
Form of Indemnification Agreement.		10.1

ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

From July 6, 2015 through July 27, 2017, the Registrant issued and sold the following securities that were not registered under the Securities Act (such amounts reflect the 3-to-1 reverse stock split the Registrant effected on July 10, 2017):


(1)	The Registrant granted options to employees, directors, consultants, and other service providers to purchase an aggregate of 7,759,840 shares of common stock under its Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, or 2004 Plan, with per share exercise prices ranging from $8.61 to $10.80 per share.


(2)	Employees, directors, consultants, and other service providers of the Registrant exercised options granted under the 2004 Plan aggregating 1,072,999 shares of common stock with exercise prices ranging from $0.36 per share to $9.15 per share for an aggregate exercise price of approximately $3.81 million.

The sales of the above securities were exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Regulation D or Regulation S under the Securities Act, or Rule 701 under the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering or pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. The recipients of the

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securities in each of these transactions represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed on the stock certificates issued in these transactions.

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

(a) Exhibits.

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit Title

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

Filed Herewith

1.1*

Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Common Stock Offering.

1.2*

Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Convertible Note Offering.

3.1

Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

10-Q

001-38160

3.1

Sept. 8, 2017

3.2

Restated Bylaws.

10-Q

001-38160

3.2

Sept. 8, 2017

4.1

Form of Common Stock Certificate.

S-1/A

333-219093

4.1

July 26, 2017

4.2

Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain security holders of the Registrant dated December 15, 2014, as amended.

S-1

333-219093

4.2

June 30, 2017

4.3*

Form of Senior Convertible Note.

4.4*

Form of Indenture.

5.1

Form of Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.

10.1

Form of Indemnification Agreement.

S-1/A

333-219093

10.1

July 17, 2017

10.2

Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, and forms of award agreements thereunder.

S-1

333-219093

10.2

June 30, 2017

10.3

2017 Equity Incentive Plan, and forms of award agreements thereunder.

10-K

001-38160

10.3

Feb. 22, 2018

10.4

Form of Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

8-K

001-38160

10.1

June 6, 2018

10.5

Amended and Restated Offer Letter by and between the Registrant and Glenn Kelman, dated June 27, 2017.

S-1

333-219093

10.4

June 30, 2017

10.6

Amended and Restated Offer Letter by and between the Registrant and Chris Nielsen, dated June 27, 2017.

10-K

001-38160

10.6

Feb. 22, 2018

10.7

Amended and Restated Offer Letter by and between the Registrant and Scott Nagel, dated June 27, 2017.

S-1

333-219093

10.6

June 30, 2017

10.8

Amended and Restated Office Lease by and between the Registrant and Hudson 1099 Stewart Street, LLC, as successor in interest to Hill7 Developers, LLC, dated effective as of May 9, 2016.

S-1

333-219093

10.7

June 30, 2017

10.9

Form of Change in Control Severance Agreement.

S-1/A

333-219093

10.12

July 17, 2017

12.1*

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

21.1

List of Subsidiaries.

23.1

Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2*

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

24.1*

Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to registration statement).

25.1

Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.

99.1

2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of subscription agreement thereunder.

10-K

001-38160

10.4

Feb. 22, 2018

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(b) Financial Statement Schedule.

All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the information is included in the Registrant’s consolidated financial statements or related notes.

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of this registration statement, other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in this registration statement or a prospectus that is part of this registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement or a prospectus that is part of this registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in this registration statement or a prospectus that was part of this registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

The undersigned Registrant undertakes that, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:


i.	any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;


ii.	any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;


iii.	the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and


iv.	any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

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 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 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, 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the information omitted from the forms of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

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ii.	For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on , 2018.



REDFIN CORPORATION

By:
	Glenn Kelman
	President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Glenn Kelman and Chris Nielsen, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, proxies and agents, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated Registration Statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is sought), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, proxies and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, proxies and agents, 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

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Name	Title	Date

	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	, 2018
Glenn Kelman		, 2018

	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	, 2018
Chris Nielsen		, 2018

	Chairman of the Board of Directors	, 2018
Robert Mylod, Jr.		, 2018

	Director	, 2018
Robert Bass		, 2018

	Director	, 2018
Julie Bornstein		, 2018

	Director	, 2018
Austin Ligon		, 2018

	Director	, 2018
David H. Lissy		, 2018

	Director	, 2018
James Slavet		, 2018

	Director	, 2018
Selina Tobaccowala		, 2018

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