** Shares of online lending marketplace LendingTree TREE.O slide as much as 9.3%; last down 8.8% at $35.16
** Stock trading at its lowest in nine months
** Culper Research reveals it is short on LendingTree
** Short-seller alleges TREE has failed to properly disclose two "massive blows" to its businesses
** Culper Research also alleges that class action litigations being faced by TREE have now grown into an "existential risk" exposing it to millions in damages
** LendingTree did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment
** Reuters could not independently verify the claims in the report
** As of last close, TREE shares up 27.2% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))
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