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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 25, 2015 (February 25, 2015)

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

001-33139

 

20-3530539

DELAWARE

 

001-07541

 

13-1938568

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S Employer Identification No.)

 

999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 3rd Floor

Naples, Florida 34108

999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 3rd Floor

Naples, Florida 34108

(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)

 

(239) 552-5800

(239) 552-5800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

The information set forth in Item 7.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.

 

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

 

On February 25, 2015, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (“Hertz Holdings”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary The Hertz Corporation (together with Hertz Holdings, the “Company”) issued a press release with respect to the Company’s fourth quarter and full year 2014 operational results.  The press release also provides an update on the status of the ongoing review of the Company’s financial records as part of its restatement of previously issued financial statements along with the Company’s financial outlook for 2015.

 

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements contained in this report, and in related comments by the Company’s management, include “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include information concerning the Company’s liquidity and its possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of its business strategies. These statements often include words such as “believe,” “expect,” “project,” “potential,” “preliminary,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “seek,” “will,” “may,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “forecasts” or similar expressions. These statements are based on certain assumptions that the Company has made in light of its experience in the industry as well as its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in these circumstances. The Company believes these judgments are reasonable, but you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors, both positive and negative, that may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Some important factors that could affect the Company’s actual results include, among others, the thorough review of the Company’s internal financial records that is being conducted by the Company and its independent legal counsel, additional time that may be required to complete the review and the costs associated with any additional review that may be required, the ability of the Company to remediate any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting, the Company’s ability to obtain the waivers described in this report and the final terms and conditions of those waivers, the ability of the Company’s lenders to exercise any other remedies under the Company’s indebtedness, the final results of the SEC’s inquiry or other governmental inquiries or investigations and those that may be disclosed from time to time in subsequent reports filed with the SEC and those described under “Risk Factors” set forth in Item 1A of the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 of the Company, as amended.  You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release of Hertz Holdings and the Hertz Corporation dated February 25, 2015.

 

Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in a filing.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Kennedy

 

Name:

Thomas C. Kennedy

 

Title:

Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  February 25, 2015

 

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