Current Report Filing (8-k)
April 22 2022 - 4:33PM
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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)
April 19, 2022
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-10308 |
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06-0918165 |
(State or Other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission
File Number) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
6 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ |
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07054 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(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.):
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ☐ | 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 |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of Each Exchange on Which
Registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 |
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CAR |
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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 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers. |
On April 19,
2022, Avis Budget Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and Veresh Sita entered into a separation agreement (the “Separation Agreement”),
pursuant to which Mr. Sita will resign from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Innovation Officer of the Company
effective May 13, 2022. The Separation Agreement provides for cash severance of approximately $1 million, the payment to Mr. Sita of his
annual bonus for the 2022 fiscal year on a prorated basis, the acceleration of 6,871 outstanding time-based restricted stock units and
the cancelation of all other unvested stock-based awards held by Mr. Sita. The Company’s obligation to provide severance payments
and benefits pursuant to the Separation Agreement is contingent on Mr. Sita’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims.
The Separation Agreement also provides that Mr. Sita will remain subject to non-competition and non-solicitation covenants for two years
following his separation from the Company.
The Separation
Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Separation Agreement
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Separation Agreement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are filed as part of
this report:
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.
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AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Jean M. Sera |
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Jean M. Sera |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary |
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Date: April 22, 2022
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