---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-26-000556"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAR"
cik: "0000723612"
company_name: "AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:17:10.901940+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avis Budget derivative suits voluntarily dismissed; shareholder intervention deadline April 13, 2026

## Summary
- Plaintiffs Jones (filed June 6, 2025) and Dua (filed Sept 9, 2025) seek to voluntarily dismiss derivative suits without prejudice.
- Suits alleged misleading statements about fleet rotation and impairment after Avis's Feb 2025 disclosure.
- Court requires notice to shareholders; intervention motions must be filed by April 13, 2026.
- If no shareholder intervenes, dismissals will be approved and the suits ended without prejudice.
- No settlement, admission, or financial payment is part of the proposed dismissal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-26-000556
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAR
- cik: 0000723612
- company_name: AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723612/000095014226000556/0000950142-26-000556-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723612/000095014226000556/eh260743682_8k.htm

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