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 2.375% Senior Notes Due 2024

 

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 September 16, 2014, and the Prospectus dated September 8, 2014, copies of which were electronically transmitted for filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) on September 18, 2014, each of which form a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-198515), and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.                                                         Exhibits

 

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

 

2.1 - Form of the Registrant’s 2.375% Note Due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 22, 2014).

 

2.2 - Form of indenture between the Registrant and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-3 on September 8, 2014 (No. 333-198515)).

 

2.3 - Officers’ Certificate, dated September 23, 2014, for the 2.375% Senior Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 26, 2014).

 

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.

 

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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: October 14, 2014

By:

/s/ Peter J. Millones

 

 

Name:

Peter J. Millones

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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