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text: avisbudgetgroup8k10052009.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):
  October
  5, 2009 (October 1, 2009)
  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))
  Item
        2.02
  Results
        of Operations and Financial
  Condition.
  On
  October 1, 2009, a jury rendered a verdict against us in an action filed by one
  of our licensees for breach of contract related to our acquisition of our Budget
  vehicle rental business in 2002. We believe this verdict is unsupported by the
  evidence. As a result, we plan to petition the judge in the case to set aside
  the jury's decision and award judgment to defendants or grant a new trial. If
  such petition is not decided in our favor before we issue our third quarter
  earnings information, we expect to record incremental pretax expense of at least
  $16 million as of September 30, 2009 to reflect the amount of this verdict. This
  expense is expected to be treated as unusual and therefore is not expected to
  change our previous public statement that the Company estimates that third
  quarter 2009 EBITDA will increase compared to third quarter 2008 EBITDA, in each
  case excluding unusual items.
  Certain
  statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K constitute "forward-looking
  statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
  of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
  risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
  results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
  materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
  expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Statements
  preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes",
  "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "projects", "estimates", "plans", "may
  increase", "may fluctuate", "forecast" and similar expressions or future or
  conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and "could" are
  generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts.  Any
  statements that refer to expectations or other characterizations of future
  events, circumstances or results are forward-looking statements.
  Various
  risks that could cause future results to differ from those expressed by the
  forward-looking statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K include,
  but are not limited to, a weaker-than-anticipated economic environment, the high
  level of competition in the vehicle rental industry, greater-than-expected cost
  increases for new vehicles, disposition of vehicles not covered by
  manufacturer
  repurchase programs, the financial condition of the manufacturers of our cars, a
  greater-than-anticipated downturn in airline passenger traffic, an
  occurrence or threat of terrorism, our ability to
  obtain financing for our operations, including the funding of our vehicle fleet
  via the asset-backed securities market and the financial condition of
  financial-guaranty firms that have insured a portion of our outstanding
  vehicle-backed debt, higher-than-expected fuel costs, fluctuations related to
  the mark-to-market of derivatives which hedge our exposure to exchange rates,
  interest rates and fuel costs, the Company's ability to meet or amend financial
  covenants associated with its borrowings and the Company's ability to accurately
  estimate its future results and implement its strategy for cost savings and
  growth, particularly in the current
  environment.
  Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could
  have material adverse effects on Avis Budget Group's performance or
  achievements.  In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and
  factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K
  may not occur.  You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
  forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or if no
  date is stated, as of the date of this Current Report on Form
  8-K.  Important assumptions and other important factors that could
  cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
  statements are specified in Avis Budget Group's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
  the year ended December 31, 2008 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended June 30, 2009 included under headings such as "Forward-Looking
  Statements", "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
  Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in other filings and
  furnishings made by the Company with the SEC from time to
  time.  Except for the Company's ongoing obligations to disclose
  material information under the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes
  no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking
  statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events
  unless required by law.
  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:     
        Jean M. Sera
  Title:       
        Senior Vice President and Secretary
  Date:
  October 5, 2009