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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): December 3, 2021

 

 

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-10308   06-0918165

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

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.):

 

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange

on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01   CAR   The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 3, 2021, CarFin Finance International DAC and certain subsidiaries of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Twelfth Master Amendment and Restatement Deed in order to amend the terms of its European rental fleet securitization program. Under the program, CarFin Finance International DAC may issue registered variable funding notes with a term of up to the expected maturity date. The Company’s rental vehicle fleets in Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the Netherlands serve as underlying security for the notes. Proceeds from the issuance of the notes are made available, on a revolving basis, to special-purpose companies to purchase vehicles for the Company’s rental vehicle fleets in Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the Netherlands. The Twelfth Master Amendment and Restatement Deed amends the securitization program to, among other things, change the expected maturity date and certain concentration limits and eligibility criteria in respect of the composition of the fleet. The Twelfth Master Amendment and Restatement Deed also includes provisions relating to the European Securitisation Regulation and EURIBOR fall back language.

Certain holders of the notes issued in the securitization, and their respective affiliates, have performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial banking, investment banking and other financial advisory services for the Company and its subsidiaries for which they have received, and will receive, customary fees and expenses.

The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms of the Twelfth Master Amendment and Restatement Deed, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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 of this report is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit
No.
  

Description

10.1    Twelfth Master Amendment and Restatement Deed, by and among CarFin Finance International DAC, Credit Agricole Corporate And Investment Bank, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, Credit Agricole Corporate And Investment Bank, the Opcos, Servicers, Lessees and FleetCos listed therein, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, Avis Finance Company Limited, Avis Budget EMEA Limited, the Account Banks listed therein, Deutsche Bank Ag, London Branch, the Senior Noteholders and certain other entities named therein, dated December 3, 2021.*†
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

*

The Company has omitted certain schedules and other similar attachments to such agreement pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish a copy of such omitted documents to the SEC upon request.

Certain provisions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K.


SIGNATURE

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

  Jean M. Sera
 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel,

Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

Date: December 9, 2021