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): April 24, 2023
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.)
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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 |
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into Material Definitive Agreements. |
On April 24, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), our Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC subsidiary (“ABRCF”) completed an amendment and renewal of its asset-backed variable-funding financing facilities, which provide a portion of the financing for our rental car fleet in the United States. This financing is primarily comprised of the Series 2010-6 Notes facility and the Series 2015-3 Notes facility, and the notes are secured primarily by vehicles in our domestic fleet and other related assets. Pursuant to the amendments, the aggregate amount of the Series 2010-6 Notes facility was increased from $3.56 billion to $4.27 billion, and the aggregate amount of the Series 2015-3 Notes facility was increased from $342 million to $421.37 million. These increased aggregate amounts will be reduced on August 31, 2023 by $225 million and $25 million respectively, and fully reduced back to the total aggregate amounts of $3.56 billion and $342 million respectively on the earlier to occur of October 31, 2023 and the date ABRCF completes an offering of a new series of notes.
The foregoing summary of the notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Series 2010-6 Supplement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and the Second Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Series 2015-3 Supplement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and, in each case, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Certain purchasers of the notes, 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 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 | | Second Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Series 2010-6 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2023, by and among Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC, as Issuer, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as Administrator, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the Non-Conduit Purchasers, the CP Conduit Purchasers, the Committed Note Purchasers, the APA Banks and the Funding Agents named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and as Series 2010-6 Agent. |
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| 10.2 | | Second Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Series 2015-3 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2023, by and among Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC, as Issuer, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as Administrator, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the Non-Conduit Purchasers, the CP Conduit Purchasers, the Committed Note Purchasers, the APA Banks and the Funding Agents named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and as Series 2015-3 Agent. |
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| 104 | | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101). |
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. | |
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| | By: | /s/ Jean M. Sera | |
| | Name: | Jean M. Sera | |
| | Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | |
Date: April 28, 2023
