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) April 26, 2022

Booking Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-36691	06-1528493
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

800 Connecticut Avenue	Norwalk	Connecticut	06854
(Address of principal office)			(zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 299-8000

N/A 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class:	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on which Registered:
Common Stock par value $0.008 per share	BKNG	The NASDAQ Global Select Market
2.150% Senior Notes Due 2022	BKNG 22	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
2.375% Senior Notes Due 2024	BKNG 24	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
0.100% Senior Notes Due 2025	BKNG 25	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
1.800% Senior Notes Due 2027	BKNG 27	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
0.500% Senior Notes Due 2028	BKNG 28	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 26, 2022, Booking Holdings Inc. (the "Company") announced that Bob van Dijk has decided to retire from the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective at the Company's Annual Meeting in June 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"), and therefore is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release announcing the retirement is furnished with this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 26, 2022, the Company announced that it has nominated Sumit Singh, Chief Executive Officer of Chewy, Inc., a leading online destination for pet parents and partners, for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

A copy of the press release announcing the nomination is furnished with this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report is not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release, dated April 26, 2022.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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.

BOOKING HOLDINGS INC.
By:	/s/ Peter J. Millones
	Name:	Peter J. Millones
	Title:	Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Date:  April 26, 2022