form8k.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): February 12, 2013
 
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)
(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)

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Item 7.01
  
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 12, 2013, Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Avis Budget”), issued a press release announcing that the waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, expired on February 11, 2013 in connection with Avis Budget’s previously announced agreement to acquire Zipcar, Inc.  A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01
  
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits.

99.1
  
Press Release, dated February 12, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
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/ Bryon L. Koepke
 
Name:
Bryon L. Koepke
 
Title:
Senior Vice President and Chief Securities Counsel

Date:  February 12, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number
  
Description
 
Press Release, dated February 12, 2013.