<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000914121-22-004136.txt : 20221202
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20221202171518
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914121-22-004136
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221202
GROUP MEMBERS:		KARTHIK R. SARMA

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:		221442998

	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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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 21
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">UNITED STATES</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">(Amendment No. 21)*</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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    <div style="margin: 0px 0px 2pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">053774105</font><font style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';"><br>
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    <div style="margin: 0px 0px 2pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">November 30, 2022</font><font style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';"><br>
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    Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. &#9744;</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 0.4pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">* 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
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  <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;<u>Act</u>&#8221;) or otherwise
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          <div style="margin-left: 2pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">CUSIP No. 053774105</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OR</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">10</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18,430,882 shares of Common Stock</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18,430,882 shares of Common Stock</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OWNED BY </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">EACH</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PERSON</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">WITH</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">7</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-0-</div>
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          <td style="width: 25.28%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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          <td rowspan="3" style="width: 7.95%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">8</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SHARED VOTING POWER</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18,430,882 shares of Common Stock</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">9</div>
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          <td style="width: 35.16%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
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          <td style="width: 25.28%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-0-</div>
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          <td style="width: 25.28%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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          <td style="width: 25.26%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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          <td rowspan="3" style="width: 7.95%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">10</div>
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          <td style="width: 35.16%; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18,430,882 shares of Common Stock</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</div>
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          <td style="width: 48.69%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">12</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">13</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 11.4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif'; text-align: center;">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 45pt;"><font style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">This Amendment to Schedule 13D (this &#8220;<u>Amendment</u>&#8221;) relates to the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>SEC</u>&#8221;) on January
      25, 2016 (the &#8220;<u>Initial 13D</u>&#8221; and, as amended and supplemented through the date of this Amendment, collectively, the &#8220;<u>Schedule 13D</u>&#8221;) by the Reporting Persons, relating to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;<u>Common Stock</u>&#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 have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.</font></div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 5pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif'; text-indent: 45pt;">Percentage beneficial ownership reported herein is based on 41,466,412 shares of common stock outstanding as of October 28, 2022, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif'; text-indent: 45pt;">This Amendment amends Items 4 and 6 as set forth below:</div>
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    <font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION</font><br>
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">The response to Item 4 is supplemented by adding the following:</div>
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">As previously disclosed, the Investment Manager reviews its investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis and may purchase or sell Common Stock of the Issuer or derivatives that
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">In connection with the management of its investment portfolio, the Investment Manager may enter into transactions, including in-kind distributions and sale transactions (some or all of
      which may be made pursuant to plans created under Rule 10b5-1(c)) that would reduce its exposure to the Issuer&#8217;s Common Stock over the next 12 months. Market conditions and other factors will determine the time period in which the Investment Manager
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER</font> </div>
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:</div>
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    <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,'sans-serif';">On November 30, 2022, the Funds settled cash-settled equity swaps with respect to an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock. After giving effect to such transactions, the
      Reporting Persons may be deemed to have economic exposure to an aggregate of 2,862,283 shares of Common Stock pursuant to cash-settled equity swaps. The Reporting Persons do not have voting power or dispositive power with respect to the shares of
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