On March 1, 2017, Herc Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding its preliminary financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

On March 1, 2017, the Company will conduct an earnings webcast relating to the Company’s preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2016. The earnings webcast will be made available to the public via a link on the Investor Relations section of the Herc Holdings website, IR.HercRentals.com, as well as via telephone dial-in, and the slides that will accompany the presentation will be available to the public at the time of the earnings webcast through the Company’s website. Certain preliminary financial information relating to completed fiscal periods that will be part of the earnings webcast is included in the set of slides that will accompany the earnings webcast, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits.

The attached list of exhibits in the “Exhibit Index” immediately following the page to this Report is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.

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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., formerly Hertz Rental Car Holding Company, Inc., operates car rental business. The Company operates the Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly car rental brands in approximately 9,980 corporate and licensee locations throughout approximately 150 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and New Zealand. The Company focuses on the airport general use car rental business. It has approximately 1,630 airport locations in the United States and over 1,320 airport locations internationally. Its product and service initiatives include Hertz Gold Plus Rewards, NeverLost, Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and vehicles offered through the Adrenaline, Dream, Green and Prestige Collections. It owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management company, Donlen Corporation, which operates the Hertz hourly car rental business in international markets and sells vehicles through its Rent2Buy program.

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