0001104659-17-019411.txt : 20170327 0001104659-17-019411.hdr.sgml : 20170327 20170327164207 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-019411 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170327 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170327 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Priceline Group 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-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36691 FILM NUMBER: 17715803 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 CONNECTICUT AVE CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06854 BUSINESS PHONE: 203-299-8000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 CONNECTICUT AVE CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06854 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRICELINE COM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981221 8-A12B 1 a17-7640_48a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

The Priceline Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

06-1528493

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class
to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered

 

 

 

€1,000,000,000 0.800% Senior Notes Due 2022

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

 

 

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

 

333-198515

(If applicable)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.                                                         Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

 

The description of the securities to be registered is contained in the Prospectus Supplement dated March 7, 2017, and the Prospectus dated September 8, 2014, copies of which were electronically transmitted for filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) on March 8, 2017, each of which form a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-198515), and each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.                                                         Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.:

 

2.1 Form of the Registrant’s 0.800% Senior Note Due 2022 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 10, 2017).

 

2.2 Indenture, dated September 23, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Registrant and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 25, 2015).

 

2.3 Officers’ Certificate, dated March 10, 2017, with respect to the 0.800% Senior Notes due 2022 issued pursuant to the Base Indenture (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 10, 2017).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

THE PRICELINE GROUP INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: March 27, 2017

By:

/s/ Peter J. Millones

 

 

Name:

Peter J. Millones

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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