Launch and Pricing of Notes
On April 23, 2020, Expedia Group, Inc. (“Expedia Group” or the “Company”), entered into an agreement which will result in the private placement of $2 billion of unsecured 6.250% senior notes due 2025 (the “6.250% Notes”) and $750 million of unsecured 7.000% senior notes due 2025 (the “7.000% Notes,” and, together with the 6.250% Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued at a price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount. The Notes will be guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Expedia Group. Expedia Group expects to use the net proceeds from the private placement of the Notes for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, repayment or redemption of the Company’s 5.95% senior notes due 2020. The private placement of the Notes is expected to close on May 5, 2020. The closing is subject to the concurrent closing of the private placement of preferred stock and warrants and the effectiveness of the credit facility amendments announced in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2020 and customary closing conditions, and there can be no assurance that the issuance and sale of the Notes will be consummated.
On April 23, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the private offering of the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The Notes will be offered and sold only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.
This notice does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation for an offer to purchase the Notes or any other securities and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Forward Looking Statements
This report, including the exhibits, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict, including the Risk Factors identified in the Company’s most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K and in Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2020 (File No.: 20809410). The use of words such as “believe,” “estimate,” “expect” and “will,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. However, these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. 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. However, readers should carefully review the reports and documents the Company files or furnishes from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K.