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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 8, 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 March 8, 2013, Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading has decided, on the basis of the information available to it, that the proposed acquisition by the Company of Zipcar, Inc. does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002.  The Company also announced that it currently anticipates that the transaction will be completed during the week of March 11, subject to customary closing conditions.  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 March 8, 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:  March 8, 2013
 

 
 
 

AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
Report Dated March 8, 2013

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
99.1
  
Press Release, dated March 8, 2013.