Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

In January 2020, the Company’s Avis Budget Rental Car Funding subsidiary issued approximately $700 million in asset-backed notes with an expected final payment date of August 2025 incurring interest at a weighted average rate of 2.42%.

On January 27, 2020, a short-term stockholder rights plan was adopted, which expires on January 26, 2021. Pursuant to the rights plan, the Company declared a dividend of one common share purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock, payable to holders of record as of the close of business on February 7, 2020. Each right, which is exercisable only in the event any person or group acquires a voting or economic position of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock (with certain limited exceptions), would entitle any holder other than the person or group whose ownership position has exceeded the ownership limit to purchase common stock having a value equal to twice the $110 exercise price of the right, or, at the election of the Board of Directors, to exchange each right for one share of common stock (subject to adjustment).

In February 2020, the Company amended its Floating Rate Term Loan due 2025 to extend its maturity term to 2027 and to reduce its interest to one-month LIBOR plus 1.75%. The Company increased its outstanding borrowing to $1.2 billion and will use the additional proceeds from the offering to redeem $100 million of its outstanding 5½% Senior Notes due 2023.

On February 10, 2020, the Company announced it had appointed a new Chairman of the Board of Directors and in connection with this appointment, the new Chairman purchased an aggregate $15 million of unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 7, 2020.

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