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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-26-000465"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKNG"
cik: "0001075531"
company_name: "Booking Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:47:11.171411+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Booking Holdings announces 25-for-1 forward stock split effective April 2, 2026

## Summary
- 25-for-1 forward stock split filed with Delaware; effective 4:01 p.m. ET on April 2, 2026.
- Authorized common shares increased from 1 billion to 25 billion to accommodate the split.
- Split-adjusted trading expected to commence at market open on Monday, April 6, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-26-000465
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKNG
- cik: 0001075531
- company_name: Booking Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000095015726000465/0000950157-26-000465-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000095015726000465/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-26-000465.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7cf954b300eb7805575bb0f0479c670cfb482359
  claim: Booking Holdings Inc.: Amended restated certificate of incorporation to effect a 25-for-1 forward stock split and proportionately increase authorized common stock from 1,000,000,000 to 25,000,000,000 shares (effective 2026-04-02).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 2, 2026, Booking Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) filed an amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State to effect the previously announced twenty-five-for-one forward stock split of the Company’s common stock and to proportionately increase the number of shares of the Company’s authorized common stock from 1,000,000,000 to 25,000,000,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000095015726000465/0000950157-26-000465-index.htm

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