---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408100-26-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KW"
cik: "0001408100"
company_name: "Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:34:46.422410+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kennedy-Wilson launches exchange offers for up to $1.8B senior notes tied to going-private merger

## Summary
- Exchange offers for all outstanding 4.750% notes due 2029, 4.750% due 2030, and 5.000% due 2031 (each $600M principal).
- Eligible holders receive new 6.125% notes due 2032 or 6.375% notes due 2034; early participation (by Mar 13) receives $1,000/$1,010/$1,010 per $1,000 principal.
- Consent solicitations to amend indentures; condition includes consummation of the previously announced merger with CEO-led consortium and Fairfax.
- Supporting holders representing ~27% of aggregate existing notes (~19% of 2029, ~35% of 2030, ~27% of 2031) have agreed to support.
- Expiration date Mar 30, 2026; minimum liquidity condition of $400M per new note series may be waived.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408100-26-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KW
- cik: 0001408100
- company_name: Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810026000088/0001408100-26-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810026000088/kw-20260302.htm

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