[8-K] Avis Budget Group, Inc. Reports Material Event

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

On 17 Jul 2025, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) subsidiary NCLC and two special-purpose borrowers executed separate export-credit backed credit facilities to finance the company’s next-generation vessels scheduled for delivery in 2030 and 2032.

• Size: up to $2.44 B for Vessel 1 and $2.47 B for Vessel 2 (≈$4.9 B total), including SACE insurance premia.
• Purpose: funds 80% of shipyard delivery payments and related insurance costs.
• Tenor & amortisation: each loan matures 12 years after the respective delivery; repayment via 24 equal semi-annual instalments beginning six months post-delivery.
• Pricing: fixed rate set at (1.55% − SIMEST margin) + 5.08% CIRR for USD loans; option to switch to floating. Customary agency, structuring and commitment fees apply.
• Security: pre-delivery share pledge, post-delivery first-lien ship mortgage and contract assignments; NCLC provides a corporate guarantee. 100% of outstanding amounts will be insured by SACE.

The facilities secure long-dated, government-supported funding on competitive terms, enabling strategic fleet expansion, but they also create up to $4.9 B of additional future leverage and associated covenant obligations.

Insights

Maritime Finance Analyst

TL;DR: ECA-backed $4.9 B facilities lock in long-tenor, fixed-rate funding for two ships; credit-positive pricing offset by higher future leverage.

The SACE-insured structures mirror prior export-credit deals and provide rare 12-year post-delivery amortisation, materially longer than commercial bank tenors. Fixed pricing at CIRR-based 5.08% plus a modest spread is attractive relative to NCLH’s unsecured yields (>8% in secondary markets), lowering weighted cost of capital for these capex projects. Insurance and first-lien collateral mitigate lender risk, improving capacity despite NCLH’s elevated leverage (~6× EBITDA pre-deal). However, once drawn the loans could add nearly $5 B to gross debt, pressuring future leverage metrics and possibly limiting flexibility during downturns. Overall impact: credit-positive for liquidity and growth, moderately negative for leverage; net effect viewed as neutral-to-slightly positive given strategic importance.

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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): July 16, 2025

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)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

379 Interpace Parkway 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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01		CAR		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).

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 16, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, Avis Budget Holdings, LLC and Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as the Borrower (collectively, the “Avis Parties”), entered into the Tenth Amendment (the “Tenth Amendment”) to the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the other lenders party thereto (as amended, restated or otherwise modified prior to the Tenth Amendment, the “Sixth A&R Credit Agreement”). On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Tenth Amendment, the Borrower refinanced the existing tranche B term loans under the Sixth A&R Credit Agreement (of which $1,148,846,850 was outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date) with repriced $1,148,846,850 tranche B term loans (the “New Tranche B Term Loans”). The New Tranche B Term Loans will mature on July 16, 2032 (subject to a springing maturity of 90 days prior to the maturity date of certain long-term indebtedness of the Borrower and its subsidiaries if, on such date, the aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness equals or exceeds $100,000,000), and bear an interest rate of, at the Borrower’s option, (i) the secured overnight financing rate plus a margin of 2.50% per annum or (ii) an alternate base rate, which shall not be less than 1.00%, plus a margin of 1.50% per annum. The Tenth Amendment also provides for a premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of any New Tranche B Term Loans prepaid as a result of certain repricing transactions occurring within six months of the Closing Date.

Other than as described above, the loans and the obligations of the parties under the Sixth A&R Credit Agreement remain unchanged. The foregoing summary of the Tenth Amendment is qualified by reference to the terms of the Tenth Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information described above under Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Tenth Amendment, dated as of July 16, 2025, to the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2021, among Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as borrower, Avis Budget Group, Inc., the subsidiary borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.
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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.

	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: July 21, 2025