-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GOYSCnq9lmY0wErDm+sYRXb6mMAUwUX1M+Q+WA97TielSdWO3we26h/M6F89QOAn YuSwezJdYHvwmXPQnT71fA== 0001104659-04-017934.txt : 20040625 0001104659-04-017934.hdr.sgml : 20040625 20040625095016 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-017934 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040624 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040625 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRICELINE COM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001075531 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 061528493 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25581 FILM NUMBER: 04880918 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 CONNECTICUT AVE CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06854 BUSINESS PHONE: 2037053000 8-K 1 a04-7189_38k.htm 8-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 24, 2004

 

priceline.com Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-25581

 

06-1528493

(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

 

 

 

 

800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut

 

06854

(Address of principal office)

 

(zip code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 



 

Item 5.  Other Events

 

On June 24, 2004, priceline.com issued a press release that announced the exercise of the option to purchase an additional $10 million of its 2.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

99.1                           Press release issued by priceline.com Incorporated on June 24, 2004 regarding the exercise of the option to purchase an additional $10 million of its 2.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Jeffery H. Boyd

 

 

  Name:

Jeffery H. Boyd

 

 

  Title:

President and Chief
Executive Officer

 

 

Date:  June 25, 2004

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by priceline.com Incorporated on June 24, 2004 regarding the exercise of the option to purchase an additional $10 million of its 2.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes.

 

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EX-99.1 2 a04-7189_3ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Priceline.com Announces Initial Purchasers’ Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional $10 Million
of 2.25 Percent

Convertible Senior Notes Due January 15, 2025

 

NORWALK, Conn., June 24, 2004 . . . Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced that, on June 24, 2004, the initial purchasers in its recent private offering of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due January 15, 2025 exercised in full their option to purchase an additional $10 million of notes.  Priceline.com announced on June 22, 2004 the pricing of $90 million principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due January 15, 2025 to be issued in a private placement and priceline.com’s intention to grant the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase an additional $10 million of notes.  The closing of the sale of the $100 million aggregate principal amount of notes is expected to take place on June 28, 2004.  Priceline.com intends to use the net proceeds of the private placement for general corporate purposes, strategic purposes and working capital requirements.

 

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.  The notes and the shares of common stock of priceline.com issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the U.S. absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

 

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Press information:   Brian Ek  203-299-8167  (brian.ek@priceline.com)

 

Information About Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict; therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements. Expressions of future goals and similar expressions including, without limitation, “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “does not currently expect,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “targets,” or “continue,” reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: adverse changes in general market conditions for leisure and other travel products as the result of, among other things, terrorist attacks; adverse changes in the Company’s relationships with airlines and other product and service providers including, without limitation, the withdrawal of suppliers from the priceline.com system; the bankruptcy or insolvency of another major domestic airline; the effects of increased competition; systems-related failures and/or security breaches; the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights; losses by the Company and its licensees; final adjustments made in closing the quarter; legal and regulatory risks and the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. For a detailed discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and Form 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 


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