2.4.0.811010 - Disclosure - Backgroundtruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalseD2013Q1http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000047129duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-03-31T00:00:002falsefalsefalseD2012Q4YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000047129duration2012-01-01T00:00:002012-12-31T00:00:001true1hzc_BackgroundDisclosureAbstracthzc_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalse2falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Background</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Hertz Corporation together with its subsidiaries, including Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., or "Dollar Thrifty," are referred to herein as ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘our’’ and ‘‘us.’’ The Hertz Corporation is referred to herein as ‘‘Hertz,’’ </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">100%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> of Hertz outstanding capital stock is owned by Hertz Investors, Inc. (previously CCMG Corporation), and </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">100%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> of Hertz Investors, Inc.'s capital stock is owned by Hertz Holdings (previously known as CCMG Holdings, Inc.).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">We are a successor to corporations that have been engaged in the car and truck rental and leasing business since 1918 and the equipment rental business since 1965. Hertz was incorporated in Delaware in 1967. Ford Motor Company acquired an ownership interest in Hertz in 1987. Prior to this, Hertz was a subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (formerly Allegis Corporation), which acquired Hertz's outstanding capital stock from RCA Corporation in 1985. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On December 21, 2005, investment funds associated with or designated by:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">•</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., which was succeeded by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, or “CD&R,”</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">•</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Carlyle Group, or “Carlyle,” and</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">•</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., or "Merrill Lynch,"</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">or collectively the “Sponsors,” acquired all of our common stock from Ford Holdings LLC. We refer to the acquisition of all of our common stock by the Sponsors as the “Acquisition.”</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On November 19, 2012, Hertz completed the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty, a car and truck rental and leasing business. See Note 5—Business Combinations and Divestitures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On December 12, 2012, Hertz completed the sale of Simply Wheelz LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hertz that operated our Advantage Rent A Car business. See Note 5—Business Combinations and Divestitures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In December 2012, the Sponsors sold </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">50,000,000</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> shares of their Hertz Holdings common stock to J.P. Morgan as the sole underwriter in the registered public offering of those shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In March 2013, the Sponsors sold </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">60,050,777</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> shares of their Hertz Holdings common stock to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. as the underwriters in the registered public offering of those shares. In connection with the offering, Hertz Holdings repurchased from the underwriters </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">23,200,000</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> of the </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">60,050,777</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> shares of common stock sold by the Sponsors.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">As a result of Hertz Holdings' initial public offering in November 2006 and subsequent offerings in June 2007, May 2009, June 2009, March 2011, December 2012 and March 2013, the Sponsors reduced their holdings to approximately </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">12.5%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> of the outstanding shares of common stock of Hertz Holdings.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalse2falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Background</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Hertz Corporation together with its subsidiaries are referred to herein as “we,” “our” and “us.” The Hertz Corporation is referred to herein as “Hertz,” </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">100%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> of Hertz outstanding capital stock is owned by Hertz Investors, Inc. (previously CCMG Corporation), and </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">100%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> of Hertz Investors, Inc.'s capital stock is owned by Hertz Holdings (previously known as CCMG Holdings, Inc.).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">We are a successor to corporations that have been engaged in the car and truck rental and leasing business since 1918 and the equipment rental business since 1965. Hertz was incorporated in Delaware in 1967. Ford Motor Company acquired an ownership interest in Hertz in 1987. Prior to this, Hertz was a subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (formerly Allegis Corporation), which acquired our outstanding capital stock from RCA Corporation in 1985.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On December 21, 2005, investment funds associated with or designated by:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">•</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., which was succeeded by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, or “CD&R,”</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">•</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Carlyle Group, or “Carlyle,” and</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">•</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., or "Merrill Lynch,"</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">or collectively the “Sponsors,” acquired all of our common stock from Ford Holdings LLC. We refer to the acquisition of all of our common stock by the Sponsors as the “Acquisition.”</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In January 2009, Bank of America Corporation, or “Bank of America,” acquired Merrill Lynch. Accordingly, Bank of America is now an indirect beneficial owner of Hertz Holdings' common stock held by Merrill Lynch and certain other investment funds and affiliates of Merrill Lynch.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On September 1, 2011, Hertz completed the acquisition of Donlen Corporation, or "Donlen," a leading provider of fleet leasing and management services. See Note 4—Business Combinations and Divestitures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In December 2011, Hertz purchased the noncontrolling interest of Navigation Solutions, L.L.C., thereby increasing its ownership interest from </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">65%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> to </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">100%</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On November 19, 2012, Hertz completed the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., or "Dollar Thrifty," a car and truck rental and leasing business. See Note 4—Business Combinations and Divestitures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On December 12, 2012, Hertz completed the sale of Simply Wheelz LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hertz that operated our Advantage Rent A Car business. See Note 4—Business Combinations and Divestitures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In December 2012, the Sponsors sold </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">50,000,000</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> shares of their Hertz Holdings common stock to J.P. 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