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) December 5, 2005

 

priceline.com Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01.              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 5, 2005, priceline.com Incorporated (the “Company”) repurchased from Marriott International, Inc., warrants to purchase 833,333 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.84 per share (the “Warrants”).  The Warrants were fully vested and were scheduled to become exercisable at any time between March 17, 2006 and March 17, 2011.  The repurchase price of the Warrants was $12,149,995.00 and was paid in cash.  Upon repurchase by the Company, all of the Warrants were cancelled.

 

The repurchase of the Warrants was done as part of the Company’s previously announced $50 million stock repurchase program.  The Company said that total diluted shares have been reduced by approximately 500 thousand shares as a result of the repurchase of the Warrants.

 

A copy of the Warrant Repurchase Agreement is filed herewith.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

10.6

Warrant Repurchase Agreement, dated December 5, 2005, by and between priceline.com Incorporated and Marriott International, Inc.

 

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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:  December 6, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.6		Warrant Repurchase Agreement, dated December 5, 2005, by and between priceline.com Incorporated and Marriott International, Inc.

 

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