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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

 

Note 14—Related Party Transactions

Relationship with Hertz Investors, Inc., Hertz Holdings and the Sponsors

Other than as disclosed below, in the three months ended March 31, 2012, there were no material changes to our relationship with Hertz Investors, Inc., Hertz Holdings or the Sponsors.

Financing Arrangements with Related Parties

Affiliates of BAMLCP (which is one of the Sponsors), including Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Bank of America, N.A., have provided various investment and commercial banking and financial advisory services to us for which they have received customary fees and commissions. In addition, these parties have acted as agents, lenders, purchasers and/or underwriters to us under our respective financing arrangements, for which they have received customary fees, commissions, expenses and/or other compensation. More specifically, these parties have acted in the following capacities, or similar capacities, with respect to our financing arrangements: lenders and/or agents under the Senior Credit Facilities, the U.S. Fleet Financing Facility and certain of the U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes; purchasers and/or underwriters under the Senior Notes and certain of the U.S. Fleet Medium Term Notes; and structuring advisors and/or agents under the U.S. ABS Program.

As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, approximately $187 million and $174 million, respectively, of our outstanding debt was with related parties.

For information on our total indebtedness, see Note 7—Debt.

On June 29, 2007, we entered into a master loan agreement with Hertz Holdings. The maximum amount which may be borrowed by us under this facility is $100 million. The facility expires on June 29, 2012, or on an earlier date if mutually agreed by both parties. The interest rate is based on the U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate plus the margin in effect for the Eurocurrency Loans under our Senior ABL Facility. As of March 31, 2012, there was a $13.1 million receivable from Hertz Holdings and as of December 31, 2011, there was $0.4 million in borrowings due to Hertz Holdings.