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text: avisbudgetgroup8k.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):
  January 3, 2011 (December 30, 2010)
  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)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
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  o
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  Item 8.01
  Other Events.
  As previously disclosed, on December 20, 2010, Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), provided written notice to the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") that the Company expected to voluntarily cease trading on the NYSE and intended to transfer its listing to the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ").  As planned, the Company ceased trading on the NYSE, effective as of the close of the market on December 30, 2010.  The Company commenced trading on NASDAQ at the opening of that market on December 31, 2010.
  On November 30, 2010, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("ABCR") and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with ABCR, the "Issuers"), provided notice to holders of the Issuers' 7.625% Senior Notes due 2014 (the "Notes") that the Issuers wished to redeem $175.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, out of a total of $375.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding.  On December 30, 2010, the Issuers completed such redemption at a redemption price of 103.813% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, for a total redemption payment of $183,340,719.
  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.
  By:
  AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
  /s/ Jean M. Sera
  Name:
  Title:
  Jean M. Sera
  Senior Vice President and Secretary
  Date: January 3, 2011