-----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, Bu8t0lU9gYnfd8wfQHZv/s1EF/LC6PlO4MllazSaxlNpi6/mH6mS491o9kK1S8oC pHECo/2FxpoAph5aj+3jDw== 0001144204-09-031254.txt : 20090605 0001144204-09-031254.hdr.sgml : 20090605 20090605161829 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-09-031254 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090603 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090605 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090605 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: 09877339 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 CONNECTICUT AVE CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06854 BUSINESS PHONE: 2037053000 8-K 1 v151684_8k.htm
 
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 3, 2009

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)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o
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o
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o
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o
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Item 5.03.    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

At the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 3, 2009, the stockholders of priceline.com Incorporated (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to enable the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock to call a special meeting of stockholders.  The amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 5, 2009.  Additionally, on June 3, 2009, the Company’s board of directors approved an amendment, effective June 5, 2009, to the Company’s Bylaws to set forth certain procedural requirements for stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders.

Prior to June 5, 2009, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation prohibited stockholders from calling a special meeting of stockholders.

Item 9.01.            Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

3.1
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of priceline.com Incorporated.
   
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Bylaws of priceline.com Incorporated.
 
 
 

 
 
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/ Daniel J. Finnegan
 
   
Name: Daniel J. Finnegan.
 
   
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
Date:  June 5, 2009

 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
  
Exhibit No. Description
   
3.1
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of priceline.com Incorporated.
   
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Bylaws of priceline.com Incorporated.

 
 

 
EX-3.1 2 v151684_ex3-1.htm
Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED
 

 
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
 


Priceline.com Incorporated (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

FIRST: The seventh paragraph of Article Fifth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 
“(7)
Unless otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, if there be one, (ii) the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, if there be one, (iii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, (iv) the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or (v) the written request of the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s common stock, filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and otherwise made in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation.”

SECOND: The amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation effected hereby has been proposed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and adopted by the requisite vote of the stockholders of the Corporation in the manner prescribed by Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed in its name on this 3rd day of June, 2009.
 
 
PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Brian J. MacDonald  
  Name:  Brian J. MacDonald  
  Title:  Assistant Corporate Secretary  
       
 
 
 
 

 
EX-3.2 3 v151684_ex3-2.htm
Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE
BYLAWS OF PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED
 


The undersigned, being the duly elected, qualified, and acting Secretary of priceline.com Incorporated (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that Section 3 of Article III of the Bylaws of the Company was amended by the Board of Directors, effective June 5, 2009, to read in its entirety as follows:

“SECTION 3.SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called as set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended or amended and restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).  At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

If stockholders holding sufficient shares in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation call a special meeting of stockholders, the request shall:

 
(i)
be in written form;

 
(ii)
contain the name and record address of such stockholders;
 
 
(iii)
include the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder;
 
 
(iv)
provide a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the special meeting of stockholders;

 
(v)
provide a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business;

 
(v)
contain a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the special meeting to bring such business before the meeting; and
 
 
(vii)
be delivered personally or sent by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation.
 
Upon receipt of such a request, the Board of Directors shall determine the date, time and place of such special meeting of stockholders, which must be scheduled to be held on a date that is within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Secretary of the request therefore, and the Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare a proper notice thereof.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand on this 3rd day of June, 2009.
 
       
 
 
/s/ Peter J. Millones  
    Peter J. Millones  
   
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 
       
 
 
 

 
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