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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-113599"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2026-10-05T14:55:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:48:08.698630+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger prices $1.5B senior notes: $650M at 5.800% due 2032, $850M at 6.200% due 2036

## Summary
- $650,000,000 of 5.800% Senior Notes due 2032 and $850,000,000 of 6.200% Senior Notes due 2036, issued under a Sept 28, 2026 prospectus supplement.
- Underwriters led by representatives Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC under a Sept 28, 2026 underwriting and pricing agreement.
- Net proceeds expected to refinance Kroger debt maturing in October 2026 and for general corporate purposes.
- Notes issued via the Fifty-First and Fifty-Second Supplemental Indentures dated October 5, 2026 with U.S. Bank Trust Company, N.A. as trustee, supplementing the June 25, 1999 indenture.
- Legal opinions and consents filed from George H. Vincent, Esq. and Freshfields US LLP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-113599
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2026-10-05T14:55:07+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926113599/0001104659-26-113599-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926113599/tm2626754d1_8k.htm

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