avisbudgetgroupinc8k.htm
 
 
UNITED STATES
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): November 2, 2007 (October 29, 2007)
 
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
1-10308
  
06-0918165
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
         
6 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ
07054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
         
(973) 496-4700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
         
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01
  
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 
On October 29, 2007, our Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC subsidiary extended the expiration date of our principal asset-backed conduit facility (known as the Series 2002-2 Notes) to October 27, 2008 and increased the maximum available amount under such facility by $500,000,000, to $1,500,000,000.  Attached hereto are a copy of the Tenth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Series 2002-2 Supplement as Exhibit 10.1 and a copy of the press release announcing this extension and increase as Exhibit 99.1, which are incorporated herein by reference.  Certain of the conduit purchasers of the Series 2002-2 Notes and the trustee, and their respective affiliates, have performed and may in the future perform, various commercial banking, investment banking and other financial advisory services for us and our subsidiaries for which they have received, and will receive, customary fees and expenses.


 
Item 2.03
  
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 
The information described above under “Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
 
Item 9.01
  
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
 (d)           Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

Exhibit No.
  
Description
10.1
  
Tenth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Series 2002-2 Supplement, dated as of October 29, 2007.            
 99.1
   Press Release dated November 1, 2007.  

 



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 hereto duly authorized.
 

 
                 AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
 
 
By:
  
/s/ Jean M. Sera
 
Name:
Jean M. Sera
 
Title:
Senior Vice President and Secretary
     


Date: November 2, 2007
 


AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
Report Dated November 2, 2007 (October 29, 2007)

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
10.1
  
 
Tenth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Series 2002-2 Supplement, dated as of October 29, 2007.
 
 99.1
  
 
Press Release dated November 1, 2007.