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

On April 24, 2020, Booking Holdings Inc. (the "Company") announced that, after many years of dedicated service to the Company, Nancy B. Peretsman and James M. Guyette have decided to retire from the Company's Board of Directors, effective at the Company's Annual Meeting in June 2020 (the "Annual Meeting"), and therefore are not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release announcing the retirements is furnished with this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 24, 2020, the Company announced that it has nominated Bob van Dijk, Chief Executive Officer of Naspers, a global internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world, for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

In addition, the Board made the following changes to the Board's leadership that will become effective immediately following the Annual Meeting, assuming the identified persons are re-elected to the Board at the Annual Meeting:



•      Robert J. Mylod Jr., current Director and member of the Compensation
       Committee, will become Chairman of the Board. Current Chairman of the
       Board, Jeffery H. Boyd will continue to serve on the Board.


•      Charles H. Noski, current Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, will
       become Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate
       Governance Committee.


•      Vanessa A. Wittman, current Director and member of the Audit Committee,
       will become Chair of the Audit Committee.

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

The information furnished herewith pursuant to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be deemed to be "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 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



Exhibit  Description

  99.1   Press Release, dated April 24, 2020.


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