---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-011544"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAL"
cik: "0000100517"
company_name: "United Airlines Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:01:24.578596+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Airlines issues $1B of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029

## Summary
- $1B principal of 4.875% Senior Notes due March 1, 2029, issued via public offering.
- Notes fully and unconditionally guaranteed by subsidiary United Airlines, Inc.
- UAL may redeem notes at make-whole price prior to Dec 1, 2028, and at par thereafter.
- Change of control triggers right to require repurchase at 101% of principal plus accrued interest.
- Interest payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1, beginning Sept 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-011544
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAL
- cik: 0000100517
- company_name: United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465926011544/0001104659-26-011544-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465926011544/tm263646d10_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-011544
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-011544.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-011544.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. incurred senior notes of $1,000,000,000 with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. at 4.875% maturing March 1, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $1,000,000,000
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  - Rate: 4.875%
  - Maturity: March 1, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: issued in a public offering $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465926011544/0001104659-26-011544-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. entered into Seventh Supplemental Indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. valued at $1,000,000,000 (effective 2026-02-06).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  - Value: $1,000,000,000
  - Effective: 2026-02-06
  source text: On February 6, 2026, United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as United Continental Holdings, Inc., “UAL”) issued in a public offering $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), which are guaranteed (the “Guarantee”) by UAL’s wholly-owned subsidiary United Airlines, Inc. (“United”). The Notes and Guarantee were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 7, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”), among UAL, United and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as modified and supplemented for purposes of establishing the terms of the Notes by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2026 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among UAL, United and the Trustee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000110465926011544/0001104659-26-011544-index.htm

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