8-A12B/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   06-0918165
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6 Sylvan Way

Parsippany, New Jersey

  07054
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

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

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Common Stock Purchase Rights   NASDAQ

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: (if applicable)

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

N/A

(Title of class)

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Form 8-A/A is filed by Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to supplement and amend the information set forth on the Form 8-A filed by the Company on January 28, 2020.

 

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

On May 20, 2020, the Company and Computershare Inc., as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2020, between the Company and the Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”).

The Amendment accelerates the expiration of the Company’s common share purchase rights (the “Rights”) under the Rights Agreement from the Close of Business (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) on January 26, 2021 to the Close of Business on May 22, 2020, and the Rights Agreement will terminate at such time. At the time of the termination of the Rights Agreement, all of the Rights distributed to holders of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement will expire.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description of Exhibit

4.1    Rights Agreement, dated as of January  27, 2020, between Avis Budget Group, Inc. and Computershare Inc., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2020).
4.2    Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 20, 2020, to Rights Agreement, dated as of January  27, 2020, between Avis Budget Group, Inc. and Computershare Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2020).


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jean M. Sera

  Name:   Jean M. Sera
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 21, 2020