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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

 
November 29, 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)

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         (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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         CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



 
 
 
 
 
ITEM 5.02
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY
ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On November 29, 2010, Thomas P. Capo, provided notice to Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of his intention to not stand for reelection as a director at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and of his decision to step down from the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) effective immediately.

The Board named Richard W. Neu as the new Chairman of the Board effective immediately.  Mr. Neu has been a member of the Board since February 2006 and most recently served as chief financial officer, treasurer and director of Charter One Financial, Inc., a publicly held financial institution in Cleveland, Ohio.
 

ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.                                                      Description

99.1
Press release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. dated November 29, 2010: Dollar Thrifty Board Names New Chairman
 

 
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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)


November 30,  2010
By:
/s/ H. CLIFFORD BUSTER III
   
H. Clifford Buster III
   
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
   
Officer and Principal Financial Officer
 


 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 

Exhibit No.                                                      Description

99.1
Press release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. dated November 29, 2010: Dollar Thrifty Board Names New Chairman
 


 
 
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