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Hertz announces pricing of $184.3 Million term asset-backed notes

Hertz announces pricing of $184.3 Million term asset-backed notes

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a special purpose limited liability company of which The Hertz Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) is the sole member, priced $184.3 million in aggregate principal amount of 3 year and 5 year Series 2009-2 Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B, rated “Baa2” by Moody’s. The 3 year notes carry a 4.94% coupon (5.00% yield) and the 5 year notes carry a 5.93% coupon (6.01% yield) with expected final maturities in 2013 and 2015, respectively. The notes are to be sold only to qualified institutional buyers in an offering exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to investors outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to purchase vehicles under the Company’s ABS program, used to pay other ABS indebtedness or, to the extent permitted, distributed to The Hertz Corporation and used for general purposes. The offering is expected to close on June 18, 2010 subject to customary closing conditions.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

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