Exhibit 99.1
Priceline.com Announces Initial Purchasers’ Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional $10 Million
of 2.25 Percent
Convertible Senior Notes Due January 15, 2025
NORWALK, Conn., June 24, 2004 . . . Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced that, on June 24, 2004, the initial purchasers in its recent private offering of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due January 15, 2025 exercised in full their option to purchase an additional $10 million of notes. Priceline.com announced on June 22, 2004 the pricing of $90 million principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due January 15, 2025 to be issued in a private placement and priceline.com’s intention to grant the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase an additional $10 million of notes. The closing of the sale of the $100 million aggregate principal amount of notes is expected to take place on June 28, 2004. Priceline.com intends to use the net proceeds of the private placement for general corporate purposes, strategic purposes and working capital requirements.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. The notes and the shares of common stock of priceline.com issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the U.S. absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
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Press information: Brian Ek 203-299-8167 (brian.ek@priceline.com)
Information About Forward-Looking Statements
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