Expedia Group, Inc. 8-K
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Expedia Group Enters $2.5B Revolving Credit Facility
What Happened
Expedia Group, Inc. announced on March 27, 2026 that it entered into a new unsecured Credit Agreement providing a $2.5 billion revolving credit facility (with a $120 million letter-of-credit sublimit) and simultaneously terminated its prior credit agreement dated April 14, 2022. No loans were outstanding under the new facility at closing; about $42 million of undrawn stand-by letters of credit were issued. The new facility matures on March 27, 2031.
Key Details
- Total commitments: $2.5 billion; letter-of-credit sublimit: $120 million.
- Outstanding at closing: $0 loans; ~ $42 million in stand-by letters of credit issued.
- Interest: term benchmark loans = index + 1.00%–1.75% (depends on credit ratings); base rate loans = index + 0.00%–0.75%. Interest payment frequency: at least quarterly.
- Fees: participation fee on outstanding letters of credit equal to the term margin; undrawn-commitment fee = 0.10%–0.25% per annum (rating-dependent).
- Covenants: customary affirmative/negative covenants and events of default; includes a maximum consolidated leverage ratio tested each fiscal quarter.
- Effect on guarantees: several Expedia subsidiaries were automatically released as guarantors of five series of senior notes when the prior credit agreement terminated; supplemental indentures dated March 27, 2026 document those releases for the 2027–2035 notes.
Why It Matters
For investors, the new $2.5 billion unsecured revolver provides liquidity and flexibility through March 2031 while reducing the company’s secured/guaranteed borrowings (subsidiary guarantors were released on related notes). The facility’s unsecured nature and the release of subsidiary guarantees can affect the company’s capital structure and credit profile; lenders retain typical covenant protections, including a maximum leverage covenant that Expedia must monitor each quarter. The filing is procedural but material to assessments of Expedia’s liquidity and financing arrangements.
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