UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 31, 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.)

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ITEM 1.02 TERMINATION OF A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On August 31, 2011, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) repaid the outstanding balance of $143,125,000 under the term loan B (the “Term Loan”) and terminated the Term Loan portion of its senior secured credit facility with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, The Bank of Nova Scotia and various other financial institutions as are parties thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”).  Certain of the Lenders or their affiliates are also participants in other credit facilities of the Company, including the revolving portion of the senior secured credit facility, which matures in June 2013 and is available for borrowings of cash or letters of credit up to a capacity of $231,300,000.  The Company did not incur any fees or penalties in conjunction with the repayment and termination of the Term Loan.

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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)

September 6, 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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