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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

 
June 17, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
1-13647
73-1356520
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)



5330 East 31st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma  74135
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (918) 660-7700

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[   ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[   ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[   ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
         (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[   ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
         CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



 
 
 
 

ITEM 1.01
ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
 
On June 17, 2010, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Rental Car Finance Corp., an Oklahoma corporation (“RCFC”), completed the issuance and sale of RCFC’s Rental Car Asset Backed Variable Funding Notes, Series 2010-2 (the “Notes”).  The aggregate principal amount of the Notes is $300,000,000, which may be drawn and repaid from time to time in whole or in part by RCFC at any time during the Notes’ three-year revolving period.   After the end of the revolving period, the then-outstanding principal amount of the Notes is scheduled to be repaid in six monthly amortization payments, beginning on the payment date in July 2013, with the final principal payment scheduled for December 2013.  The Notes were undrawn upon issuance.
 
A copy of the Company’s news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Interest and Fees
 
The Notes bear interest at a spread of 375 basis points above one-month LIBOR when drawn, and the Company paid an upfront commitment fee of $500,000 in conjunction with the financing.
 
Security
 
The Notes are secured by, among other things, a pledge of certain collateral owned by RCFC, including (i) a segregated group of rental vehicles that the Company uses in its daily vehicle rental operations (the “Group VI Vehicles”), (ii) all rights of RCFC under a master motor vehicle lease and servicing agreement, dated as of June 17, 2010, among RCFC, as lessor, the Company, as guarantor and master servicer, DTG Operations, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“DTG Operations”), as lessee and servicer, and those other affiliates of the Company that may become lessees and servicers thereunder from time to time (the “Group VI Lease”), (iii) all monies on deposit from time to time in certain collection and cash collateral accounts and (iv) all proceeds of the foregoing.
 
Covenants
 
RCFC is subject to numerous restrictive covenants under the Indenture (as defined below) and related agreements, including restrictive covenants with respect to liens, indebtedness, mergers and consolidations, disposition of assets, acquisition of assets, dividends, officers’ compensation, amendments of its organizational documents, investments, agreements, the types of business it may conduct and other customary covenants for a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity such as RCFC.
 
Amortization Events
 
The Notes are subject to certain amortization events, including (among others) non-payment of principal or interest, violation of covenants, certain insolvency or bankruptcy events with respect to RCFC or the Company, occurrence of an event of default under the Group VI Lease, failure to maintain certain enhancement levels, minimum asset amounts and letter of credit and/or cash liquidity amounts, failure to maintain an interest rate cap, certain changes in control relating to RCFC or the Company and certain other adverse events relating to the Company, including non-compliance with certain financial covenants.  The occurrence of an amortization event would terminate the revolving period and result in the rapid amortization of the Notes and, in certain cases, could result in the liquidation of the Group VI Vehicles.
 

 
 

 

Note Purchaser
 
RCFC sold the Notes to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. pursuant to a note purchase agreement, dated as of June 17, 2010, among RCFC, as seller, the Company, as master servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as note purchaser.  The Notes were issued pursuant to the Series 2010-2 Supplement, dated as of June 17, 2010, between RCFC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2007, between RCFC and the Trustee (collectively, the “Indenture”).  The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
 
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and the Trustee, or their respective affiliates, are also participants in other credit facilities of the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
The foregoing description of the issuance and sale of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the documents attached hereto as Exhibits 4.220 to 4.223 and 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
 
Information responsive to this Item 2.03 is incorporated by reference from the responses made in Item 1.01 above.
 
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(d)  Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
 
 
Description
 
 4.220
 
 
 
 
Collateral Assignment of Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2010, among Rental Car Finance Corp., DTG Operations, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as master collateral agent.
 
 4.221
 
 
 
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2010, among Rental Car Finance Corp., as seller, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., as master servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as initial note purchaser, and those note purchasers from time to time becoming party thereto.
 
 4.222
 
 
 
 
 
Series 2010-2 Supplement to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 17, 2010, between Rental Car Finance Corp. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
 
 4.223
 
 
 
 
 
 
Master Motor Vehicle Lease and Servicing Agreement (Group VI), dated as of June 17, 2010, among Rental Car Finance Corp., as lessor, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., as guarantor and master servicer, DTG Operations, Inc., as lessee and servicer, and those subsidiaries of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. becoming lessees and servicers thereunder.
 
 99.1
 
 
News release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., dated June 18, 2010:  Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Completes New $300 Million Asset Backed Financing.
 

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.


 
DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
 
  (Registrant)


June 23,  2010
By:
/s/ H. CLIFFORD BUSTER III
   
H. Clifford Buster III
   
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
   
Officer and Principal Financial Officer




 
 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit No.
 
 
 
Description
 
 4.220
 
 
 
 
 
Collateral Assignment of Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2010, among Rental Car Finance Corp., DTG Operations, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as master collateral agent.
 
 4.221
 
 
 
 
 
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2010, among Rental Car Finance Corp., as seller, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., as master servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as initial note purchaser, and those note purchasers from time to time becoming party thereto.
 
 4.222
 
 
 
 
 
Series 2010-2 Supplement to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 17, 2010, between Rental Car Finance Corp. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
 
 4.223
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Master Motor Vehicle Lease and Servicing Agreement (Group VI), dated as of June 17, 2010, among Rental Car Finance Corp., as lessor, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., as guarantor and master servicer, DTG Operations, Inc., as lessee and servicer, and those subsidiaries of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. becoming lessees and servicers thereunder.
 
 99.1
 
 
 
News release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., dated June 18, 2010:  Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Completes New $300 Million Asset Backed Financing.