ESTERO,
Fla., Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hertz Global
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTZ) ("Hertz" or the "Company"), a leading
global rental car company, today announced that its wholly-owned
indirect subsidiary, The Hertz Corporation ("Hertz Corp."), will
solicit consents ("Consents") from the holders of its existing
12.625% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the "Initial
First Lien Notes") and the holders of its 8.000% Exchangeable
Senior Second-Lien PIK Notes due 2029 (the "Exchangeable Notes"
and, together with the Initial First Lien Notes, the "Existing
Notes") as of the record date of December 4,
2024 (the "Record Date") to amend (the "Proposed
Amendments") certain provisions of the indentures governing the
Existing Notes.
The consent solicitations for each series of Existing Notes
(collectively, the "Consent Solicitations" and, with respect to
each series, a "Consent Solicitation") are being made solely on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the consent
solicitation statement dated December 5,
2024 (the "Consent Solicitation Statement"). Holders of
the Existing Notes should carefully read the Consent Solicitation
Statement before any decision is made with respect to the
applicable Consent Solicitation.
The Consent Solicitations will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
December 12, 2024, unless extended or
terminated with respect to any Consent Solicitation by the Company
(the "Expiration Date").
The Consent Solicitations are being made concurrently with,
and are conditioned upon, among other things, the consummation of
the proposed offering (the "Proposed Offering") of an
additional $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of
12.625% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the "Additional
First Lien Notes" and, together with the Initial First Lien Notes,
the "First Lien Notes"), which conditions are subject to waiver by
the Company in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law and
the terms of the Indentures. However, the Proposed Offering is not
conditioned upon the completion of the Consent Solicitations.
Purchasers of the Additional First Lien Notes in the Proposed
Offering shall be deemed to have consented to the Proposed
Amendments to the indenture governing the First Lien Notes (the
"First Lien Indenture"). In order to implement the Proposed
Amendments to the First Lien Indenture, the Company must obtain the
consent of at least 60.0% of the outstanding principal amount of
the First Lien Notes (the "First Lien Requisite Consents") on or
prior to Expiration Date, which percentage will include the
$500.0 million of Additional First
Lien Notes to the extent the Proposed Offering is completed prior
to the Expiration Date. In order to effect the Proposed Amendments
to the indenture governing the Exchangeable Notes (the
"Exchangeable Notes Indenture" and, together with the First Lien
Indenture, the "Indentures"), the Company must obtain the consent
of at least 60.0% of the outstanding Capitalized Principal Amount
(as such term is defined in the Exchangeable Notes Indenture) of
Exchangeable Notes (the "Exchangeable Notes Requisite Consents"
and, together with the First Lien Requisite Consents, the
"Requisite Consents") on or prior to the Expiration Date.
The Company has received non-binding indications of intent from
certain holders (such holders, the "Initial Consenting Holders") of
the Existing Notes, pursuant to which such Initial Consenting
Holders are expected to deliver consents in an amount in excess of
the 60.0% aggregate Capitalized Principal Amount required to
approve the Proposed Amendments to the Exchangeable Notes and in an
amount that, when combined with the deemed consents relating to the
issuance of the Additional First Lien Notes, will be in excess
of the 60.0% aggregate principal amount required to approve the
Proposed Amendments to the First Lien Notes.
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Consent Solicitation Statement, if the Company receives the
applicable Requisite Consents and a supplemental indenture
effecting the Proposed Amendments is executed with respect to a
series of Existing Notes, the Company will promptly pay the
applicable consent fee set forth below to the holders as of the
Record Date of such Existing Notes that have validly delivered and
not validly withdrawn Consents.
First Lien Notes Consent Fee:
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$11.25 per $1,000 principal
amount
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Exchangeable Notes Consent Fee:
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$17.50 per $1,000 principal
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The consent fee payable
in respect of the Exchangeable Notes will be calculated using the
Initial Principal Amount (as such term is defined in the
Exchangeable Notes Indenture) represented by validly delivered and
not validly revoked Consents.
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This press release is not a solicitation of
consents with respect to the Existing Notes and does not set forth
all of the terms and conditions of the Consent Solicitations.
This press release is not an offer to sell or purchase, or a
solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, the Additional
First Lien Notes or any other securities and shall not
constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or
jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom such an offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Any inquiries regarding the Consent Solicitations may be
directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Information, Tabulation
and Paying Agent for the Consent Solicitations, at hertz@dfking.com
or (212) 269-5550 (collect) or (800) 967-5074 (toll free), or
to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, the Solicitation Agent for the
Consent Solicitations, at (212) 834-4087 (collect) or (800)
834-4666 (toll free).
ABOUT HERTZ
The Hertz Corporation, a subsidiary of Hertz Global Holdings,
Inc., operates the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty vehicle rental brands
throughout North America,
Europe, the Caribbean, Latin
America, Africa, the
Middle East, Asia, Australia and New
Zealand. The Hertz Corporation is one of the largest
worldwide vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of
the most recognized globally. Additionally, The Hertz Corporation
owns and operates the Firefly vehicle rental brand and Hertz 24/7
car sharing business in international markets and sells vehicles
through Hertz Car Sales.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as "expect,"
"will" and "intend" and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements, which include but are not limited to
statements related to our positioning, strategy, vision, forward
looking investments, conditions in the travel industry, our
financial and operational condition, our sources of liquidity, the
consent solicitations and the proposed offering. We caution you
that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and
are subject to numerous evolving risks and uncertainties that we
may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including risks
and uncertainties related to completion of the offering on the
anticipated terms or at all, market conditions (including market
interest rates) and the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions related to the offering, unanticipated uses of capital
and those in our risk factors that we identify in the offering
memorandum for this offering and our most recent annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2023, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 12, 2024, and
any updates thereto in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
and current reports on Form 8-K. We caution you not to place undue
reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
their date, and we undertake no obligation to update this
information.
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SOURCE The Hertz Corporation