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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="3">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</font></b></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size="2">September 29, 2009</font></b></p>

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                        <p style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="4">DICE HOLDINGS, INC.</font></b></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">20-3179218</font></b></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="center"><b><font size="2"><font size="2"><b><font size="2">1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 16TH FLOOR <br>
                        NEW YORK, NY </font></b></font></font></b></p>
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                        <b><font size="2">10018</font></b></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="2">3 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016</font></b></p>
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.31in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (</font><i><font size="2">see </font></i><font size="2">General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>

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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">&nbsp;<font size="2"><strong>DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.</strong></font></font></p>
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">On September 29, 2009, Dice Holdings, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) received notice that Jeffrey Nordhaus intended to resign from the Board of Directors of the Company, effective October 2, 2009.</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.3in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2"><font size="2">On October 2, 2009, the Company appointed Amanda Siegel to its Board of Directors.</font></font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.3in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2"><font size="2">Ms. Siegel joined Quadrangle Group LLC in 2003 and is a Principal focused on the firm&rsquo;s media and communications private equity business. Ms. Siegel serves on the Board of Directors and audit committee of Hargray Holdings LLC and Cequel Communications Holdings, LLC. Prior to joining Quadrangle, Ms. Siegel was an Associate with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. She
            also worked as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division at Donaldson, Lufkin &amp; Jenrette. She received an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and graduated with a B.S., magna cum laude, in economics and a concentration in finance and accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. </font></font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.3in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2"><font size="2">Certain affiliates of Quadrangle (the &ldquo;Quadrangle Stockholders&rdquo;) own in the aggregate 22,643,055 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, representing approximately 36.2% of the Company&rsquo;s outstanding shares. </font></font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.3in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2"><font size="2">The Quadrangle Stockholders are also a party to the institutional and management shareholders agreement, dated July 23, 2007, among the Company, certain affiliates of General Atlantic LLC and the Quadrangle Stockholders (the &ldquo;Quadrangle Stockholders&rdquo;, and together with the General Atlantic Stockholders, the &ldquo;Principal Stockholders&rdquo;) and certain
            management stockholders (the &ldquo;Institutional Shareholders Agreement&rdquo;). The Institutional Shareholders Agreement requires that the Board of Directors consist of at least eight directors and provides each Principal Stockholder with the right to designate up to three members to the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors. Initially, the Principal Stockholders each only designated two directors to the Company&rsquo;s board. Ms. Siegel has been designated as a member of the Board
            of Directors by the Quadrangle Stockholders to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mr. Nordhaus in accordance with the terms of the Institutional Shareholders Agreement. Ms. Siegel will serve as a Class II director (with a term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting). </font></font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2"><font size="2">The Institutional Shareholders Agreement also contains restrictions on the ability of the Principal Stockholders to transfer shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, provides the Principal Stockholders with certain demand and piggyback registration rights and permits the Principal Stockholders to sell the Company&rsquo;s common stock in a block sale under certain
            circumstances. Under the Institutional Shareholders Agreement, the Company has also agreed that the doctrine of &ldquo;corporate opportunity&rdquo; will not apply against the Principal Stockholders in a manner that would prohibit them from investing in competing businesses or doing business with the Company&rsquo;s clients or customers. The Institutional Shareholders Agreement also requires the Company to deliver to each party who owns more than 5% of the Company&rsquo;s common
            stock in the aggregate certain monthly financial statements and, except to the extent filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on EDGAR, copies of reports and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.</font></font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2"><font size="2">As an affiliate of Quadrangle, Ms. Siegel will not receive compensation (in the form of options or otherwise) for her service as a member of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors. </font></font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;October 2, 2009</font></p>

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                        <font size="2">/s/ Michael P. Durney</font></p>
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