---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-057239"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKNG"
cik: "0001075531"
company_name: "Booking Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:23:05.884201+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Booking Holdings issues $750M of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036

## Summary
- $750M aggregate principal of 5.375% Senior Notes due May 7, 2036.
- Interest payable semi-annually on May 7 & Nov 7, beginning Nov 7, 2026.
- Make-whole redemption at T+15 bps prior to Feb 7, 2036, then at par.
- Underwriting agreement signed May 5, 2026; underwriters include Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations ranking equally with existing senior debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-057239
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKNG
- cik: 0001075531
- company_name: Booking Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000110465926057239/0001104659-26-057239-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000110465926057239/tm2613920d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-057239.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 86faf5acf6fd4019632bc51ea9e90485feba8c64
  claim: Booking Holdings Inc. incurred senior notes of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 5.375% maturing May 7, 2036.
  evidence_excerpt: in connection with the sale of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000110465926057239/0001104659-26-057239-index.htm
- claim_id: 0cb1104d06548cfdfbc324097c27048b9156a745
  claim: Booking Holdings Inc. entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2026-05-07).
  evidence_excerpt: Booking Holdings Inc. (the “ Company ”) executed an Officers’ Certificate (the “ Officers’ Certificate ”), in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 10.04 of the Indenture dated August 8, 2017 (the “ Base Indenture ” and, together with the Officers’ Certificate, the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and registrar, in connection with the sale of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “ Senior Notes ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075531/000110465926057239/0001104659-26-057239-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.