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text: avisbudget8k.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):
  May 30, 2008 (May 29,
        2008)
  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
  Written
                  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                  CFR
                  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
                  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                  CFR
                  240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                  CFR
                  240.13e-4(c))
  7.01
  Regulation
                  FD Disclosure
  On
        May
        29, 2008, we issued a press release announcing that David B. Wyshner, Executive
        Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a panel
        discussion at the Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming Restaurant and Leisure
        Conference on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. EDT.
  A
        copy of
        the press release is furnished as
  Exhibit 99.1
  to this report and 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
  99.1
  Press
                  Release dated May 29, 2008
  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:
        May
        30, 2008
  AVIS
        BUDGET GROUP, INC.
  CURRENT
        REPORT ON FORM 8-K
  Report
        Dated
  May 30, 2008 (May 29,
        2008)
  EXHIBIT
        INDEX
  Exhibit
                  No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press
                  Release dated May 29, 2008.