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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

 
January 11, 2011
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 7.01
REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On January 11, 2011, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. and Avis Budget Group, Inc. jointly provided an update with respect to antitrust regulatory approval of a prospective business combination.

The Company’s news release relating to the update is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 

ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.                                                      Description

99.1
News release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. dated January 11, 2011: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. and Avis Budget Group, Inc. provide Federal Trade Commission update
 
 

 
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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)


January 11,  2011
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
News release of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. dated January 11, 2011: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. and Avis Budget Group, Inc. provide Federal Trade Commission update
 


 
 
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