secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KROGER CO (KR)
CIK:        0000056873
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-05T14:55:07+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-113599
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926113599/0001104659-26-113599-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113599

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