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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902664-18-001958
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180417
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180417

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000723612
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-AUTO RENTAL & LEASING (NO DRIVERS) [7510]
		IRS NUMBER:				060918165
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-34719
		FILM NUMBER:		18758990

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 SYLVAN WAY
		CITY:			PARSIPPANY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07054
		BUSINESS PHONE:		973-496-4700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 SYLVAN WAY
		CITY:			PARSIPPANY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07054

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENDANT CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971218

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CUC INTERNATIONAL INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COMP U CARD INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870914

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SRS Investment Management, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001503174
		IRS NUMBER:				208182628
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 BRYANT PARK
		STREET 2:		39TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-520-7907

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 BRYANT PARK
		STREET 2:		39TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 99%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">SCHEDULE 13D/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Amendment No. 8)*</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">AVIS BUDGET
        GROUP, INC.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Name of Issuer)</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">Common Stock,
        par value $0.01 per share</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Title of Class of Securities)</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">053774105</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">David Zales</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SRS Investment Management, LLC</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">One Bryant Park</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">39th Floor</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">New York, New York 10036</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(212) 520-7900</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">with a copy to:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Marc Weingarten, Esq.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Eleazer Klein, Esq.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Schulte Roth &amp; Zabel LLP</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">919 Third Avenue</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">New York, New York 10022</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">(212) 756-2000</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">April 16,
        2018</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule
13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. [X]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing
information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>




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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;) or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">SRS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>2</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">(a) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>3</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">SEC USE ONLY</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOURCE OF FUNDS</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">AF</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>5</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 3pt 6pt 6pt">CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">Delaware, United States</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">NUMBER OF<BR>
SHARES<BR>
BENEFICIALLY<BR>
OWNED BY<BR>
EACH<BR>
REPORTING<BR>
PERSON WITH:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>7</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">-0-</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>8</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">12,000,000 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>9</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">-0-</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>10</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">12,000,000 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>11</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">12,000,000 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>12</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">14.8% (see Item 5)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">IA, OO</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">KARTHIK R. SARMA</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">(a) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>3</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">SEC USE ONLY</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOURCE OF FUNDS</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">AF</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 3pt 6pt 6pt">CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">India</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">NUMBER OF<BR>
SHARES<BR>
BENEFICIALLY<BR>
OWNED BY<BR>
EACH<BR>
REPORTING<BR>
PERSON WITH:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>7</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">-0-</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>8</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">12,000,000 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>9</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">-0-</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>10</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">12,000,000 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>11</B></FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">12,000,000 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>12</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">14.8% (see Item 5)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">IN</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">SANOKE VISWANATHAN</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">(a) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>3</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">SEC USE ONLY</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>4</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOURCE OF FUNDS</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">OO</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>5</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 3pt 6pt 6pt">CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>6</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">United States</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">NUMBER OF<BR>
SHARES<BR>
BENEFICIALLY<BR>
OWNED BY<BR>
EACH<BR>
REPORTING<BR>
PERSON WITH:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>7</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">6,126 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>8</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">-0-</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>9</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">6,126 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>10</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">-0-</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>11</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">6,126 shares of Common Stock</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>12</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>13</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">Less than 0.1 % (see Item 5)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>14</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in">IN</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 16%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 59%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">This Amendment No. 8 (&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 8</U>&#8221;) amends
and supplements the statement on the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<U>SEC</U>&#8221;)
on January 25, 2016 (the &#8220;<U>Original Schedule 13D</U>&#8221;), Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC
on March 4, 2016 (&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 1</U>&#8221;), Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on June 3, 2016
(&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 2</U>&#8221;), Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on January 19, 2017 (&#8220;<U>Amendment
No. 3</U>&#8221;), Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2017 (&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 4</U>&#8221;),
Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 (&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 5</U>&#8221;), Amendment
No. 6 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on January 16, 2018 (&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 6</U>&#8221;), and Amendment No. 7
to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on February 15, 2018 (&#8220;<U>Amendment No. 7</U>;&#8221; together with this Amendment
No. 8, the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, and Amendment
No. 6, the&nbsp; &#8220;<U>Schedule 13D</U>&#8221;), with respect to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common
Stock&#8221;), of Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;<U>Issuer</U>&#8221;). Capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 8 have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 8 amends
Items 4, 5, 6 and 7 as set forth below.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On April 16,
    2018, the SRS Parties entered into a second amended and restated cooperation agreement with the Issuer (the &#8220;<U>Second
    Amended Cooperation Agreement</U>&#8221;), whereby the parties agreed, among other things, and subject to certain conditions,
    that (i) on April 20, 2018, the Issuer will increase the size of its Board of Directors (the &#8220;<U>Board</U>&#8221;) to
    fourteen (14) directors and appoint Jagdeep Pahwa (&#8220;<U>Mr. Pahwa</U>&#8221;) and Carl Sparks (&#8220;<U>Mr. Sparks</U>,&#8221;
    and together with Mr. Pahwa, the &#8220;<U>New Directors</U>&#8221;) to serve as members of Board to fill such newly created
    directorships; (ii)&nbsp;the Issuer will include Brian Choi (&#8220;<U>Mr. Choi</U>&#8221;) and Sanoke Viswanathan (&#8220;<U>Mr.
    Viswanathan</U>,&#8221; and, together with Mr. Choi and the New Directors, the &#8220;<U>Applicable Directors</U>&#8221;)
    in its slate of nominees for election as directors at the Company&#8217;s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and the Issuer
    will include the Applicable Directors in its slate of nominees for election as directors at any meeting of stockholders during
    the Standstill Period (as defined in the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement) at which directors are to be elected; (iii)
    Mr. Choi will be appointed to and serve on the Compensation Committee of the Board and Mr. Pahwa will be appointed to and
    serve on the Executive Committee of the Board and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board during the Standstill Period;
    (iv) the Issuer will take all necessary actions to cause its currently existing stockholder rights plan to expire on the date
    of the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement; (v) the SRS Parties will abide by certain standstill provisions during the Standstill
    Period; and (vi) the SRS Parties will vote their shares of Common Stock in favor of the Issuer&#8217;s nominees and other
    ordinary course proposals at any stockholder meeting during the Standstill Period, subject to certain exceptions.&nbsp;&nbsp;In
    addition, under the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement, the SRS Parties (i) have customary replacement rights with respect
    to the Applicable Directors during the Standstill Period, subject to the reasonable approval of such replacements by the Issuer,
    so long as SRS maintains certain specified Minimum Ownership Levels (as defined in the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement)
    and (ii) have the right to (x) make proposals involving the acquisition of all of the outstanding Common Stock to the Board,
    and, in specified circumstances, to stockholders of the Company, and (y) in specified circumstances, engage in discussions
    and/or partner with third parties with respect to the making of such proposals.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">The foregoing summary of the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement, which is referenced as <U>Exhibit 5</U> to this Schedule 13D (and which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on April 16, 2018).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER</B></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Paragraphs (a)-(c) and (e) of Item 5 of the Schedule 13D are hereby
        amended and restated in their entireties:</P>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a) The SRS Parties beneficially own 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Viswanathan beneficially owns 6,126 shares of Common Stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which this Schedule 13D relates is 12,006,126 shares of Common Stock, constituting approximately 14.8% of the outstanding Common Stock. All percentages set forth herein are based upon a total of 80,952,244 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 31, 2018, as reported in the Issuer's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2018. Pursuant to certain cash-settled equity swaps between the Funds and broker-dealer counterparties, the Reporting Persons have economic exposure to an additional 12,996,000 notional shares of Common Stock, constituting approximately 16.1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as more fully described in Item 6 of this Schedule 13D.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">In addition, pursuant to certain options between the Funds and broker-dealer counterparties, the Reporting Persons have economic exposure to an additional 4,000 notional shares of Common Stock, constituting less than 0.1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as described in Item 6 of this Schedule&nbsp;13D.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Representatives of the Investment Manager previously engaged in discussions with Mr. Viswanathan regarding the nomination of Mr. Viswanathan for election to the Board.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, as a result of the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement, the SRS Parties and Mr. Viswanathan may no longer be deemed members of a &#8220;group&#8221; as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act. &nbsp;This Amendment No. 8 constitutes an &#8220;exit&#8221; filing for Mr. Viswanathan.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b) Each of the SRS Parties has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote or to dispose or to direct the disposition of 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Viswanathan has the sole power to vote or direct the vote or to dispose or direct the disposition of 6,126 shares of Common Stock.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c) On February 23, 2018, Mr. Viswanathan acquired 572 shares of Common Stock under the Issuer&#8217;s Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(e) As a result of the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 5, as of April 16, 2018, Mr. Viswanathan may no longer be deemed part of a &#8220;group&#8221; as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, that beneficially owns more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 8 constitutes an exit filing for Mr. Viswanathan.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On April 16, 2018, the Issuer and the SRS Parties entered into the Second Amended Cooperation Agreement, the terms of which are described in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Second Amended Cooperation Agreement is referenced as Exhibit 5 to the Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><U>Description</U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Second Amended Cooperation Agreement, dated April 16, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form 8-K, filed by the Issuer on April 16, 2018).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">After reasonable inquiry and to the best
of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date: April 17, 2018</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>SRS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 36%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">David B. Zales</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>KARTHIK R. SARMA</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">/s/ Karthik R. Sarma</P></TD>
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