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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On March
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  &#8220;Issuer&#8221;) issued $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2010-2 3.63%
  Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A, and $15,831,000 aggregate principal
  amount of Series 2010-2 5.74% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B (together,
  the &#8220;Series 2010-2 Notes&#8221;).&#160;&#160;On March 23, 2010, the Issuer also issued
  $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2010-3 4.64% Rental Car Asset
  Backed Notes, Class A and $62,658,000 aggregate principal amount of Series
  2010-3 6.74% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B (together, the &#8220;Series
  2010-3 Notes&#8221;, and, together with the Series 2010-2 Notes, the
  &#8220;Notes&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Issuer issued the Series 2010-2 Notes under the Series
  2010-2 Supplement (the &#8220;2010-2 Supplement&#8221;), dated March 23, 2010, between the
  Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(&#8220;BNYMellon&#8221;),</font>
  as trustee and as Series 2010-2 Agent, to the Second Amended and Restated Base
  Indenture (the &#8220;Base Indenture&#8221;), dated as of June 3, 2004, as amended, between
  the Issuer and&#160; BNYMellon, as trustee.&#160;&#160;The Issuer issued the
  Series 2010-3 Notes under the Series 2010-3 Supplement (the &#8220;2010-3
  Supplement&#8221;), dated March 23, 2010, between the Issuer and BNYMellon, as trustee
  and as Series 2010-3 Agent, to the Base Indenture.</font></div>
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  are secured under the Base Indenture primarily by vehicles in our domestic fleet
  and other related assets.&#160;&#160;A copy of the 2010-2 Supplement and the
  2010-3 Supplement are attached hereto as <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Exhibit 10.1</font> and
  <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Exhibit 10.2</font>,
  respectively, and&#160;are incorporated by reference herein, and a copy of the
  press release announcing the closing is attached hereto as <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Exhibit&#160;99.1</font>
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  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.</font></div>
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  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):
  March 23,
  2010 (March 23, 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
  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
        1.01
  Entry
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  Agreement.
  On March
  23, 2010, our Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC subsidiary (the
  "Issuer") issued $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2010-2 3.63%
  Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A, and $15,831,000 aggregate principal
  amount of Series 2010-2 5.74% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B (together,
  the "Series 2010-2 Notes").  On March 23, 2010, the Issuer also issued
  $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2010-3 4.64% Rental Car Asset
  Backed Notes, Class A and $62,658,000 aggregate principal amount of Series
  2010-3 6.74% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B (together, the "Series
  2010-3 Notes", and, together with the Series 2010-2 Notes, the
  "Notes").  The Issuer issued the Series 2010-2 Notes under the Series
  2010-2 Supplement (the "2010-2 Supplement"), dated March 23, 2010, between the
  Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  ("BNYMellon"),
  as trustee and as Series 2010-2 Agent, to the Second Amended and Restated Base
  Indenture (the "Base Indenture"), dated as of June 3, 2004, as amended, between
  the Issuer and  BNYMellon, as trustee.  The Issuer issued the
  Series 2010-3 Notes under the Series 2010-3 Supplement (the "2010-3
  Supplement"), dated March 23, 2010, between the Issuer and BNYMellon, as trustee
  and as Series 2010-3 Agent, to the Base Indenture.
  The Notes
  are secured under the Base Indenture primarily by vehicles in our domestic fleet
  and other related assets.  A copy of the 2010-2 Supplement and the
  2010-3 Supplement are attached hereto as
  Exhibit 10.1
  and
  Exhibit 10.2
  ,
  respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein, and a copy of the
  press release announcing the closing is attached hereto as
  Exhibit 99.1
  and is incorporated by reference herein.
  Certain of the purchasers of the 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
  Series
        2010-2 Supplement, dated as of March 23, 2010, among Avis Budget Rental
        Car Funding (AESOP) LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
        N.A., as trustee and as Series 2010-2 Agent.
  10.2
  Series
        2010-3 Supplement, dated as of March 23, 2010, among Avis Budget Rental
        Car Funding (AESOP) LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
        N.A., as trustee and Series 2010-3 Agent.
  99.1
  Press
        Release dated March 23, 2010.
  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:
  March 23, 2010
  AVIS
  BUDGET GROUP, INC.
  CURRENT
  REPORT ON FORM 8-K
  Report
  Dated
  March 23, 2010
  (March 23, 2010)
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit
        No.
  Description
  10.1
  Series
        2010-2 Supplement, dated as of March 23, 2010, among Avis Budget Rental
        Car Funding (AESOP) LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
        N.A., as trustee and as Series 2010-2 Agent.
  10.2
  Series
        2010-3 Supplement, dated as of March 23, 2010, among Avis Budget Rental
        Car Funding (AESOP) LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
        N.A., as trustee and Series 2010-3 Agent.
  99.1
  Press
        Release dated March 23, 2010.