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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

ý   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

OR

o

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-33139

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  20-3530539
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656-0713
(201) 307-2000
(Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report.)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  ý  No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  ý  No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ý   Accelerated filer  o   Non-accelerated filer  o
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  o  No  ý

There were 416,689,677 shares of the registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding as of November 3, 2011.



HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX

 
   
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

   
     

ITEM 1.

 

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

   

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

1

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010

 

2

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

 

3

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

 

4-5

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

6-37

     

ITEM 2.

 

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

38-72

     

ITEM 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

72

     

ITEM 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

73

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

   
     

ITEM 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

74

     

ITEM 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

74-75

     

ITEM 6.

 

Exhibits

 

75

SIGNATURE

 

76

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM l.    Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Shareholders of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.:

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010 and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein), and in our report dated February 25, 2011, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Florham Park, New Jersey
November 7, 2011

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Unaudited

 
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

ASSETS

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 385,788   $ 2,374,170  

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

    332,806     207,576  

Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $21,909 and $19,708

    1,996,038     1,356,553  

Inventories, at lower of cost or market

    94,476     87,429  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    441,073     352,782  

Revenue earning equipment, at cost:

             
 

Cars

    11,184,823     8,435,077  
   

Less accumulated depreciation

    (1,325,457 )   (1,215,012 )
 

Other equipment

    2,836,745     2,756,101  
   

Less accumulated depreciation

    (1,057,578 )   (1,052,414 )
           
     

Total revenue earning equipment

    11,638,533     8,923,752  
           

Property and equipment, at cost:

             
 

Land, buildings and leasehold improvements

    1,126,324     1,071,987  
 

Service equipment and other

    1,038,323     900,271  
           

    2,164,647     1,972,258  
   

Less accumulated depreciation

    (922,601 )   (808,689 )
           
     

Total property and equipment

    1,242,046     1,163,569  
           

Other intangible assets, net

    2,579,345     2,550,559  

Goodwill

    379,861     328,560  
           
     

Total assets

  $ 19,089,966   $ 17,344,950  
           

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

             

Accounts payable

  $ 997,287   $ 954,261  

Accrued liabilities

    1,224,204     1,070,082  

Accrued taxes

    167,705     108,940  

Debt

    12,506,251     11,306,429  

Public liability and property damage

    289,430     278,685  

Deferred taxes on income

    1,639,482     1,508,102  
           
     

Total liabilities

    16,824,359     15,226,499  
           

Commitments and contingencies

             

Equity:

             

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries stockholders' equity

             
 

Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

         
 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 2,000,000,000 shares authorized, 416,686,499 and 413,462,889 shares issued and outstanding

    4,167     4,135  
 

Additional paid-in capital

    3,213,201     3,183,225  
 

Accumulated deficit

    (994,113 )   (1,123,234 )
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

    21,845     37,823  
           
     

Total Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries stockholders' equity

    2,245,100     2,101,949  

Noncontrolling interest

    20,507     16,502  
           
     

Total equity

    2,265,607     2,118,451  
           
     

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 19,089,966   $ 17,344,950  
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands of Dollars, except share and per share data)

Unaudited

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Revenues:

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 2,062,457   $ 1,862,600   $ 5,272,595   $ 4,842,154  
 

Equipment rental

    321,555     281,138     891,282     783,815  
 

Other

    48,254     42,566     120,685     100,809  
                   
   

Total revenues

    2,432,266     2,186,304     6,284,562     5,726,778  
                   

Expenses:

                         
 

Direct operating

    1,247,617     1,159,634     3,508,588     3,248,365  
 

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    523,283     501,009     1,379,041     1,416,902  
 

Selling, general and administrative

    197,557     168,717     575,369     508,445  
 

Interest expense

    169,339     202,158     532,054     572,129  
 

Interest income

    (1,248 )   (1,416 )   (4,650 )   (10,485 )
 

Other (income) expense, net

    29     61     62,706     61  
                   
   

Total expenses

    2,136,577     2,030,163     6,053,108     5,735,417  
                   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    295,689     156,141     231,454     (8,639 )

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    (83,180 )   3,852     (87,802 )   934  
                   

Net income (loss)

    212,509     159,993     143,652     (7,705 )

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (5,771 )   (4,664 )   (14,531 )   (12,915 )
                   

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

  $ 206,738   $ 155,329   $ 129,121   $ (20,620 )
                   

Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands)

                         
 

Basic

    416,611     412,179     415,551     411,590  
 

Diluted

    440,908     430,385     447,304     411,590  

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders:

                         
 

Basic

  $ 0.50   $ 0.38   $ 0.31   $ (0.05 )
 

Diluted

  $ 0.47   $ 0.36   $ 0.29   $ (0.05 )

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Unaudited

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Cash flows from operating activities:

             
 

Net income (loss)

  $ 143,652   $ (7,705 )
 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

             
   

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment

    1,306,661     1,359,878  
   

Depreciation of property and equipment

    117,837     116,238  
   

Amortization of other intangible assets

    51,175     48,990  
   

Amortization and write-off of deferred financing costs

    77,614     56,722  
   

Amortization and write-off of debt discount

    30,324     31,298  
   

Stock-based compensation charges

    24,438     28,011  
   

(Gain) loss on derivatives

    (14,330 )   16,406  
   

Amortization of cash flow hedges

        56,836  
   

Provision for losses on doubtful accounts

    21,211     15,203  
   

Asset writedowns

    22,782     19,523  
   

Deferred taxes on income

    27,791     (30,731 )
   

Gain on sale of property and equipment

    (5,199 )   (2,660 )
 

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition:

             
   

Receivables

    (150,212 )   (97,820 )
   

Inventories, prepaid expenses and other assets

    (12,616 )   (47,604 )
   

Accounts payable

    66,808     206,023  
   

Accrued liabilities

    (124,288 )   (66,724 )
   

Accrued taxes

    56,268     14,952  
   

Public liability and property damage

    8,628     12,720  
           
     

Net cash provided by operating activities

    1,648,544     1,729,556  
           

Cash flows from investing activities:

             
 

Net change in restricted cash and cash equivalents

    (123,511 )   (378,796 )
 

Revenue earning equipment expenditures

    (7,864,609 )   (7,113,678 )
 

Proceeds from disposal of revenue earning equipment

    4,932,410     5,146,068  
 

Property and equipment expenditures

    (202,276 )   (134,269 )
 

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

    48,133     25,459  
 

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

    (222,988 )   (12,074 )
 

(Purchase) sale of short-term investments, net

    (32,891 )   3,171  
 

Other investing activities

    760     1,694  
           
     

Net cash used in investing activities

  $ (3,464,972 ) $ (2,462,425 )
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Unaudited

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Cash flows from financing activities:

             
 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

  $ 3,058,395   $ 2,133,958  
 

Payment of long-term debt

    (3,641,290 )   (2,074,930 )
 

Short-term borrowings:

             
   

Proceeds

    371,994     392,187  
   

Payments

    (814,894 )   (528,333 )
   

Proceeds (payments) under the revolving lines of credit, net

    934,364     1,406,666  
 

Distributions to noncontrolling interest

    (10,500 )   (12,600 )
 

Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan

    2,690     1,857  
 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

    12,292     3,155  
 

Proceeds from disgorgement of stockholder short-swing profits

    73     111  
 

Net settlement on vesting of restricted stock

    (11,425 )   (5,670 )
 

Payment of financing costs

    (87,640 )   (51,515 )
           
     

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    (185,941 )   1,264,886  
           

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    13,987     (34,339 )
           

Net change in cash and cash equivalents during the period

    (1,988,382 )   497,678  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    2,374,170     985,642  
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 385,788   $ 1,483,320  
           

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

             

Cash paid during the period for:

             
 

Interest (net of amounts capitalized)

  $ 487,968   $ 448,871  
 

Income taxes

    32,544     41,451  

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash flow information:

             
 

Purchases of revenue earning equipment included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  $ 217,675   $ 172,188  
 

Sales of revenue earning equipment included in receivables

    949,824     751,130  
 

Purchases of property and equipment included in accounts payable

    52,787     26,251  
 

Sales of property and equipment included in receivables

    10,777     8,352  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Unaudited

Note 1—Background

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., or "Hertz Holdings," is our top-level holding company. The Hertz Corporation, or "Hertz," is our primary operating company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz Investors, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Hertz Holdings. "We," "us" and "our" mean Hertz Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Hertz.

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, or "Ford," 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. Hertz Holdings was incorporated in Delaware in 2005 and had no operations prior to the Acquisition (as defined below).

On December 21, 2005, investment funds associated with or designated by:

    Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., or "CD&R,"

    The Carlyle Group, or "Carlyle," and

    BAML Capital Partners, or "BAMLCP" (formerly known as Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity),

or collectively the "Sponsors," acquired all of Hertz's common stock from Ford Holdings LLC. We refer to the acquisition of all of Hertz's common stock by the Sponsors as the "Acquisition."

In January 2009, Bank of America Corporation, or "Bank of America," acquired Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., the parent company of BAMLCP. Accordingly, Bank of America is now an indirect beneficial owner of our common stock held by BAMLCP and certain of its affiliates.

In March 2011, the Sponsors sold 50,000,000 shares of their Hertz Holdings common stock to Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the sole underwriter in the registered public offering of those shares.

As a result of our initial public offering in November 2006 and subsequent offerings in June 2007, May 2009, June 2009 and March 2011, the Sponsors reduced their holdings to approximately 39% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Hertz Holdings.

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—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Basis of Presentation

The significant accounting policies summarized in Note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or "SEC," on February 25, 2011, or the "Form 10-K," have been followed in preparing the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

The December 31, 2010 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from our audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or "GAAP."

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Unaudited

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and footnotes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

In our opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations for the interim periods have been made. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with current reporting.

During the third quarter of 2011, we identified certain errors in our previously issued consolidated financial statements. While these errors did not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material misstatement of the Company's previously issued consolidated financial statements, correcting these items in the third quarter would have been material to the third quarter and nine-months ending September 30, 2011 results. Accordingly, management has revised in this filing and will revise in its 2011 Form 10-K and its subsequent quarterly filings on Form 10-Q, its previously reported balance sheets and consolidated statement of operations as noted below. These errors relate to additional telecommunication charges and depreciation of revenue earning equipment, as well as certain corrections to deferred taxes on income for years 2005 through 2010 and the related impact on the 2008 goodwill impairment. We are recording the cumulative effect $(26.9) million of these adjustments for the periods prior to 2008 as a decrease to the previously reported December 31, 2007 Retained earnings of $270.4 million, resulting in revised December 31, 2007 Retained earnings of $243.5 million. These adjustments also resulted in a decrease to revenue earning equipment, net and increases to goodwill, accounts payable and deferred taxes on income as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. As such, total assets were revised from the previously reported $17,332.2 million to $17,345.0 million, total liabilities were revised from the previously reported $15,200.9 million to $15,226.5 million and total equity was revised from the previously reported $2,131.3 million to $2,118.5 million as of December 31, 2010. Also, total assets were revised from the previously reported $16,002.4 million to $16,015.1 million, total liabilities were revised from the previously reported $13,905.0 million to $13,929.9 million and total equity was revised from the previously reported $2,097.4 million to $2,087.2 million as of December 31, 2009.

The following tables present the effect of this correction on our Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands, except per share data):

 
  Year Ended December 31, 2010   Year Ended December 31, 2009  
 
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
 

Direct operating

  $ 4,282,351   $ 1,043   $ 4,283,394   $ 4,084,176   $ 6,300   $ 4,090,476  

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    1,868,147         1,868,147     1,931,358     2,453     1,933,811  

Other corrections

                    (2,870 )   (2,870 )

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    (17,068 )   407     (16,661 )   59,666     2,377     62,043  

Net loss attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

    (48,044 )   (636 )   (48,680 )   (126,022 )   (3,506 )   (129,528 )

Loss per share:

                                     
 

Basic

  $ (0.12 )     $ (0.12 ) $ (0.34 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.35 )
 

Diluted

  $ (0.12 )     $ (0.12 ) $ (0.34 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.35 )

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Unaudited

 
  Year Ended December 31, 2008  
 
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
 

Direct operating

  $ 4,930,018   $ 1,638   $ 4,931,656  

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    2,194,164     2,703     2,196,867  

Impairment charges

    1,168,900     26,087     1,194,987  

Other corrections

        2,870     2,870  

Benefit for taxes on income

    196,847     51,483     248,330  

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

    (1,206,746 )   18,185     (1,188,561 )

Earnings (loss) per share:

                   
 

Basic

  $ (3.74 ) $ 0.06   $ (3.68 )
 

Diluted

  $ (3.74 ) $ 0.06   $ (3.68 )

 

 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 2010   Three Months Ended June 30, 2010  
 
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
 

Direct operating

  $ 1,012,999   $ 1,069   $ 1,014,068   $ 1,075,037   $ (374 ) $ 1,074,663  

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    11,020     417     11,437     (14,210 )   (146 )   (14,356 )

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

    (150,405 )   (652 )   (151,057 )   (25,121 )   228     (24,893 )

Loss per share:

                                     
 

Basic

  $ (0.37 )     $ (0.37 ) $ (0.06 )     $ (0.06 )
 

Diluted

  $ (0.37 )     $ (0.37 ) $ (0.06 )     $ (0.06 )

 

 
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2010   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010  
 
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustment   As
Revised
 

Direct operating

  $ 1,157,485   $ 2,149   $ 1,159,634   $ 3,245,521   $ 2,844   $ 3,248,365  

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    3,014     838     3,852     (176 )   1,110     934  

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

    156,640     (1,311 )   155,329     (18,886 )   (1,734 )   (20,620 )

Earnings (loss) per share:

                                     
 

Basic

  $ 0.38       $ 0.38   $ (0.05 )     $ (0.05 )
 

Diluted

  $ 0.36       $ 0.36   $ (0.05 )     $ (0.05 )

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As previously reported, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we have revised net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in investing activities within our consolidated statements of cash flows due to a gross-up of cash lease payments relating to our revenue earning equipment in the non-cash add back previously included in depreciation of revenue earning equipment and proceeds from disposal of revenue earning equipment.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or "FASB," issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income," requiring companies to present items of net income and other comprehensive income either in one continuous statement, referred to as the statement of comprehensive income, or in two separate, but consecutive statements of net income and other comprehensive income. The amendments in this update do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. These provisions will become effective for us beginning with our quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2012. In October 2011, the FASB decided to propose a deferral of the requirement to present reclassifications of other comprehensive income on the face of the income statement, which was also included in this accounting standards update.

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-08, "Testing Goodwill for Impairment," which gives companies the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. This option is available to us effective immediately for all future goodwill impairment tests.

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-09, "Disclosures about an Employer's Participation in a Multiemployer Plan," which require that employers provide additional separate disclosures for multiemployer pension plans and multiemployer other postretirement benefit plans. These provisions will become effective for us beginning with our annual report for the period ended December 31, 2011.

Note 3—Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

In our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, we net cash flows from revolving borrowings in the line item "Proceeds (payments) under the revolving lines of credit, net." The contractual maturities of such borrowings may exceed 90 days in certain cases.

Restricted cash and cash equivalents includes cash and cash equivalents that are not readily available for our normal disbursements. Restricted cash and cash equivalents are restricted for the purchase of revenue earning vehicles and other specified uses under our Fleet Debt facilities, for our Like-Kind Exchange Program, or "LKE Program," and to satisfy certain of our self-insurance regulatory reserve requirements. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the portion of total restricted cash and cash equivalents that was associated with our Fleet Debt facilities was $215.6 million and $115.6 million, respectively. The increase in restricted cash and cash equivalents associated with our fleet debt of

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$100.0 million from December 31, 2010 to September 30, 2011 was primarily related to the timing of purchases and sales of revenue earning vehicles.

Note 4—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following summarizes the changes in our goodwill, by segment (in millions of dollars):

 
  Car Rental   Equipment
Rental
  Total  

Balance as of January 1, 2011

                   
 

Goodwill

  $ 367.9   $ 681.7   $ 1,049.6  
 

Accumulated impairment losses

    (46.1 )   (674.9 )   (721.0 )
               

    321.8     6.8     328.6  
               
 

Goodwill acquired during the period

   
50.9
   
0.2
   
51.1
 
 

Adjustments to previously recorded purchase price allocation

    (0.8 )       (0.8 )
 

Other changes during the period (1)

    1.0         1.0  
               

    51.1     0.2     51.3  

Balance as of September 30, 2011

                   
 

Goodwill

    419.0     681.9     1,100.9  
 

Accumulated impairment losses

    (46.1 )   (674.9 )   (721.0 )
               

  $ 372.9   $ 7.0   $ 379.9  
               

 

 
  Car Rental   Equipment
Rental
  Total  

Balance as of January 1, 2010

                   
 

Goodwill

  $ 367.3   $ 677.5   $ 1,044.8  
 

Accumulated impairment losses

    (46.1 )   (674.9 )   (721.0 )
               

    321.2     2.6     323.8  
               
 

Goodwill acquired during the year

   
2.7
   
4.3
   
7.0
 
 

Other changes during the year (1)

    (2.1 )   (0.1 )   (2.2 )
               

    0.6     4.2     4.8  

Balance as of December 31, 2010

                   
 

Goodwill

    367.9     681.7     1,049.6  
 

Accumulated impairment losses

    (46.1 )   (674.9 )   (721.0 )
               

  $ 321.8   $ 6.8   $ 328.6  
               

(1)
Primarily consists of changes resulting from the translation of foreign currencies at different exchange rates from the beginning of the period to the end of the period.

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Other intangible assets, net, consisted of the following major classes (in millions of dollars):

 
  September 30, 2011  
 
  Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net
Carrying
Value
 

Amortizable intangible assets:

                   
 

Customer-related

  $ 671.6   $ (349.3 ) $ 322.3  
 

Other (1)

    73.9     (25.1 )   48.8  
               
   

Total

    745.5     (374.4 )   371.1  
               

Indefinite-lived intangible assets:

                   
 

Trade name

    2,190.0         2,190.0  
 

Other (2)

    18.2         18.2  
               
   

Total

    2,208.2         2,208.2  
               
     

Total other intangible assets, net

  $ 2,953.7   $ (374.4 ) $ 2,579.3  
               

 

 
  December 31, 2010  
 
  Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net
Carrying
Value
 

Amortizable intangible assets:

                   
 

Customer-related

  $ 606.5   $ (304.6 ) $ 301.9  
 

Other (1)

    59.1     (18.6 )   40.5  
               
   

Total

    665.6     (323.2 )   342.4  
               

Indefinite-lived intangible assets:

                   
 

Trade name

    2,190.0         2,190.0  
 

Other (2)

    18.2         18.2  
               
   

Total

    2,208.2         2,208.2  
               
     

Total other intangible assets, net

  $ 2,873.8   $ (323.2 ) $ 2,550.6  
               

(1)
Other amortizable intangible assets primarily consist of our Advantage trade name and concession rights, Donlen trade name, reacquired franchise rights, non-compete agreements and technology-related intangibles.

(2)
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets primarily consist of reacquired franchise rights.

Amortization of other intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, was approximately $17.5 million and $16.3 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, was approximately $51.2 million and $49.0 million, respectively. Based on our amortizable intangible assets as of September 30, 2011, we expect amortization expense to be approximately $17.7 million for the remainder of 2011, $72.5 million in 2012, $71.2 million in 2013, $67.9 million in 2014, $66.4 million in 2015 and $19.3 million in 2016.

Donlen Acquisition

On September 1, 2011, Hertz acquired 100% of the equity interest in Donlen, a leading provider of fleet leasing and management services. Donlen provides Hertz an immediate leadership position in

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long-term car, truck and equipment leasing and fleet management. This transaction is part of the overall growth strategy of Hertz to provide the most flexible transportation programs for corporate and general consumers. Additionally, Donlen brings to Hertz a specialized consulting and technology expertise that we expect to enable us to better model, measure and manage fleet performance. All goodwill recognized as part of this acquisition is reported in the car rental segment.

The Donlen base equity valuation for the transaction was $250.0 million, subject to adjustment based on the net assets of Donlen at closing. The preliminary purchase price adjustment at closing resulted in a downward adjustment of $2.4 million (resulting in a closing cash payment for equity of $247.6 million) and is subject to further adjustment upon finalization of the Donlen closing date balance sheet. None of the goodwill recognized as part of this acquisition is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

The following summarizes the fair values of the assets purchased and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in millions):

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 35.6  

Receivables

    64.0  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    7.0  

Revenue earning equipment

    1,120.6  

Property and equipment

    13.5  

Other intangible assets

    75.0  

Goodwill

    48.8  

Accounts payable

    (39.4 )

Accrued liabilities

    (235.2 )

Deferred taxes on income

    (113.5 )

Debt

    (728.8 )
       
 

Total

  $ 247.6  
       

Other intangible assets and their amortization periods are as follows:

 
  Useful life
(in years)
  Fair value
(in millions)
 

Customer relationships

    16   $ 65.0  

Trademark

    20     7.0  

Non-compete agreement

    5     3.0  
             
 

Total

        $ 75.0  
             

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The amount of Donlen's revenue and earnings included in Hertz's consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, and the revenue and earnings of the combined entity had the acquisition date been January 1, 2010, are as follows (in millions):

 
  Revenue   Earnings  

Actual from 9/1/11–9/30/11

  $ 35.1   $ 0.1  

2011 supplemental pro forma from 7/1/11–9/30/11

  $ 2,500.8   $ 211.1  

2011 supplemental pro forma from 1/1/11–9/30/11

  $ 6,545.8   $ 139.0  

2010 supplemental pro forma from 7/1/10–9/30/10

  $ 2,272.1   $ 151.6  

2010 supplemental pro forma from 1/1/10–9/30/10

  $ 5,977.8   $ (22.0 )

Donlen's actual earnings for the month of September 2011 was impacted by $0.7 million related to the amortization expense associated with the acquired intangible assets and the fair value adjustment related to acquired software, as well as, the write-off of certain unamortized debt costs.

2011 supplemental pro forma revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 excludes $0.6 million and $3.2 million, respectively, related to deferred revenue which was eliminated as part of acquisition accounting. 2011 supplemental pro forma earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 excludes $0.4 million and $2.0 million, respectively, related to deferred income which was eliminated as part of acquisition accounting; and $5.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, of acquisition related costs incurred in 2011.

2010 supplemental pro forma revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 excludes $2.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively, related to deferred revenue which was eliminated as part of acquisition accounting. 2010 supplemental pro forma earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 excludes $1.2 million and $4.3 million, respectively, related to deferred income which was eliminated as part of acquisition accounting, and includes $5.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, of acquisition related costs incurred.

This transaction has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with GAAP and operating results of Donlen from the date of acquisition are included in our consolidated statement of operations. The allocation of the purchase price to the tangible and intangible net assets acquired is preliminary and subject to finalization.

Other Acquisitions

Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we added eight international car rental locations and one domestic equipment rental location through external acquisitions. These acquisitions are not material to the consolidated amounts presented within our statement of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011.

Note 5—Taxes on Income

The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was 28.1% and 37.9%, respectively. The provision for taxes on income was $83.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the benefit for taxes of $3.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to higher income before income taxes, changes in geographic earnings mix and changes in losses in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions for which tax benefits cannot be realized. The provision for taxes on income was $87.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to a benefit for taxes of $0.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2010,

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primarily due to higher income before income taxes, changes in geographic earnings mix and changes in losses in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions for which tax benefits cannot be realized.

Note 6—Depreciation of Revenue Earning Equipment and Lease Charges

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges includes the following (in millions of dollars):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment

  $ 528.1   $ 467.5  

Adjustment of depreciation upon disposal of revenue earning equipment

    (30.9 )   10.6  

Rents paid for vehicles leased

    26.1     22.9  
           
 

Total

  $ 523.3   $ 501.0  
           

 

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment

  $ 1,399.9   $ 1,321.9  

Adjustment of depreciation upon disposal of revenue earning equipment

    (93.3 )   38.0  

Rents paid for vehicles leased

    72.4     57.0  
           
 

Total

  $ 1,379.0   $ 1,416.9  
           

The adjustment of depreciation upon disposal of revenue earning equipment for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, included a net gain of $26.3 million and a net loss of $7.1 million, respectively, on the disposal of vehicles used in our car rental operations and a net gain of $4.6 million and a net loss of $3.5 million, respectively, on the disposal of industrial and construction equipment used in our equipment rental operations. The adjustment of depreciation upon disposal of revenue earning equipment for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, included a net gain of $86.0 million and a net loss of $27.6 million, respectively, on the disposal of vehicles used in our car rental operations and a net gain of $7.3 million and a net loss of $10.4 million, respectively, on the disposal of industrial and construction equipment used in our equipment rental operations.

Depreciation rates are reviewed on a quarterly basis based on management's routine review of present and estimated future market conditions and their effect on residual values at the time of disposal. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, depreciation rates being used to compute the provision for depreciation of revenue earning equipment were adjusted on certain vehicles in our car rental operations to reflect changes in the estimated residual values to be realized when revenue earning equipment is sold. These depreciation rate changes resulted in net decreases of $7.7 million and $16.3 million in depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, depreciation rate changes in certain of our equipment rental operations resulted in net decreases of $1.3 million and $3.6 million in depreciation expense.

For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, our worldwide car rental operations sold approximately 46,000 and 44,400 non-program cars, respectively, a 3.6% year over year increase primarily due to higher average number of vehicles in our fleet. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, our worldwide car rental operations sold approximately 121,700 and 130,900 non-program cars, respectively, a 7.0% year over year decrease primarily due to an increase in rental demand which required us to maintain our fleet size.

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Note 7—Debt

Our debt consists of the following (in millions of dollars):

Facility
  Average
Interest
Rate at
September 30,
2011 (1)
  Fixed or
Floating
Interest
Rate
  Maturity   September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Corporate Debt

                           
 

Senior Term Facility (2)

    3.75 % Floating   3/2018   $ 1,393.0   $ 1,345.0  
 

Senior ABL Facility (2)

    2.47 % Floating   3/2016     200.0      
 

Senior Notes (3)

    7.32 % Fixed   1/2014–1/2021     2,651.4     3,229.6  
 

Senior Subordinated Notes

    10.50 % Fixed   1/2016         518.5  
 

Promissory Notes

    7.48 % Fixed   6/2012–1/2028     224.8     345.6  
 

Convertible Senior Notes

    5.25 % Fixed   6/2014     474.8     474.8  
 

Other Corporate Debt

    3.93 % Floating   Various     70.4     22.0  
 

Unamortized Net (Discount) Premium (Corporate) (4)

                  (72.0 )   (104.8 )
                         

Total Corporate Debt

                  4,942.4     5,830.7  
                         

Fleet Debt

                           

U.S. ABS Program

                           
 

U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes:

                           
   

Series 2009-1 (5)

    1.25 % Floating   3/2013     1,538.0     1,488.0  
   

Series 2010-2 (5)

    1.29 % Floating   3/2013     185.0     35.0  
 

U.S. Fleet Medium Term Notes

                           
   

Series 2009-2 Notes (5)

    4.95 % Fixed   3/2013–3/2015     1,384.3     1,384.3  
   

Series 2010-1 Notes (5)

    3.77 % Fixed   2/2014–2/2018     749.8     749.8  
   

Series 2011-1 Notes (5)

    2.86 % Fixed   3/2015–3/2017     598.0      

Donlen ABS Program

                           
 

Donlen GN II Variable Funding Note Facility

    1.17 % Floating   8/2012     769.3      

Other Fleet Debt

                           
 

U.S. Fleet Financing Facility

    2.97 % Floating   9/2015     151.0     163.0  
 

European Revolving Credit Facility

    5.10 % Floating   6/2013     297.2     168.6  
 

European Seasonal Revolving Credit Facility

    3.86 % Floating   11/2011     135.4      
 

European Fleet Notes

    8.50 % Fixed   7/2015     541.7     529.0  
 

European Securitization (5)

    3.76 % Floating   7/2013     454.2     236.9  
 

Canadian Securitization (5)

    1.11 % Floating   11/2011     126.3     80.4  
 

Australian Securitization (5)

    6.32 % Floating   12/2012     136.9     183.2  
 

Brazilian Fleet Financing Facility

    19.01 % Floating   12/2011     30.8     77.8  
 

Capitalized Leases

    4.60 % Floating   Various     478.6     398.1  
 

Unamortized Discount (Fleet)

                  (12.6 )   (18.4 )
                         

Total Fleet Debt

                  7,563.9     5,475.7  
                         

Total Debt

                $ 12,506.3   $ 11,306.4  
                         

Note:
For further information on the definitions and terms of our debt, see Note 4 of the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K under the caption "Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."

(1)
As applicable, reference is to the September 30, 2011 weighted average interest rate (weighted by principal balance).

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(2)
December 31, 2010 balance refers to the former facilities which were refinanced on March 11, 2011, see "2011 Events," below.

(3)
References to our "Senior Notes" include the series of Hertz's unsecured senior notes set forth in the table below. As of September 30, 2011, the outstanding principal amount for each such series of the Senior Notes is also specified below.

Senior Notes
 
Outstanding Principal
8.875% Senior Notes due January 2014   $162.3 million
7.875% Senior Notes due January 2014   $289.1 million (€213.5 million)
7.50% Senior Notes due October 2018   $700 million
7.375% Senior Notes due January 2021   $500 million
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2019   $1,000 million
(4)
As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $71.3 million and $87.7 million, respectively, of the unamortized corporate discount relates to the 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes.

(5)
Maturity reference is to the "expected final maturity date" as opposed to the subsequent "legal maturity date." The expected final maturity date is the date by which Hertz and investors in the relevant indebtedness expect the relevant indebtedness to be repaid. The legal final maturity date is the date on which the relevant indebtedness is legally due and payable.

Maturities

The aggregate amounts of maturities of debt for each of the twelve-month periods ending September 30 (in millions of dollars) are as follows:

2012   $ 5,198.9   (including $4,989.2 of other short-term borrowings)
2013   $ 672.6    
2014   $ 703.0    
2015   $ 884.1    
2016   $ 1,236.3    
After 2016   $ 3,896.0    

We are highly leveraged and a substantial portion of our liquidity needs arise from debt service on our indebtedness and from the funding of our costs of operations and capital expenditures. We believe that cash generated from operations and cash received on the disposal of vehicles and equipment, together with amounts available under various liquidity facilities, will be adequate to permit us to meet our debt maturities over the next twelve months.

Our short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2011 include, among other items, the amounts outstanding under the Senior ABL Facility, European Securitization, Australian Securitization, U.S. Fleet Financing Facility, U.S. Variable Funding Notes, Brazilian Fleet Financing Facility, Canadian Securitization, Capitalized Leases, European Revolving Credit Facility, Donlen GN II Variable Funding Note Facility and European Seasonal Revolving Facility. These amounts are reflected as short-term borrowings, regardless of the facility maturity date, as these facilities are revolving in nature and/or the outstanding borrowings have maturities of three months or less. Short-term borrowings also include the Convertible Senior Notes which became convertible on January 1, 2011 and remained as such through September 30, 2011. As of September 30, 2011, short-term borrowings had a weighted average interest rate of 2.8%.

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Letters of Credit

As of September 30, 2011, there were outstanding standby letters of credit totaling $595.3 million. Of this amount, $541.0 million was issued under the Senior Credit Facilities ($291.1 million of which was issued for the benefit of the U.S. ABS Program and $45.1 million was related to other debt obligations) and the remainder is primarily to support self-insurance programs (including insurance policies with respect to which we have agreed to indemnify the policy issuers for any losses) as well as airport concession obligations in the United States, Canada and Europe. As of September 30, 2011, none of these letters of credit have been drawn upon.

2011 Events

On January 1, 2011, our Convertible Senior Notes became convertible. This conversion right was triggered because our closing common stock price per share exceeded $10.77 for at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on December 31, 2010. Since this same trigger was met in the periods ending March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, the Convertible Senior Notes were convertible through September 30, 2011. As of October 1, 2011, the Convertible Senior Notes are no longer convertible but may become convertible thereafter, if one or more of the conversion conditions specified in the indenture is satisfied during future measurement periods. Our policy has been and continues to be to settle conversions of Convertible Senior Notes using a combination of cash and our common stock, which calls for settling the fixed dollar amount per $1,000 in principal amount in cash and settling in shares the excess conversion, if any.

In January 2011, Hertz redeemed in full its outstanding ($518.5 million principal amount) 10.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 which resulted in premiums paid of $27.2 million and the write-off of unamortized debt costs of $8.6 million. In January and February 2011, Hertz redeemed $1,105 million principal amount of its outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 which resulted in premiums paid of $24.5 million and the write-off of unamortized debt costs of $14.4 million. Hertz used the proceeds from the September 2010 issuance of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes, the December 2010 issuance of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.375% Senior Notes and the February 2011 issuance of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes (see below) for these redemptions. Premiums paid are recorded in "Other (income) expense, net" on our consolidated statement of operations.

In February 2011, Hertz issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019. The 6.75% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the domestic subsidiaries of Hertz that guarantee its Senior Credit Facilities.

In February 2011, Hertz used existing corporate liquidity to pay off the maturing amount of the Brazilian Fleet Financing Facility. A foreign subsidiary continues to maintain another facility as a source of financing for our rental car operations in Brazil.

In March 2011, Hertz issued an additional $500 million aggregate principal of the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019. The proceeds of this March 2011 offering were used in April 2011 to redeem $480 million principal amount of Hertz's outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 which resulted in premiums paid during the three months ended June 30, 2011, of $10.7 million recorded in "Other (income) expense, net" on our consolidated statement of operations and the write-off of unamortized debt costs of $5.8 million.

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In March 2011, Hertz refinanced its 2005 Senior Term Facility and 2005 Senior ABL Facility. A description of the new Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility is set forth below. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recorded an expense of $9.3 million in "Interest expense" on our consolidated statement of operations associated with the write-off of unamortized debt costs in connection with the refinancing of our 2005 Senior Term Facility and 2005 Senior ABL Facility. Additionally, a portion of the unamortized debt costs associated with the 2005 Senior Term Facility and 2005 Senior ABL Facility are continuing to be amortized over the terms of the new Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility. The determination of whether these costs were expensed or further deferred was dependent upon whether the terms of the old and new instruments were considered to be substantially different. In regards to the Senior Term Facility, the determination as to whether the 2005 Senior Term Facility and the new Senior Term Facility were considered to be substantially different was made on a lender by lender basis using the "net method" which compares the cash flows related to the lowest common principal balance between the old and new instruments.

In March 2011, Hertz entered into a credit agreement that provides a $1,400.0 million secured term loan facility (as amended, the "Senior Term Facility"). In addition, the Senior Term Facility includes a pre-funded synthetic letter of credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $200.0 million. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and limitations, the Senior Term Facility allows for the addition of incremental term and/or revolving loans. Hertz used approximately $1,345.0 million of borrowings under the Senior Term Facility to refinance indebtedness under the 2005 Senior Term Facility. We reflected this transaction on a gross basis in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in "Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt" and "Payment of long-term debt." During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recorded financing costs of $6.6 million in "Interest expense" on our consolidated statement of operations associated with the new Senior Term Facility.

In March 2011, Hertz, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation and certain other of our subsidiaries entered into a credit agreement that provides for aggregate maximum borrowings of $1,800.0 million (subject to borrowing base availability) on a revolving basis under an asset-based revolving credit facility (as amended, the "Senior ABL Facility"). Up to $1,500.0 million of the Senior ABL Facility is available for the issuance of letters of credit subject to certain conditions including issuing lender participation. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and limitations, the Senior ABL Facility allows for the addition of incremental revolving and/or term loan commitments. In addition, the Senior ABL Facility permits Hertz to increase the amount of commitments under the Senior ABL with the consent of each lender providing an additional commitment, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions.

In March 2011, Hertz amended the Canadian Securitization to extend the maturity date from May 2011 to November 2011.

In June 2011, Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, or "HVF," a special purpose bankruptcy remote limited liability company of which Hertz is the sole member, closed on $598 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.5 year and 5.5 year weighted average life Series 2011-1 Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A and Class B.

In June 2011, Hertz Holdings Netherlands B.V., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz organized under the laws of The Netherlands, entered into an accordion facility, or the "European Seasonal Revolving Credit Facility," under the European Revolving Credit Facility that provides for aggregate maximum borrowings of €100 million (the equivalent of $135.4 million as of September 30, 2011), subject to borrowing base availability.

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In August 2011, we extended the expected maturity of our European Securitization Facility to July 2013. In connection with the extension, we made a number of modifications to the financing arrangement including increasing the advance rate and decreasing pricing.

In September 2011, we extended the maturity of our U.S. Fleet Financing Facility to September 2015 and increased the facility size to $190.0 million. In connection with the extension, we made a number of modifications to the financing arrangement including decreasing the advance rate and increasing pricing.

On September 1, 2011, in connection with our acquisition of Donlen Corporation, Donlen's GN II Variable Funding Note Facility remained outstanding and lender commitments thereunder were increased to permit aggregate maximum borrowings of $850.0 million (subject to borrowing base availability).

Registration Rights

Pursuant to the terms of exchange and registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the separate issuances of the 7.5% Senior Notes due 2018, the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2021 and the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019, Hertz agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to permit either the exchange of such notes for registered notes or, in the alternative, the registered resale of such notes. The registration statement was declared effective on August 19, 2011 and the exchange offers were consummated in September 2011.

Guarantees and Security

In September 2011, we added Donlen as a guarantor under certain of our debt instruments and credit facilities. There have been no material changes to the guarantees and security provisions of the debt instruments and credit facilities under which our indebtedness as of September 30, 2011 has been issued from the terms as disclosed in our Form 10-K.

Financial Covenant Compliance

Under the new terms of our amended Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility, we are not subject to ongoing financial maintenance covenants; however, under the Senior ABL Facility we are subject to a springing financial maintenance covenant upon the occurrence of certain triggering events. As of September 30, 2011, no triggering event had occurred requiring testing of the springing financial maintenance covenant.

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Borrowing Capacity and Availability

As of September 30, 2011, the following facilities were available for the use of Hertz and its subsidiaries (in millions of dollars):

 
  Remaining
Capacity
  Availability Under
Borrowing Base
Limitation
 

Corporate Debt

             

Senior ABL Facility

  $ 1,258.7   $ 786.4  
           
 

Total Corporate Debt

    1,258.7     786.4  
           

Fleet Debt

             

Donlen GN II Variable Funding Note Facility

    85.7     85.7  

U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes

    415.1     76.7  

U.S. Fleet Financing Facility

    39.0     3.6  

European Securitization

    57.2     30.1  

Canadian Securitization

    91.4     12.5  

Australian Securitization

    107.6     1.2  

Capitalized Leases

    7.4     1.0  
           
 

Total Fleet Debt

    803.4     210.8  
           

Total

  $ 2,062.1   $ 997.2  
           

Our borrowing capacity and availability primarily comes from our "revolving credit facilities," which are a combination of asset-backed securitization facilities and asset-based revolving credit facilities. Creditors under each of our revolving credit facilities have a claim on a specific pool of assets as collateral. Our ability to borrow under each revolving credit facility is a function of, among other things, the value of the assets in the relevant collateral pool. We refer to the amount of debt we can borrow given a certain pool of assets as the "borrowing base."

We refer to "Remaining Capacity" as the maximum principal amount of debt permitted to be outstanding under the respective facility (i.e., the amount of debt we could borrow assuming we possessed sufficient assets as collateral) less the principal amount of debt then-outstanding under such facility.

We refer to "Availability Under Borrowing Base Limitation" and "borrowing base availability" as the lower of Remaining Capacity or the borrowing base less the principal amount of debt then-outstanding under such facility (i.e., the amount of debt we could borrow given the collateral we possess at such time).

As of September 30, 2011, the Senior Term Facility had approximately $0.3 million available under the letter of credit facility and the Senior ABL Facility had $1,103.7 million available under the letter of credit facility sublimit, subject to borrowing base restrictions.

Substantially all of our revenue earning equipment and certain related assets are owned by special purpose entities, or are encumbered in favor of our lenders under our various credit facilities.

Some of these special purpose entities are consolidated variable interest entities, of which Hertz is the primary beneficiary, whose sole purpose is to provide commitments to lend in various currencies subject to borrowing bases comprised of rental vehicles and related assets of certain of Hertz

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International, Ltd.'s subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, our International Fleet Financing No. 1 B.V., International Fleet Financing No. 2 B.V. and HA Funding Pty, Ltd. variable interest entities had total assets primarily comprised of loans receivable and revenue earning equipment of $693.8 million and $652.1 million, respectively, and total liabilities primarily comprised of debt of $693.3 million and $651.6 million, respectively.

Note 8—Employee Retirement Benefits

The following table sets forth the net periodic pension and postretirement (including health care, life insurance and auto) expense (in millions of dollars):

 
  Pension Benefits    
   
 
 
  Postretirement
Benefits (U.S.)
 
 
  U.S.   Non-U.S.  
 
  Three Months Ended September 30,  
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010   2011   2010  

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

                                     
 

Service cost

  $ 6.6   $ 4.6   $ (0.5 ) $ 1.4   $ 0.1   $ 0.1  
 

Interest cost

    6.6     6.0     2.9     2.6     0.2     0.3  
 

Expected return on plan assets

    (7.7 )   (6.6 )   (3.5 )   (2.5 )        
 

Net amortizations

    1.1     0.2     0.1     (0.1 )   (0.1 )   0.2  
 

Settlement loss

    1.5                      
                           
 

Net pension/postretirement expense

  $ 8.1   $ 4.2   $ (1.0 ) $ 1.4   $ 0.2   $ 0.6  
                           

 

 
  Pension Benefits    
   
 
 
  Postretirement
Benefits (U.S.)
 
 
  U.S.   Non-U.S.  
 
  Nine Months Ended September 30,  
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010   2011   2010  

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

                                     
 

Service cost

  $ 19.7   $ 18.0   $ 3.0   $ 3.9   $ 0.2   $ 0.2  
 

Interest cost

    20.6     19.6     8.5     7.7     0.7     0.7  
 

Expected return on plan assets

    (22.9 )   (20.0 )   (9.7 )   (7.4 )        
 

Net amortizations

    5.4     3.5     (0.5 )   (0.2 )        
 

Settlement loss

    2.2     0.4                  
 

Curtailment gain

            (13.1 )            
                           
 

Net pension/postretirement expense

  $ 25.0   $ 21.5   $ (11.8 ) $ 4.0   $ 0.9   $ 0.9  
                           

Our policy for funded plans is to contribute annually, at a minimum, amounts required by applicable laws, regulations and union agreements. From time to time we make contributions beyond those legally required. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we contributed $16.6 million and $73.7 million, respectively, to our worldwide pension plans, including discretionary contributions of $0.5 million and $13.7 million, respectively, to our United Kingdom, or "U.K.," defined benefit pension plan and benefit payments made through unfunded plans. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, we contributed $11.2 million and $57.8 million, respectively, to our worldwide pension plans, including discretionary contributions of $2.3 million and $5.5 million, respectively, to our U.K. defined benefit pension plan and benefit payments made through unfunded plans. Based upon the significant decline in asset values in 2008, which were in line with the overall market declines, it is likely we will continue to make cash contributions in 2011 and possibly in future years.

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We sponsored a defined benefit pension plan in the U.K. On June 30, 2011, we approved an agreement with the trustees of that plan to cease all future benefit accruals to existing members and to close the plan to new members. Effective July 1, 2011, we introduced a defined contribution plan with company matching contributions to replace the defined benefit pension plan. The company matching contributions are generally 100% of the employee contributions, up to 8% of pay, except that former members of the defined benefit plan receive an enhanced match for five years. This will result in somewhat lower contributions this year into the defined benefit plan, which will be offset by matching contributions to the new defined contribution plan. In the three months ended June 30, 2011, we recognized a gain of $13.1 million for the U.K. plan that represented unamortized prior service cost from a 2010 amendment that eliminated discretionary pension increases related to pre-1997 service primarily related to inactive employees.

We participate in various "multiemployer" pension plans. In the event that we withdraw from participation in one of these plans, then applicable law could require us to make an additional lump-sum contribution to the plan, and we would have to reflect that as an expense in our consolidated statement of operations and as a liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our withdrawal liability for any multiemployer plan would depend on the extent of the plan's funding of vested benefits. At least one multiemployer plan in which we participate is reported to have, and other of our multiemployer plans could have, significant underfunded liabilities. Such underfunding may increase in the event other employers become insolvent or withdraw from the applicable plan or upon the inability or failure of withdrawing employers to pay their withdrawal liability. In addition, such underfunding may increase as a result of lower than expected returns on pension fund assets or other funding deficiencies.

Note 9—Stock-Based Compensation

In March 2011, we granted 371,505 Restricted Stock Units, or "RSUs," to certain executives and employees at fair values ranging from $14.60 to $15.02, 499,515 Performance Stock Units, or "PSUs," at a fair value of $14.60, and 193,798 PSUs at a fair value of $10.19 under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, or the "Omnibus Plan." For the PSUs, 499,515 have a performance condition under which the number of units that will ultimately be awarded will vary from 0% to 150% of the original grant, based on the sum of 2011 and 2012 Corporate EBITDA results. The remaining 193,798 PSUs granted contain a market condition whereby the 20 day average trailing stock price must equal or exceed a certain price target at any time during the five year performance period. In May 2011, we granted 130,275 RSUs at a fair value of $16.39. In August 2011, we granted 47,473 RSUs at a fair value of $11.79.

In March 2011, we granted options to acquire 2,108,944 shares of our common stock to certain executives and employees at exercise prices ranging from $14.60 to $15.02 under the Omnibus Plan.

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A summary of the total compensation expense and associated income tax benefits recognized under our Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan and Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Director Stock Incentive Plan, or the "Prior Plans," and the Omnibus Plan, including the cost of stock options, RSUs, and PSUs, is as follows (in millions of dollars):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Compensation Expense

  $ 7.8   $ 8.7   $ 24.4   $ 28.0  

Income Tax Benefit

    (3.0 )   (3.4 )   (9.4 )   (10.8 )
                   
 

Total

  $ 4.8   $ 5.3   $ 15.0   $ 17.2  
                   

As of September 30, 2011, there was approximately $43.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options, RSUs and PSUs granted by Hertz Holdings under the Prior Plans and the Omnibus Plan. The total unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining 1.7 years, on a weighted average basis, of the requisite service period that began on the grant dates.

Note 10—Segment Information

Our operating segments are aggregated into reportable business segments based primarily upon similar economic characteristics, products, services, customers, and delivery methods. We have identified two reportable segments: rental and leasing of cars, crossovers and light trucks, or "car rental," and rental of industrial, construction and material handling equipment, or "equipment rental." Other reconciling items include general corporate assets and expenses, certain interest expense (including net interest on corporate debt), as well as other business activities, such as our third party claim management services. Donlen is included in the car rental reportable segment.

Adjusted pre-tax income (loss) is the measure utilized by management in making decisions about allocating resources to segments and measuring their performance. We believe this measure best reflects the financial results from ongoing operations. Adjusted pre-tax income (loss) is calculated as income (loss) before income taxes plus other reconciling items, non-cash purchase accounting charges, non-cash debt charges and certain one-time charges and non-operational items. The

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contribution of our reportable segments to revenues and adjusted pre-tax income (loss) and the reconciliation to consolidated amounts are summarized below (in millions of dollars).

 
  Three Months Ended September 30,  
 
  Revenues   Adjusted Pre-Tax Income
(Loss)
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Car rental

  $ 2,109.1   $ 1,903.5   $ 375.3   $ 307.1  

Equipment rental

    321.7     281.2     55.9     33.7  
                   
   

Total reportable segments

    2,430.8     2,184.7     431.2     340.8  

Other

    1.5     1.6              
                       
   

Total

  $ 2,432.3   $ 2,186.3              
                       

Adjustments:

                         
 

Other reconciling items (1)

                (84.3 )   (89.4 )
 

Purchase accounting (2)

                (19.1 )   (23.8 )
 

Non-cash debt charges (3)

                (21.0 )   (46.4 )
 

Restructuring charges

                (1.9 )   (14.6 )
 

Restructuring related charges (4)

                (3.2 )   (0.6 )
 

Derivative gains (losses) (5)

                0.1     (0.2 )
 

Management transition costs

                (1.5 )    
 

Acquisition related costs

                (4.6 )   (9.7 )
                       
   

Income before income taxes

              $ 295.7   $ 156.1  
                       

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  Nine Months Ended September 30,  
 
  Revenues   Adjusted Pre-Tax Income
(Loss)
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Car rental

  $ 5,388.3   $ 4,938.2   $ 678.8   $ 509.9  

Equipment rental

    891.6     784.1     99.5     43.0  
                   
   

Total reportable segments

    6,279.9     5,722.3     778.3     552.9  

Other

    4.7     4.5              
                       
   

Total

  $ 6,284.6   $ 5,726.8              
                       

Adjustments:

                         
 

Other reconciling items (1)

                (263.0 )   (275.6 )
 

Purchase accounting (2)

                (62.2 )   (68.4 )
 

Non-cash debt charges (3)

                (108.0 )   (144.9 )
 

Restructuring charges

                (40.4 )   (45.5 )
 

Restructuring related charges (4)

                (6.4 )   (7.9 )
 

Derivative gains (losses) (5)

                0.1     (2.5 )
 

Acquisition related costs

                (13.6 )   (16.7 )
 

Management transition costs

                (4.0 )    
 

Pension adjustment (6)

                13.1      
 

Premiums paid on debt (7)

                (62.4 )    
                       
   

Income (loss) before income taxes

              $ 231.5   $ (8.6 )
                       

(1)
Represents general corporate expenses, certain interest expense (including net interest on corporate debt), as well as other business activities such as our third-party claim management services.

(2)
Represents the purchase accounting effects of the Acquisition on our results of operations relating to increased depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets and accretion of revalued workers' compensation and public liability and property damage liabilities. Also represents the purchase accounting effects of subsequent acquisitions on our results of operations relating to increased amortization of intangible assets.

(3)
Represents non-cash debt charges relating to the amortization and write-off of deferred debt financing costs and debt discounts. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, also includes $18.0 million and $56.9 million, respectively, associated with the amortization of amounts pertaining to the de-designation of the Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, or "HVF," interest rate swaps as effective hedging instruments.

(4)
Represents incremental costs incurred directly supporting our business transformation initiatives. Such costs include transition costs incurred in connection with our business process outsourcing arrangements and incremental costs incurred to facilitate business process re-engineering initiatives that involve significant organization redesign and extensive operational process changes.

(5)
Represents the mark-to-market adjustment on our interest rate cap.

(6)
Represents a gain for the U.K. pension plan relating to unamortized prior service cost from a 2010 amendment that eliminated discretionary pension increases related to pre-1997 service primarily pertaining to inactive employees.

(7)
Represents premiums paid to redeem our 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes and a portion of our 8.875% Senior Notes.

Total assets increased $1,745.0 million from December 31, 2010 to September 30, 2011. The increase was primarily related to an increase in our car rental segment's revenue earning equipment and receivables, partly offset by a decrease in other cash and cash equivalents primarily relating to the redemption of our 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes and a portion of our 8.875% Senior Notes.

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Note 11—Total Equity

 
   
  Common Stock    
   
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
   
   
 
 
  Preferred
Stock
  Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Non-
controlling
Interest
  Total
Equity
 
(in Millions)
  Shares   Amount  

December 31, 2010

  $     413.5   $ 4.1   $ 3,183.2   $ (1,123.2 ) $ 37.9   $ 16.5   $ 2,118.5  
 

Net income attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

                            129.1                 129.1  
 

Translation adjustment changes, net of tax

                                  (7.9 )         (7.9 )
 

Unrealized holding gains on securities, net of tax

                                  (3.8 )         (3.8 )
 

Unrealized gain on Euro-denominated debt, net of tax

                                  (4.2 )         (4.2 )
 

Defined benefit pension plans, net of tax

                                  (0.2 )         (0.2 )
                                                 
 

Total Comprehensive Loss

                                              113.0  
                                                 
 

Net income relating to noncontrolling interest

                                        14.5     14.5  
 

Dividend payment to noncontrolling interest

                                        (10.5 )   (10.5 )
 

Employee stock purchase plan

          0.2           3.2                       3.2  
 

Net settlement on vesting of restricted stock

          1.2           (11.4 )                     (11.4 )
 

Stock-based employee compensation charges, net of tax

                      24.4                       24.4  
 

Exercise of stock options, net of tax

          1.6     0.1     12.3                       12.4  
 

Common shares issued to Directors

          0.2           1.5                       1.5  
                                   

September 30, 2011

  $     416.7   $ 4.2   $ 3,213.2   $ (994.1 ) $ 21.8   $ 20.5   $ 2,265.6  
                                   

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  Common Stock    
   
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
   
   
 
 
  Preferred Stock   Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Non-
controlling
Interest
  Total
Equity
 
(in Millions)
  Shares   Amount  

December 31, 2009

  $     410.2   $ 4.1   $ 3,141.7   $ (1,072.6 ) $ (3.3 ) $ 17.3   $ 2,087.2  
 

Net loss attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

                            (20.6 )               (20.6 )
 

Change in fair value of derivatives qualifying as cash flow hedges, net of tax

                                  41.9           41.9  
 

Translation adjustment changes, net of tax

                                  (16.6 )         (16.6 )
 

Unrealized gain on Euro-denominated debt, net of tax

                                  10.5           10.5  
 

Defined benefit pension plans, net of tax

                                  (0.4 )         (0.4 )
                                                 
 

Total Comprehensive Income

                                              14.8  
                                                 
 

Dividend payment to noncontrolling interest

                                        (12.7 )   (12.7 )
 

Net income relating to noncontrolling interest

                                        13.0     13.0  
 

Employee stock purchase plan

          0.2           2.2                       2.2  
 

Net settlement on vesting of restricted stock

          1.6           (5.7 )                     (5.7 )
 

Stock-based employee compensation charges, net of tax

                      28.0                       28.0  
 

Exercise of stock options, net of tax

          0.3           3.2                       3.2  
 

Common shares issued to Directors

          0.0           1.0                       1.0  
 

Phantom shares issued to Directors

          0.0           0.3                       0.3  
 

Proceeds from disgorgement of stockholder short-swing profits, net of tax

                      0.1                       0.1  
                                   

September 30, 2010

  $     412.3   $ 4.1   $ 3,170.8   $ (1,093.2 ) $ 32.1   $ 17.6   $ 2,131.4  
                                   

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 includes accumulated translation gains of $107.0 million and $114.9 million, respectively, pension benefits of $(70.5) million and $(70.2) million, respectively, unrealized losses on our Euro-denominated debt of $(11.0) million and $(6.8) million, respectively, and unrealized holding losses of $(3.7) million and unrealized holding gains of $0.1 million, respectively.

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Note 12—Restructuring

As part of our ongoing effort to implement our strategy of reducing operating costs, we have evaluated our workforce and operations and made adjustments, including headcount reductions and business process reengineering resulting in optimized work flow at rental locations and maintenance facilities as well as streamlined our back-office operations and evaluated potential outsourcing opportunities. When we made adjustments to our workforce and operations, we incurred incremental expenses that delay the benefit of a more efficient workforce and operating structure, but we believe that increased operating efficiency and reduced costs associated with the operation of our business are important to our long-term competitiveness.

During 2007 through 2010, we announced several initiatives to improve our competitiveness and industry leadership through targeted job reductions. These initiatives included, but were not limited to, job reductions at our corporate headquarters and back-office operations in the U.S. and Europe. As part of our re-engineering optimization we outsourced selected functions globally. In addition, we streamlined operations and reduced costs by initiating the closure of targeted car rental locations and equipment rental branches throughout the world. The largest of these closures occurred in 2008 which resulted in closures of approximately 250 off-airport locations and 22 branches in our U.S. equipment rental business. These initiatives impacted approximately 8,500 employees.

During the first quarter of 2011, we continued to streamline operations and reduce costs with the closure of several car rental and equipment rental locations globally as well as a reduction in our workforce by approximately 100 employees.

During the second quarter of 2011, we continued to streamline operations and reduce costs with the closure of twelve equipment rental locations in the U.S., consolidation of our European headquarters and the reduction in our global workforce by approximately 50 employees.

During the third quarter of 2011, we continued to streamline operations and reduce costs by reducing our global workforce by approximately 170 employees.

From January 1, 2007 through September 30, 2011, we incurred $514.6 million ($247.0 million for our car rental segment, $213.8 million for our equipment rental segment and $53.8 million of other) of restructuring charges.

Additional efficiency and cost saving initiatives are being developed, however, we presently do not have firm plans or estimates of any related expenses.

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Restructuring charges in our consolidated statement of operations can be summarized as follows (in millions of dollars):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

By Type:

                         
 

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 2.4   $ 2.7   $ 6.8   $ 7.5  
 

Pension and post retirement expense

            0.3     0.6  
 

Consultant costs

    0.3     0.2     0.6     0.9  
 

Asset writedowns

    (0.5 )   5.0     22.8     19.5  
 

Facility closure and lease obligation costs

    (0.4 )   5.3     9.6     11.9  
 

Relocation costs and temporary labor costs

    0.1     1.3     0.1     3.8  
 

Other

        0.1     0.2     1.3  
                   
   

Total

  $ 1.9   $ 14.6   $ 40.4   $ 45.5  
                   

 

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

By Caption:

                         
 

Direct operating

  $ 0.7   $ 12.5   $ 35.3   $ 37.7  
 

Selling, general and administrative

    1.2     2.1     5.1     7.8  
                   
   

Total

  $ 1.9   $ 14.6   $ 40.4   $ 45.5  
                   

 

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

By Segment:

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 2.8   $ 4.0   $ 7.3   $ 13.4  
 

Equipment rental

    (0.9 )   10.6     32.7     31.4  
 

Other reconciling items

            0.4     0.7  
                   
   

Total

  $ 1.9   $ 14.6   $ 40.4   $ 45.5  
                   

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the after-tax effect of the restructuring charges decreased diluted earnings per share by $0.00 and $0.06, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the after-tax effect of the restructuring charges decreased diluted earnings per share by $0.03 and increased the diluted loss per share by $0.08, respectively.

The following table sets forth the activity affecting the restructuring accrual during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 (in millions of dollars). We expect to pay the remaining restructuring obligations relating to involuntary termination benefits over the next twelve months. The remainder of the

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restructuring accrual relates to future lease obligations which will be paid over the remaining term of the applicable leases.

 
  Involuntary
Termination
Benefits
  Pension
and Post
Retirement
Expense
  Consultant
Costs
  Other   Total  

Balance as of January 1, 2011

  $ 6.3   $ 0.2   $ 0.1   $ 10.9   $ 17.5  
 

Charges incurred

    6.8     0.3     0.6     32.7     40.4  
 

Cash payments

    (10.7 )       (0.5 )   (1.7 )   (12.9 )
 

Other (1)

    0.9     (0.3 )       (31.1 )   (30.5 )
                       

Balance as of September 30, 2011

  $ 3.3   $ 0.2   $ 0.2   $ 10.8   $ 14.5  
                       

(1)
Primarily consists of decreases of $(22.8) million for asset writedowns, $(8.3) million for facility closures and $(0.3) million FAS 88 pension adjustment, partly offset by increases of $0.8 million for involuntary benefits and an increase of $0.2 million due to foreign currency translation.

Note 13—Financial Instruments

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Fair value approximates the amount indicated on the balance sheet at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. Money market accounts, whose fair value at September 30, 2011, is measured using Level 1 inputs, totaling $45.9 million and $177.6 million are included in "Cash and cash equivalents" and "Restricted cash and cash equivalents," respectively. Money market accounts, whose fair value at December 31, 2010, is measured using Level 1 inputs, totaling $1,747.9 million and $24.1 million are included in "Cash and cash equivalents" and "Restricted cash and cash equivalents," respectively.

Marketable Securities

Marketable securities held by us consist of equity securities classified as available-for-sale, which are carried at fair value and are included within "Prepaid expenses and other assets." Unrealized gains and losses, net of related income taxes, are included in "Accumulated other comprehensive income." As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the fair value of marketable securities was $26.6 million and $0.0 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September, 30, 2011, unrealized losses of $8.2 million and $6.3 million, respectively, were recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive income." Fair values for marketable securities are based on Level 1 inputs consisting of quoted market prices.

Debt

For borrowings with an initial maturity of 93 days or less, fair value approximates carrying value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. For all other debt, fair value is estimated based on quoted market rates as well as borrowing rates currently available to us for loans with similar terms and average maturities (Level 2 inputs). The aggregate fair value of all debt at September 30, 2011 was $12,630.4 million, compared to its aggregate unpaid principal balance of $12,590.9 million. The aggregate fair value of all debt at December 31, 2010 was $12,063.5 million, compared to its aggregate unpaid principal balance of $11,429.6 million.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions of dollars):

 
  Fair Value of Derivative Instruments (1)  
 
  Asset Derivatives (2)   Liability Derivatives (2)  
 
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
  September 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815:

                         
 

Gasoline swaps

  $   $ 3.1   $ 2.2   $  
 

Interest rate caps

    0.6     7.2     0.6     7.2  
 

Foreign exchange forward contracts

    15.5     2.6     4.7     11.1  
 

Interest rate swaps

            0.3      
 

Foreign exchange options

    0.1     0.1          
                   
   

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815

  $ 16.2   $ 13.0   $ 7.8   $ 18.3  
                   

(1)
All fair value measurements were primarily based upon significant observable (Level 2) inputs.

(2)
All asset derivatives are recorded in "Prepaid expenses and other assets" and all liability derivatives are recorded in "Accrued liabilities" on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 
  Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
on Derivative
(Effective Portion)
  Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
 
  Three Months Ended September 30,  
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Derivatives in ASC 815 Cash Flow Hedging Relationship:

                         
 

HVF interest rate swaps

  $   $ 3.1   $   $ (21.6 ) (1)

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  Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
on Derivative
(Effective Portion)
  Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
 
  Nine Months Ended September 30,  
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Derivatives in ASC 815 Cash Flow Hedging Relationship:

                         
 

HVF interest rate swaps

  $   $ 11.9   $   $ (72.1 ) (1)

Note:
As of December 31, 2010, the HVF interest rate swaps and associated debt matured. The location of the effective portion reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive income" into income is in "Interest expense" on our consolidated statement of operations. No amount of gain or loss was recognized in income (ineffective portion) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

(1)
Includes the amortization of amounts in "Accumulated other comprehensive income" associated with the de-designation of a previous cash flow hedging relationship.

 
   
  Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
 
 
  Location of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized on Derivative
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
   
  2011   2010  

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments under ASC 815:

                 
 

Gasoline swaps

  Direct operating   $ (1.9 ) $ 1.7  
 

Interest rate caps

  Selling, general and administrative     0.1     (0.2 )
 

Foreign exchange forward contracts

  Selling, general and administrative     11.3     (18.5 )
 

Foreign exchange options

  Selling, general and administrative     (0.1 )   (0.1 )
               
   

Total

      $ 9.4   $ (17.1 )
               

 

 
   
  Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
 
 
  Location of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized on Derivative
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
   
  2011   2010  

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments under ASC 815:

                 
 

Gasoline swaps

  Direct operating   $ 1.0   $  
 

Interest rate caps

  Selling, general and administrative     0.1     (2.5 )
 

Foreign exchange forward contracts

  Selling, general and administrative     3.4     (19.9 )
 

Foreign exchange options

  Selling, general and administrative     (0.1 )   (0.2 )
               
   

Total

      $ 4.4   $ (22.6 )
               

In conjunction with the refinanced Series 2009-1 Notes and the Series 2010-2 Notes, HVF purchased an interest rate cap for $6.7 million, with a maximum notional amount equal to the refinanced Series 2009-1 Notes and the Series 2010-2 Notes with a combined maximum principal amount of $2.1 billion, a strike

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rate of 5% and expected maturity date of March 25, 2013. Additionally, Hertz sold a 5% interest rate cap for $6.2 million, with a matching notional amount and term to the HVF interest rate cap. Also in December 2010, the Australian Securitization was completed and our Australian operating subsidiary purchased an interest rate cap for $0.5 million, with a maximum notional amount equal to the Australian Securitization maximum principal amount of A$250 million, a strike rate of 7% and expected maturity date of December 2012. Additionally, Hertz sold a 7% interest rate cap, for $0.4 million with a matching notional amount and term to the Australian operating subsidiary's interest rate cap. The fair values of all interest rate caps were calculated using a discounted cash flow method and applying observable market data (i.e. the 1-month LIBOR yield curve and credit default swap spreads). Gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of these interest rate caps are included in our results of operations in the periods incurred.

In connection with our acquisition of Donlen, we acquired interest rate swaps with a total notional amount of $30.4 million at September 30, 2011, associated with floating rate debt. These interest rate swaps are used to effectively convert an amount of floating rate debt into fixed rate debt. The fair values of these interest rate swaps were calculated using a discounted cash flow method and applying observable market data (i.e. the 1-month LIBOR yield curve). Gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of these interest rate swaps are included in our results of operations in the periods incurred (in Selling, general and administrative).

We purchase unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel at prevailing market rates and maintain a program to manage our exposure to changes in fuel prices through the use of derivative commodity instruments. We currently have in place swaps to cover a portion of our fuel price exposure through November 2012. We presently hedge a portion of our overall unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel purchases with commodity swaps and have contracts in place that settle on a monthly basis. As of September 30, 2011, our outstanding commodity instruments for unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel totaled approximately 9.3 million gallons and 2.1 million gallons, respectively. The fair value of these commodity instruments was calculated using a discounted cash flow method and applying observable market data (i.e., NYMEX RBOB Gasoline and U.S. Department of Energy surveys, etc.). Gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of these commodity instruments are included in our results of operations in the periods incurred.

We manage our foreign currency risk primarily by incurring, to the extent practicable, operating and financing expenses in the local currency in the countries in which we operate, including making fleet and equipment purchases and borrowing for working capital needs. Also, we have purchased foreign exchange options to manage exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates for selected marketing programs. The effect of exchange rate changes on these financial instruments would not materially affect our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Our risks with respect to foreign exchange options are limited to the premium paid for the right to exercise the option and the future performance of the option's counterparty. Premiums paid for options outstanding as of September 30, 2011, were approximately $0.2 million. We limit counterparties to the transactions to financial institutions that have strong credit ratings. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the total notional amount of these foreign exchange options was $5.3 million and $3.5 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2011, these foreign exchange options mature through January 2013. The fair value of the foreign exchange options was calculated using a discounted cash flow method and applying observable market data (i.e. foreign currency exchange rates). Gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of these options are included in our results of operations in the periods incurred.

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We also manage exposure to fluctuations in currency risk on intercompany loans we make to certain of our subsidiaries by entering into foreign currency forward contracts at the time of the loans which are intended to offset the impact of foreign currency movements on the underlying intercompany loan obligations. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the total notional amount of these forward contracts was $1,043.0 million and $721.8 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2011 these foreign currency forward contracts mature within four months. The fair value of these foreign currency forward contracts was calculated based on foreign currency forward exchange rates.

On October 1, 2006, we designated our 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 as an effective net investment hedge of our Euro-denominated net investment in our international operations. As a result of this net investment hedge designation, as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, losses of $11.0 million (net of tax of $7.8 million) and $6.8 million (net of tax of $5.1 million), respectively, attributable to the translation of our 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 into the U.S. dollar are recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheet in "Accumulated other comprehensive income."

Note 14—Related Party Transactions

Relationship with Hertz Investors, Inc. and the Sponsors

Other than as disclosed below, in the nine months ended September 30, 2011, there were no material changes to our relationship with Hertz Investors, Inc. or the Sponsors.

On March 31, 2011, the Sponsors sold 50 million of our common shares to Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the sole underwriter in the registered public offering of those shares. Following this offering, the Sponsors continue to own an aggregate of approximately 160 million shares, or approximately 39% of our outstanding common stock.

Financing Arrangements with Related Parties

Affiliates of BAMLCP (which is one of the Sponsors), including Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Bank of America, N.A. and certain of their affiliates (which are stockholders of Hertz Holdings), 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 September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, approximately $182 million and $255 million, respectively, of our outstanding debt was with related parties.

See Note 7—Debt.

Note 15—Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Commitments

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments

As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the following guarantees (including indemnification commitments) were issued and outstanding.

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Indemnification Obligations

In the ordinary course of business, we execute contracts involving indemnification obligations customary in the relevant industry and indemnifications specific to a transaction such as the sale of a business. These indemnification obligations might include claims relating to the following: environmental matters; intellectual property rights; governmental regulations and employment-related matters; customer, supplier and other commercial contractual relationships; and financial matters. Performance under these indemnification obligations would generally be triggered by a breach of terms of the contract or by a third party claim. We regularly evaluate the probability of having to incur costs associated with these indemnification obligations and have accrued for expected losses that are probable and estimable. The types of indemnification obligations for which payments are possible include the following:

Sponsors; Directors

Hertz has entered into customary indemnification agreements with Hertz Holdings, the Sponsors and our stockholders affiliated with the Sponsors, pursuant to which Hertz Holdings and Hertz will indemnify the Sponsors, our stockholders affiliated with the Sponsors and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives and controlling persons, against certain liabilities arising out of performance of a consulting agreement with Hertz Holdings and each of the Sponsors and certain other claims and liabilities, including liabilities arising out of financing arrangements or securities offerings. We also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors. We do not believe that these indemnifications are reasonably likely to have a material impact on us.

Environmental

We have indemnified various parties for the costs associated with remediating numerous hazardous substance storage, recycling or disposal sites in many states and, in some instances, for natural resource damages. The amount of any such expenses or related natural resource damages for which we may be held responsible could be substantial. The probable expenses that we expect to incur for such matters have been accrued, and those expenses are reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the aggregate amounts accrued for environmental liabilities including liability for environmental indemnities, reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets in "Accrued liabilities" were $1.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The accrual generally represents the estimated cost to study potential environmental issues at sites deemed to require investigation or clean-up activities, and the estimated cost to implement remediation actions, including on-going maintenance, as required. Cost estimates are developed by site. Initial cost estimates are based on historical experience at similar sites and are refined over time on the basis of in-depth studies of the sites. For many sites, the remediation costs and other damages for which we ultimately may be responsible cannot be reasonably estimated because of uncertainties with respect to factors such as our connection to the site, the materials there, the involvement of other potentially responsible parties, the application of laws and other standards or regulations, site conditions, and the nature and scope of investigations, studies, and remediation to be undertaken (including the technologies to be required and the extent, duration, and success of remediation).

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Legal Proceedings

From time to time we are a party to various legal proceedings. We are currently a defendant in numerous actions and have received numerous claims on which actions have not yet been commenced for public liability and property damage arising from the operation of motor vehicles and equipment rented from us and our licensees. The obligation for public liability and property damage on self-insured U.S. and international vehicles and equipment, as stated on our balance sheet, represents an estimate for both reported accident claims not yet paid and claims incurred but not yet reported. The related liabilities are recorded on a non-discounted basis. Reserve requirements are based on actuarial evaluations of historical accident claim experience and trends, as well as future projections of ultimate losses, expenses, premiums and administrative costs. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 our liability recorded for public liability and property damage matters was $289.4 million and $278.7 million, respectively. We believe that our analysis was based on the most relevant information available, combined with reasonable assumptions, and that we may prudently rely on this information to determine the estimated liability. We note the liability is subject to significant uncertainties. The adequacy of the liability reserve is regularly monitored based on evolving accident claim history and insurance related state legislation changes. If our estimates change or if actual results differ from these assumptions, the amount of the recorded liability is adjusted to reflect these results.

For a detailed description of certain of our legal proceedings please see Note 11 of the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K under the caption "Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."

The following recent developments pertaining to legal proceedings described in our Form 10-K are furnished on a supplemental basis:

Following the entry of the Court's June 27, 2011 Order in Janet Sobel et al. v. The Hertz Corporation et al. which formally denied the plaintiffs' motion for final approval of the settlement, the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification—which we opposed—and discovery has again commenced. A separate action is proceeding against Enterprise, National and Alamo.

The Kansas Supreme Court issued its decision in Critchfield Physical Therapy, Inc. v. Taranto Group, Inc. —another Telephone Consumer Protection Act case—in September of 2011, so the stay that had been pending in Fun Services of Kansas City, Inc. v. Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation has now been lifted and the case will proceed.

None of the other legal proceedings described in our Form 10-K have experienced material changes.

In addition to the above mentioned and those described in our Form 10-K or in our other filings with Securities and Exchange Commission, various other legal actions, claims and governmental inquiries and proceedings are pending or may be instituted or asserted in the future against us and our subsidiaries. Other than with respect to the aggregate claims for public liability and property damage pending against us, management does not believe that any of the matters resolved, or pending against us, are material to us and our subsidiaries taken as a whole.

We have established reserves for matters where we believe that the losses are probable and reasonably estimated. Other than with respect to the reserve established for claims for public liability and property damage, none of those reserves are material. For matters where we have not established a reserve, the ultimate outcome or resolution cannot be predicted at this time, or the amount of ultimate loss, if any, cannot be reasonably estimated. Litigation is subject to many uncertainties and the outcome of the individual litigated matters is not predictable with assurance. It is possible that certain of the actions, claims, inquiries or proceedings, including those discussed in our Form 10-K or in our other filings with

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HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Unaudited


Securities and Exchange Commission, could be decided unfavorably to us or any of our subsidiaries involved. Accordingly, it is possible that an adverse outcome from such a proceeding could exceed the amount accrued in an amount that could be material to our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in any particular reporting period.

Note 16—Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share has been computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings (loss) per share has been computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of all potentially dilutive common stock equivalents, except when the effect would be anti-dilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (in millions of dollars, except per share amounts):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:

                         

Numerator:

                         
 

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

  $ 206.7   $ 155.3   $ 129.1   $ (20.6 )
                   

Denominator:

                         
 

Weighted average shares used in basic computation

    416.6     412.2     415.6     411.6  
 

Add: Stock options, RSUs and PSUs

    6.4     7.6     8.0      
 

Add: Potential issuance of common stock upon conversion of Convertible Senior Notes

    17.9     10.6     23.7      
                   
 

Weighted average shares used in diluted computation

    440.9     430.4     447.3     411.6  
                   

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders, basic

  $ 0.50   $ 0.38   $ 0.31   $ (0.05 )

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders, diluted

  $ 0.47   $ 0.36   $ 0.29   $ (0.05 )

Diluted earnings (loss) per share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 excluded the weighted-average impact of the assumed exercise of approximately 8.9 million shares of stock options, RSUs and PSUs because such impact would be antidilutive. Diluted earnings (loss) per share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 excluded the weighted-average impact of the assumed exercise of approximately 9.5 million and 23.6 million shares, respectively, of stock options, RSUs and PSUs because such impact would be antidilutive. Additionally, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, there was no impact to the diluted earnings (loss) per share computations associated with the Convertible Senior Notes, because such impact would be antidilutive.

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The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe to be relevant to an understanding of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations. Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Report on Form 10-Q, (i) "Hertz Holdings" means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., our top-level holding company, (ii) "Hertz" means The Hertz Corporation, our primary operating company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz Investors, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Hertz Holdings, (iii) "we," "us" and "our" mean Hertz Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Hertz, (iv) "HERC" means Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz's wholly-owned equipment rental subsidiary, together with our various other wholly-owned international subsidiaries that conduct our industrial, construction and material handling equipment rental business, (v) "cars" means cars, crossovers and light trucks (including sport utility vehicles and, outside North America, light commercial vehicles), (vi) "program cars" means cars purchased by car rental companies under repurchase or guaranteed depreciation programs with car manufacturers, (vii) "non-program cars" mean cars not purchased under repurchase or guaranteed depreciation programs for which the car rental company is exposed to residual risk and (viii) "equipment" means industrial, construction and material handling equipment.

You should read the following discussion and analysis together with the section below entitled "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements," with the financial statements and the related notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, or this "Report."

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained or incorporated by reference in this Report and in reports we subsequently file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the "SEC," on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and file or furnish on Form 8-K, and in related comments by our management, include "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements include information concerning our liquidity and our possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business strategies. These statements often include words such as "believe," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "seek," "will," "may," "would," "should," "could," "forecasts" or similar expressions. These statements are based on certain assumptions that we have made in light of our experience in the industry as well as our perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate in these circumstances. We believe these judgments are reasonable, but you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and our 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 our actual results include, among others, those that may be disclosed from time to time in subsequent reports filed with the SEC, those described under "Item 1A—Risk Factors" included in Hertz Holdings' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC, on February 25, 2011, or our "Form 10-K," in Part II, "Item 1A—Risk Factors" included in Hertz Holdings' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC, on August 5, 2011, or our "Second Quarter Form 10-Q," and in Part II, "Item 1A—Risk Factors" included in this Form 10-Q, and the following, which were derived in part from the risks set forth in the Form 10-K and the Second Quarter Form 10-Q:

    our ability to consummate our contemplated acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, or "Dollar Thrifty," within the timeframe and upon the terms contemplated by our management;

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    the risk that expected synergies, operational efficiencies and cost savings from the Dollar Thrifty acquisition may not be fully realized or realized within the expected time frame;

    the operational and profitability impact of divestitures that may be required to be undertaken to secure regulatory approval of the Dollar Thrifty acquisition;

    levels of travel demand, particularly with respect to airline passenger traffic in the United States and in global markets;

    significant changes in the competitive environment, including as a result of industry consolidation, and the effect of competition in our markets, including on our pricing policies or use of incentives;

    occurrences that disrupt rental activity during our peak periods;

    our ability to achieve cost savings and efficiencies and realize opportunities to increase productivity and profitability;

    an increase in our fleet costs as a result of an increase in the cost of new vehicles and/or a decrease in the price at which we dispose of used vehicles either in the used vehicle market or under repurchase or guaranteed depreciation programs;

    our ability to accurately estimate future levels of rental activity and adjust the size of our fleet accordingly;

    our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity and the availability to us of additional or continued sources of financing for our revenue earning equipment and to refinance our existing indebtedness;

    safety recalls by the manufacturers of our vehicles and equipment;

    a major disruption in our communication or centralized information networks;

    financial instability of the manufacturers of our vehicles and equipment;

    any impact on us from the actions of our licensees, franchisees, dealers and independent contractors;

    our ability to maintain profitability during adverse economic cycles and unfavorable external events (including war, terrorist acts, natural disasters and epidemic disease);

    shortages of fuel and increases or volatility in fuel costs;

    our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions and complete dispositions;

    our ability to maintain favorable brand recognition;

    costs and risks associated with litigation;

    risks related to our indebtedness, including our substantial amount of debt, our ability to incur substantially more debt and increases in interest rates or in our borrowing margins;

    our ability to meet the financial and other covenants contained in our Senior Credit Facilities, our outstanding unsecured Senior Notes and certain asset-backed and asset-based arrangements;

    changes in accounting principles, or their application or interpretation, and our ability to make accurate estimates and the assumptions underlying the estimates, which could have an effect on earnings;

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    changes in the existing, or the adoption of new laws, regulations, policies or other activities of governments, agencies and similar organizations where such actions may affect our operations, the cost thereof or applicable tax rates;

    changes to our senior management team;

    the effect of tangible and intangible asset impairment charges;

    the impact of our derivative instruments, which can be affected by fluctuations in interest rates and commodity prices;

    our exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; and

    other risks described from time to time in periodic and current reports that we file with the SEC.

You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Corporate History

Hertz Holdings was incorporated in Delaware in 2005 to serve as the top-level holding company for the consolidated Hertz business. Hertz was incorporated in Delaware in 1967. Hertz is 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. Ford Motor Company, "Ford," 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.

On December 21, 2005, investment funds associated with or designated by:

    Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., or "CD&R,"

    The Carlyle Group, or "Carlyle," and

    BAML Capital Partners, or "BAMLCP" (formerly known as Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity),

or collectively the "Sponsors," acquired all of Hertz's common stock from Ford Holdings LLC. We refer to the acquisition of all of Hertz's common stock by the Sponsors as the "Acquisition."

In January 2009, Bank of America Corporation, or "Bank of America," acquired Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., the parent company of BAMLCP. Accordingly, Bank of America is now an indirect beneficial owner of our common stock held by BAMLCP and certain of its affiliates.

In March 2011, the Sponsors sold 50,000,000 shares of their Hertz Holdings common stock to Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the sole underwriter in the registered public offering of those shares.

As a result of our initial public offering in November 2006 and subsequent offerings in June 2007, May 2009, June 2009 and March 2011, the Sponsors reduced their holdings to approximately 39% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Hertz Holdings.

On September 1, 2011, Hertz completed the acquisition of Donlen Corporation, or "Donlen," a leading provider of fleet leasing and management services.

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Overview of Our Business

We are engaged principally in the business of renting and leasing of cars and equipment.

Our revenues primarily are derived from rental and related charges and consist of:

    Car rental revenues (revenues from all company-operated car rental and fleet leasing operations and management services, including charges to customers for the reimbursement of costs incurred relating to airport concession fees and vehicle license fees, the fueling of vehicles and the sale of loss or collision damage waivers, liability insurance coverage and other products);

    Equipment rental revenues (revenues from all company-operated equipment rental operations, including amounts charged to customers for the fueling and delivery of equipment and sale of loss damage waivers, as well as revenues from the sale of new equipment and consumables); and

    Other revenues (primarily relates to fees and certain cost reimbursements from our licensees and revenues from our third-party claim management services).

Our expenses primarily consist of:

    Direct operating expenses (primarily wages and related benefits; commissions and concession fees paid to airport authorities, travel agents and others; facility, self-insurance and reservation costs; the cost of new equipment and consumables purchased for resale; and other costs relating to the operation and rental of revenue earning equipment, such as damage, maintenance and fuel costs);

    Depreciation expense and lease charges relating to revenue earning equipment (including net gains or losses on the disposal of such equipment). Revenue earning equipment includes cars and rental equipment;

    Selling, general and administrative expenses (including advertising); and

    Interest expense.

Our profitability is primarily a function of the volume, mix and pricing of rental transactions and the utilization of cars and equipment. Significant changes in the purchase price or residual values of cars and equipment or interest rates can have a significant effect on our profitability depending on our ability to adjust pricing for these changes. We continue to balance our mix of non-program and program vehicles based on market conditions. Our business requires significant expenditures for cars and equipment, and consequently we require substantial liquidity to finance such expenditures. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below.

We have revised our consolidated statement of operations as a result of adjustments relating to additional telecommunication charges (direct operating expenses) and depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges. See Note 2 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

Car Rental

In the U.S., as of September 30, 2011, the percentage of non-program cars was 70% as compared to 64% as of September 30, 2010. Internationally, as of September 30, 2011, the percentage of non-program cars was 61% as compared to 60% as of September 30, 2010. In the U.S., as of December 31, 2010, the percentage of non-program cars was 72% as compared to 67% as of

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December 31, 2009. Internationally, as of December 31, 2010, the percentage of non-program cars was 70%, compared to 71% as of December 31, 2009.

In recent periods we have decreased the percentage of program cars in our car rental fleet. Non-program cars typically have lower acquisition costs and lower depreciation rates than comparable program cars. As a result of decreasing our reliance on program cars, we reduce our risk related to the creditworthiness of the vehicle manufacturers. With fewer program cars in our fleet, we have an increased risk that the market value of a car at the time of its disposition will be less than its estimated residual value. Program cars generally provide us with flexibility to reduce the size of our fleet by returning cars sooner than originally expected without risk of loss in the event of an economic downturn or to respond to changes in rental demand. This flexibility will be reduced as the percentage of non-program cars in our car rental fleet increases. Furthermore, it is expected that the average age of our fleet will increase since the average holding period for non-program vehicles is longer than program vehicles. However, the longer holding period does not necessarily equate to higher costs due to the stringent turnback requirements imposed by vehicle manufacturers for program cars.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2011, our vehicle depreciation costs decreased as compared to the prior year period due to improved residual values in the U.S., a continued move towards a greater proportion of non-program vehicles, mix optimization and improved procurement and remarketing efforts. We believe the increase in residual values in the U.S. was partially due to the events in Japan earlier this year which have started to level off as these events have worked their way through the vehicle supply chain.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we experienced an 8.4% increase in transaction days versus the prior period in the United States, while rental rate revenue per transaction day, or "RPD," declined by 4.2%. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, in our European operations, we experienced a 7.1% improvement in transaction days while RPD declined by 3.3% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Our U.S. off-airport operations represented $907.1 million and $816.9 million of our total car rental revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. As of September 30, 2011, we have approximately 2,090 off-airport locations. Our strategy includes selected openings of new off-airport locations, the disciplined evaluation of existing locations and the pursuit of same-store sales growth. Our strategy also includes increasing penetration in the off-airport market and growing the online leisure market, particularly in the longer length weekly sector, which is characterized by lower vehicle costs and lower transaction costs at a lower RPD. Increasing our penetration in these sectors is consistent with our long-term strategy to generate profitable growth. When we open a new off-airport location, we incur a number of costs, including those relating to site selection, lease negotiation, recruitment of employees, selection and development of managers, initial sales activities and integration of our systems with those of the companies who will reimburse the location's replacement renters for their rentals. A new off-airport location, once opened, takes time to generate its full potential revenues and, as a result, revenues at new locations do not initially cover their start-up costs and often do not, for some time, cover the costs of their ongoing operations.

Equipment Rental

HERC experienced higher rental volumes and pricing worldwide for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the prior year period as the industry continued its recovery and fleet levels began to align with demand in the industry. Specifically, we continued to see growth in our

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specialty services such as Pump & Power, Industrial Plant Services and Hertz Entertainment Services capitalizing on the opportunities in these strategic market niches.

HERC locations:

 
  Total   U.S.   Canada   France   Spain   Italy   China   Saudi
Arabia
 

December 31, 2010

    322     210     38     65     4     1     4      
 

Net increase (decrease)

    (10 )   (9 )           (2 )           1  
 

Additions relating to acquisitions

    1     1                          
                                   

September 30, 2011

    313     202     38     65     2     1     4     1  
                                   

Seasonality

Our car rental and equipment rental operations are seasonal businesses, with decreased levels of business in the winter months and heightened activity during the spring and summer. We have the ability to dynamically manage fleet capacity, the most significant portion of our cost structure, to meet market demand. For instance, to accommodate increased demand, we increase our available fleet and staff during the second and third quarters of the year. As business demand declines, fleet and staff are decreased accordingly. A number of our other major operating costs, including airport concession fees, commissions and vehicle liability expenses, are directly related to revenues or transaction volumes. In addition, our management expects to utilize enhanced process improvements, including efficiency initiatives and the use of our information technology systems, to help manage our variable costs. Approximately two-thirds of our typical annual operating costs represent variable costs, while the remaining one-third is fixed or semi-fixed. We also maintain a flexible workforce, with a significant number of part time and seasonal workers. However, certain operating expenses, including rent, insurance, and administrative overhead, remain fixed and cannot be adjusted for seasonal demand.

Restructuring

During the first quarter of 2011, we continued to streamline operations and reduce costs with the closure of several car rental and equipment rental locations globally as well as a reduction in our workforce by approximately 100 employees.

During the second quarter of 2011, we continued to streamline operations and reduce costs with the closure of twelve equipment rental locations in the U.S., consolidation of our European headquarters and the reduction in our global workforce by approximately 50 employees.

During the third quarter of 2011, we continued to streamline operations and reduce costs by reducing our global workforce by approximately 170 employees.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, our consolidated statement of operations includes restructuring charges of $1.9 million and $40.4 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, our consolidated statement of operations includes restructuring charges relating to the initiatives discussed above of $14.6 million and $45.5 million, respectively.

Additional efficiency and cost saving initiatives are being developed, however, we presently do not have firm plans or estimates of any related expenses. See Note 12 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

Summary

The following table sets forth the percentage of total revenues represented by the various line items in our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars):

 
   
   
  Percentage of Revenues  
 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Revenues:

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 2,062.5   $ 1,862.6     84.8 %   85.2 %
 

Equipment rental

    321.6     281.1     13.2     12.9  
 

Other

    48.2     42.6     2.0     1.9  
                   
   

Total revenues

    2,432.3     2,186.3     100.0     100.0  
                   

Expenses:

                         
 

Direct operating

    1,247.6     1,159.6     51.2     53.0  
 

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    523.3     501.0     21.5     22.9  
 

Selling, general and administrative

    197.6     168.7     8.1     7.7  
 

Interest expense

    169.3     202.2     7.0     9.3  
 

Interest income

    (1.2 )   (1.3 )        
                   
   

Total expenses

    2,136.6     2,030.2     87.8     92.9  
                   

Income before income taxes

    295.7     156.1     12.2     7.1  

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    (83.2 )   3.9     (3.4 )   0.2  
                   

Net income

    212.5     160.0     8.8     7.3  

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (5.8 )   (4.7 )   (0.3 )   (0.2 )
                   

Net income attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

  $ 206.7   $ 155.3     8.5 %   7.1 %
                   

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The following table sets forth certain of our selected car rental, equipment rental and other operating data for the three months ended or as of September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 
  Three Months Ended
or as of September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Selected Car Rental Operating Data:

             
 

Worldwide number of transactions (in thousands)

    7,401     6,969  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

    5,368     5,016  
   

International (Hertz)

    2,033     1,953  
 

Worldwide transaction days (in thousands) (a)

    40,240     36,441  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

    26,452     23,637  
   

International (Hertz)

    13,788     12,804  
 

Worldwide rental rate revenue per transaction day (b)

  $ 42.50   $ 44.85  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

  $ 41.44   $ 44.21  
   

International (Hertz)

  $ 44.52   $ 46.03  
 

Worldwide average number of company-operated cars during the period

    667,800     487,100  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

    352,700     312,400  
   

International (Hertz)

    186,000     174,700  
   

Donlen

    129,100     N/A  
 

Adjusted pre-tax income (in millions of dollars) (c)

  $ 375.3   $ 307.1  
 

Worldwide revenue earning equipment, net (in millions of dollars)

  $ 9,859.4   $ 8,103.7  

Selected Worldwide Equipment Rental Operating Data:

             
 

Rental and rental related revenue (in millions of dollars) (d)

  $ 292.3   $ 259.9  
 

Same store revenue growth (decline), including growth initiatives (e)

    11.3 %   2.6 %
 

Average acquisition cost of rental equipment operated during the period (in millions of dollars)

  $ 2,830.3   $ 2,691.9  
 

Adjusted pre-tax income (in millions of dollars) (c)

  $ 55.9   $ 33.7  
 

Revenue earning equipment, net (in millions of dollars)

  $ 1,779.1   $ 1,681.4  

(a)
Transaction days represents the total number of days that vehicles were on rent in a given period.

(b)
Car rental rate revenue consists of all revenue, net of discounts, associated with the rental of cars including charges for optional insurance products, but excluding revenue derived from fueling and concession and other expense pass-throughs, NeverLost units in the U.S. and certain ancillary revenue. Rental rate revenue per transaction day is calculated as total rental rate revenue, divided by the total number of transaction days, with all periods adjusted to eliminate the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency. Our management believes eliminating the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency is appropriate so as not to affect the comparability of underlying trends. This statistic is important to our management as it represents the best measurement of the changes in underlying pricing in the car rental business and encompasses the elements in car rental pricing that management has the ability to control. The optional insurance products are packaged within certain negotiated corporate, government and membership programs and within certain retail rates being charged. Based upon these existing programs and rate packages, management believes that these optional insurance products should be consistently included in the daily pricing of car rental transactions. On the other hand, non-rental rate revenue items such as refueling and concession pass-through expense items are driven by factors beyond the control of management (i.e. the price of fuel and the concession fees charged by airports). Additionally, NeverLost units are an optional revenue product which management does not consider to be part of their daily pricing of car rental transactions. The following table reconciles our car rental

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    segment revenues to our rental rate revenue and rental rate revenue per transaction day (based on December 31, 2010 foreign exchange rates) for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars, except as noted):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Car rental segment revenues

  $ 2,109.1   $ 1,903.5  

Non-rental rate revenue

    (354.1 )   (291.1 )

Foreign currency adjustment

    (44.9 )   22.0  
           

Rental rate revenue

  $ 1,710.1   $ 1,634.4  
           

Transaction days (in thousands)

    40,240     36,441  

Rental rate revenue per transaction day (in whole dollars)

  $ 42.50   $ 44.85  
(c)
Adjusted pre-tax income is calculated as income (loss) before income taxes plus non-cash purchase accounting charges, non-cash debt charges and certain one-time charges and non-operational items. Adjusted pre-tax income is the measure utilized by management in making decisions about allocating resources to segments and measuring their performance. Management believes this measure best reflects the financial results from ongoing operations. The contribution of our reportable segments to adjusted pre-tax income and reconciliation to consolidated amounts are presented below (in millions of dollars):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Adjusted pre-tax income:

             
 

Car rental

  $ 375.3   $ 307.1  
 

Equipment rental

    55.9     33.7  
           
     

Total reportable segments

    431.2     340.8  

Adjustments:

             
   

Other reconciling items (1)

    (84.3 )   (89.4 )
   

Purchase accounting (2)

    (19.1 )   (23.8 )
   

Non-cash debt charges (3)

    (21.0 )   (46.4 )
   

Restructuring charges

    (1.9 )   (14.6 )
   

Restructuring related charges (4)

    (3.2 )   (0.6 )
   

Derivative gains (losses) (5)

    0.1     (0.2 )
   

Acquisition related costs

    (4.6 )   (9.7 )
   

Management transition costs

    (1.5 )    
           
     

Income before income taxes

  $ 295.7   $ 156.1  
           

    (1)
    Represents general corporate expenses, certain interest expense (including net interest on corporate debt), as well as other business activities such as our third-party claim management services.

    (2)
    Represents the purchase accounting effects of the Acquisition on our results of operations relating to increased depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets and accretion of revalued workers' compensation and public liability and property damage liabilities. Also represents the purchase accounting effects of subsequent acquisitions on our results of operations relating to increased amortization of intangible assets.

    (3)
    Represents non-cash debt charges relating to the amortization and write-off of deferred debt financing costs and debt discounts. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, also includes $18.0 million associated with the amortization of amounts pertaining to the de-designation of the Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, or "HVF," interest rate swaps as effective hedging instruments.

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    (4)
    Represents incremental costs incurred directly supporting our business transformation initiatives. Such costs include transition costs incurred in connection with our business process outsourcing arrangements and incremental costs incurred to facilitate business process re-engineering initiatives that involve significant organization redesign and extensive operational process changes.

    (5)
    Represents the mark-to-market adjustment on our interest rate cap.
(d)
Equipment rental and rental related revenue consists of all revenue, net of discounts, associated with the rental of equipment including charges for delivery, loss damage waivers and fueling, but excluding revenue arising from the sale of equipment, parts and supplies and certain other ancillary revenue. Rental and rental related revenue is adjusted in all periods to eliminate the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency. Our management believes eliminating the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency is appropriate so as not to affect the comparability of underlying trends. This statistic is important to our management as it is utilized in the measurement of rental revenue generated per dollar invested in fleet on an annualized basis and is comparable with the reporting of other industry participants. The following table reconciles our equipment rental segment revenues to our equipment rental and rental related revenue (based on December 31, 2010 foreign exchange rates) for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Equipment rental segment revenues

  $ 321.7   $ 281.2  

Equipment sales and other revenue

    (26.0 )   (24.1 )

Foreign currency adjustment

    (3.4 )   2.8  
           

Rental and rental related revenue

  $ 292.3   $ 259.9  
           
(e)
Same store revenue growth or decline is calculated as the year over year change in revenue for locations that are open at the end of the period reported and have been operating under our direction for more than twelve months. The same store revenue amounts are adjusted in all periods to eliminate the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency. Our management believes eliminating the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency is appropriate so as not to affect the comparability of underlying trends.

REVENUES

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Revenues by Segment

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 2,109.1   $ 1,903.5   $ 205.6     10.8 %
 

Equipment rental

    321.7     281.2     40.5     14.4 %
 

Other reconciling items

    1.5     1.6     (0.1 )   (6.3 )%
                     
   

Total revenues

  $ 2,432.3   $ 2,186.3   $ 246.0     11.3 %
                     

Car Rental Segment

Revenues from our car rental segment increased 10.8%, primarily as a result of increases in car rental transaction days worldwide of 10.4%, refueling fees of $12.2 million and airport concession recovery fees of $10.1 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $109.8 million. The three months ended September 30, 2011 also includes $35.1 million of revenues related to Donlen. These increases were partly offset by a decrease in worldwide RPD.

RPD for worldwide car rental for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 5.2% from 2010, due to decreases in U.S. and International RPD of 6.3% and 3.3%, respectively. U.S. off-airport RPD decreased by 4.3% and U.S. airport RPD decreased 6.8%. A mix shift to longer life, lower RPD

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rentals (including increased growth of off-airport and the Advantage brand); as well as a difficult year-over-year RPD comparison to last year, reduced U.S. RPD. International RPD decreased due to a decrease in Europe's airport RPD which was due to the competitive pricing environment and a mix shift of increased growth of the Advantage brand.

Equipment Rental Segment

Revenues from our equipment rental segment increased 14.4%, primarily due to increases of 9.9% and 3.4% in equipment rental volumes and pricing, respectively, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $7.0 million. The increase in volume was primarily due to strong industrial performance.

Other

Revenues from all other sources decreased $0.1 million, primarily due to a decrease in revenues from our third-party claim management services.

EXPENSES

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Expenses:

                         
 

Fleet related expenses

  $ 318.5   $ 284.3   $ 34.2     12.0 %
 

Personnel related expenses

    378.4     353.0     25.4     7.2 %
 

Other direct operating expenses

    550.7     522.3     28.4     5.4 %
                     
   

Direct operating

    1,247.6     1,159.6     88.0     7.6 %
   

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    523.3     501.0     22.3     4.4 %
   

Selling, general and administrative

    197.6     168.7     28.9     17.1 %
   

Interest expense

    169.3     202.2     (32.9 )   (16.2 )%
   

Interest income

    (1.2 )   (1.3 )   0.1     (11.9 )%
                     
     

Total expenses

  $ 2,136.6   $ 2,030.2   $ 106.4     5.2 %
                     

Total expenses increased 5.2%, but total expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased from 92.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 to 87.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2011.

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Direct Operating Expenses

Car Rental Segment

Direct operating expenses for our car rental segment of $1,071.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased 8.4% from $988.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 as a result of increases in other direct operating expenses, fleet related expenses and personnel related expenses

    Other direct operating expenses for our car rental segment was $490.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 6.5%, from the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to increases in field systems of $5.8 million, third-party claim management expenses of $3.9 million, customer service costs of $3.2 million, concession fees of $3.1 million and charge card fees of $1.9 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $17.3 million. These increases were primarily a result of improved worldwide rental volume demand.

    Fleet related expenses for our car rental segment was $267.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 13.3%, from the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to worldwide rental volume demand which resulted in increases in gasoline costs of $18.6 million and self insurance expenses of $2.5 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $13.2 million. The increase in gasoline costs also related to higher gasoline prices. These increases were partly offset by a decrease of $4.0 million in vehicle damage costs.

    Personnel related expenses for our car rental segment was $313.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 7.5%, from the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $9.8 million, as well as increases in salaries and outside services, including transporter wages associated with improved volume and additional U.S. off-airport locations in 2011.

Equipment Rental Segment

Direct operating expenses for our equipment rental segment of $175.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased 2.0% from $172.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 as a result of increases in personnel related expenses and fleet related expenses, partly offset by a decrease in other direct operating expenses.

    Personnel related expenses for our equipment rental segment of $56.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased $4.7 million, or 9.1%, from the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was related to wages and benefits of $2.3 million and incentives of $1.3 million primarily related to improved results, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $1.1 million.

    Fleet related expenses for our equipment rental segment of $50.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased $2.7 million, or 5.7% from the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to continued aging of the fleet which resulted in an increase in maintenance costs of $1.7 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $0.8 million.

    Other direct operating expenses for our equipment rental segment of $68.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased $4.0 million, or 5.5% from the three months ended

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    September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily related to a decrease in restructuring charges of $11.4 million, partly offset by increases in credit and collection expenses of $1.3 million, legal expenses of $0.8 million, facilities of $0.8 million and field systems and administrative expenses of $0.8 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $1.6 million.

Depreciation of Revenue Earning Equipment and Lease Charges

Car Rental Segment

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges for our car rental segment of $461.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased 6.6% from $432.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $45.0 million and a 10.6% increase in the size of our average fleet, partly offset by an improvement in certain vehicle residual values and a higher mix of non-program cars.

Equipment Rental Segment

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges in our equipment rental segment of $62.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 9.2% from $68.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to higher residual values on the disposal of used equipment, partly offset by a 5.1% increase in the average acquisition cost of rental equipment operated during the period and the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $1.3 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $28.9 million or 17.1% from the prior year period, due to increases in administrative expenses, advertising expenses and sales promotion expenses.

    Administrative expenses increased $15.7 million, or 15.6%, primarily due to the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $11.0 million, as well as increases in salaries and related expenses of $2.7 million and consultant fees of $1.6 million. These increases were partly offset by decreases in legal expenses of $2.1 million and restructuring and restructuring related charges of $1.4 million.

    Advertising expenses increased $9.2 million, or 25.1%, primarily due to increased media and production related to the new campaign ("Gas and Brake"), as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $2.3 million.

    Sales promotion expenses increased $4.0 million, or 12.5%, primarily related to increases in sales salaries and commissions due to improved results, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $1.1 million.

Interest Expense

Car Rental Segment

Interest expense for our car rental segment of $91.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 19.8% from $113.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in interest rates, partly offset by an increase in the weighted average debt outstanding as result of an increased fleet size.

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Equipment Rental Segment

Interest expense for our equipment rental segment of $10.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased 17.6% from $9.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to an increase in Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility interest rates in 2011 and an increase in weighted average debt outstanding as a result of an increased fleet size.

Other

Other interest expense relating to interest on corporate debt of $67.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 15.1% from $79.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower interest rates in 2011.

Interest Income

Interest income decreased $0.1 million from the prior year period.

ADJUSTED PRE-TAX INCOME (LOSS)

Car Rental Segment

Adjusted pre-tax income for our car rental segment of $375.3 million increased 22.2% from $307.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to stronger volumes, improved residual values and disciplined cost management, partly offset by decreased pricing. Adjustments to our car rental segment income before income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2011 totaled $23.3 million (which consists of non-cash debt charges of $11.1 million, purchase accounting of $8.0 million and restructuring and related charges of $4.3 million, partly offset by a gain on derivatives of $0.1 million). Adjustments to our car rental segment income before income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2010 totaled $48.1 million (which consists of non-cash debt charges of $34.4 million, purchase accounting of $9.1 million and restructuring and restructuring related charges of $4.6 million). See footnote (c) to the table under "Results of Operations" for a summary and description of these adjustments.

Equipment Rental Segment

Adjusted pre-tax income for our equipment rental segment of $55.9 million increased 65.9% from $33.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to stronger volumes and pricing, strong cost management performance and higher residual values on the disposal of used equipment. Adjustments to our equipment rental segment income before income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2011 totaled $10.7 million (which consists of purchase accounting of $10.2 million and non-cash debt charges of $0.6 million, partly offset by a reversal of restructuring and related charges of $0.1 million). Adjustments to our equipment rental income before income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2010 totaled $26.1 million (which consists of purchase accounting of $13.9 million, restructuring charges of $10.6 million and non-cash debt charges of $1.6 million). See footnote (c) to the table under "Results of Operations" for a summary and description of these adjustments.

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(PROVISION) BENEFIT FOR TAXES ON INCOME, NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST AND NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES' COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

 
  Three Months Ended September 30,    
   
 
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Income before income taxes

  $ 295.7   $ 156.1   $ 139.6     89.4 %

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    (83.2 )   3.9     (87.1 )   N/M  
                     

Net income

    212.5     160.0     52.5     32.8 %

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (5.8 )   (4.7 )   (1.1 )   23.7 %
                     

Net income attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

  $ 206.7   $ 155.3   $ 51.4     33.1 %
                     

(Provision) Benefit for Taxes on Income

The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was 28.1% as compared to (2.5)% in the three months ended September 30, 2010. The provision for taxes on income increased $87.1 million, primarily due to higher income before income taxes, changes in geographic earnings mix and changes in losses in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions for which tax benefits cannot be realized.

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest increased $1.1 million due to an increase in our majority-owned subsidiary Navigation Solutions, L.L.C.'s net income for the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010.

Net Income Attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' Common Stockholders

The net income attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders increased 33.1% primarily due to higher rental volumes in our worldwide car and equipment rental operations, improved residual values on the disposal of certain vehicles and used equipment, disciplined cost management and increased pricing in our equipment rental operations, partly offset by lower pricing in our worldwide car rental operations. The impact of changes in exchange rates on net income was mitigated by the fact that not only revenues but also most expenses outside of the United States were incurred in local currencies.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

Summary

The following table sets forth the percentage of total revenues represented by the various line items in our consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars):

 
   
   
  Percentage of Revenues  
 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010   2011   2010  

Revenues:

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 5,272.6   $ 4,842.2     83.9 %   84.5 %
 

Equipment rental

    891.3     783.8     14.2     13.7  
 

Other

    120.7     100.8     1.9     1.8  
                   
   

Total revenues

    6,284.6     5,726.8     100.0     100.0  
                   

Expenses:

                         
 

Direct operating

    3,508.6     3,248.4     55.8     56.7  
 

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    1,379.0     1,416.9     21.9     24.8  
 

Selling, general and administrative

    575.4     508.4     9.2     8.9  
 

Interest expense

    532.1     572.1     8.5     10.0  
 

Interest income

    (4.7 )   (10.4 )   (0.1 )   (0.2 )
 

Other (income) expense, net

    62.7         1.0      
                   
   

Total expenses

    6,053.1     5,735.4     96.3     100.2  
                   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    231.5     (8.6 )   3.7     (0.2 )

Provision for taxes on income

    (87.9 )   0.9     (1.4 )    
                   

Net income (loss)

    143.6     (7.7 )   2.3     (0.2 )

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (14.5 )   (12.9 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )
                   

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

  $ 129.1   $ (20.6 )   2.1 %   (0.4 )%
                   

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The following table sets forth certain of our selected car rental, equipment rental and other operating data for the nine months ended or as of September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 
  Nine Months Ended
or as of September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Selected Car Rental Operating Data:

             
 

Worldwide number of transactions (in thousands)

    20,575     19,647  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

    15,102     14,434  
   

International (Hertz)

    5,473     5,213  
 

Worldwide transaction days (in thousands) (a)

    104,715     96,751  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

    71,162     65,638  
   

International (Hertz)

    33,553     31,113  
 

Worldwide rental rate revenue per transaction day (a)(b)

  $ 41.98   $ 43.55  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

  $ 40.70   $ 42.47  
   

International (Hertz)

  $ 44.70   $ 45.83  
 

Worldwide average number of company-operated cars during the period

    613,700     451,100  
   

Domestic (Hertz)

    325,500     302,000  
   

International (Hertz)

    159,100     149,100  
   

Donlen

    129,100     N/A  
 

Adjusted pre-tax income (in millions of dollars) (a)(c)

  $ 678.8   $ 509.9  
 

Worldwide revenue earning equipment, net (in millions of dollars)

  $ 9,859.4   $ 8,103.7  

Selected Worldwide Equipment Rental Operating Data:

             
 

Rental and rental related revenue (in millions of dollars) (a)(d)

  $ 803.2   $ 715.1  
 

Same store revenue growth (decline), including growth initiatives (a)

    10.1 %   (6.9 )%
 

Average acquisition cost of rental equipment operated during the period (in millions of dollars)

  $ 2,791.7   $ 2,728.5  
 

Adjusted pre-tax income (in millions of dollars) (a)(c)

  $ 99.5   $ 43.0  
 

Revenue earning equipment, net (in millions of dollars)

  $ 1,779.1   $ 1,681.4  

(a)
For further details relating to car rental transaction days, car rental rate revenue per transaction day, adjusted pre-tax income, equipment rental and rental related revenue and equipment rental same store revenue growth (decline) including growth initiatives, see "Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 2010—Summary."

(b)
The following table reconciles our car rental segment revenues to our rental rate revenue and rental rate revenue per transaction day (based on December 31, 2010 foreign exchange rates) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars, except as noted):

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Car rental segment revenues

  $ 5,388.3   $ 4,938.2  

Non-rental rate revenue

    (894.5 )   (777.0 )

Foreign currency adjustment

    (97.6 )   52.5  
           

Rental rate revenue

  $ 4,396.2   $ 4,213.7  
           

Transaction days (in thousands)

    104,715     96,751  

Rental rate revenue per transaction day (in whole dollars)

  $ 41.98   $ 43.55  

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(c)
The contribution of our reportable segments to adjusted pre-tax income and reconciliation to consolidated amounts are presented below (in millions of dollars):

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Adjusted pre-tax income:

             
 

Car rental

  $ 678.8   $ 509.9  
 

Equipment rental

    99.5     43.0  
           
     

Total reportable segments

    778.3     552.9  

Adjustments:

             
   

Other reconciling items (1)

    (263.0 )   (275.6 )
   

Purchase accounting (2)

    (62.2 )   (68.4 )
   

Non-cash debt charges (3)

    (108.0 )   (144.9 )
   

Restructuring charges

    (40.4 )   (45.5 )
   

Restructuring related charges (4)

    (6.4 )   (7.9 )
   

Derivative gains (losses) (5)

    0.1     (2.5 )
   

Acquisition related costs

    (13.6 )   (16.7 )
   

Management transition costs

    (4.0 )    
   

Pension adjustment (6)

    13.1      
   

Premiums paid on debt (7)

    (62.4 )    
           
     

Income (loss) before income taxes

  $ 231.5   $ (8.6 )
           

    (1)
    Represents general corporate expenses, certain interest expense (including net interest on corporate debt), as well as other business activities such as our third-party claim management services.

    (2)
    Represents the purchase accounting effects of the Acquisition on our results of operations relating to increased depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets and accretion of revalued workers' compensation and public liability and property damage liabilities. Also represents the purchase accounting effects of subsequent acquisitions on our results of operations relating to increased amortization of intangible assets.

    (3)
    Represents non-cash debt charges relating to the amortization and write-off of deferred debt financing costs and debt discounts. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, also includes $56.9 million associated with the amortization of amounts pertaining to the de-designation of the HVF interest rate swaps as effective hedging instruments.

    (4)
    Represents incremental costs incurred directly supporting our business transformation initiatives. Such costs include transition costs incurred in connection with our business process outsourcing arrangements and incremental costs incurred to facilitate business process re-engineering initiatives that involve significant organization redesign and extensive operational process changes.

    (5)
    Represents the mark-to-market adjustment on our interest rate cap.

    (6)
    Represents a gain for the U.K. pension plan relating to unamortized prior service cost from a 2010 amendment that eliminated discretionary pension increases related to pre-1997 service primarily pertaining to inactive employees.

    (7)
    Represents premiums paid to redeem our 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes and a portion of our 8.875% Senior Notes.

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(d)
The following table reconciles our equipment rental segment revenues to our equipment rental and rental related revenue (based on December 31, 2010 foreign exchange rates) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars):

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2011   2010  

Equipment rental segment revenues

  $ 891.6   $ 784.1  

Equipment sales and other revenue

    (78.8 )   (75.0 )

Foreign currency adjustment

    (9.6 )   6.0  
           

Rental and rental related revenue

  $ 803.2   $ 715.1  
           

REVENUES

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Revenues by Segment

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 5,388.3   $ 4,938.2   $ 450.1     9.1 %
 

Equipment rental

    891.6     784.1     107.5     13.7 %
 

Other reconciling items

    4.7     4.5     0.2     4.4 %
                     
   

Total revenues

  $ 6,284.6   $ 5,726.8   $ 557.8     9.7 %
                     

Car Rental Segment

Revenues from our car rental segment increased 9.1%, primarily as a result of increases in car rental transaction days worldwide of 8.2%, refueling fees of $35.7 million and airport concession recovery fees of $28.1 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $201.5 million. The nine months ended September 30, 2011 also includes $35.1 million of revenues related to Donlen. These increases were partly offset by a decrease in worldwide RPD.

RPD for worldwide car rental for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 3.6% from 2010, due to decreases in U.S. and International RPD of 4.2% and 2.5%, respectively. U.S. off-airport RPD declined by 2.1% and U.S. airport RPD decreased 4.6%. A mix shift to longer life, lower RPD rentals (including increased growth of off-airport and the Advantage brand); the competitive environment in the first half of the year, as well as a difficult year-over-year RPD comparison to last year in the latest quarter, reduced U.S. RPD. International RPD decreased primarily due to a decrease in Europe's airport RPD which was due to the competitive pricing environment.

Equipment Rental Segment

Revenues from our equipment rental segment increased 13.7%, primarily due to increases of 11.7% and 2.0% in equipment rental volumes and pricing, respectively, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $18.0 million. The increase in volume was primarily due to strong industrial performance.

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Other

Revenues from all other sources increased $0.2 million, primarily due to an increase in revenues from our third-party claim management services.

EXPENSES

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Expenses:

                         
 

Fleet related expenses

  $ 855.4   $ 762.1   $ 93.3     12.2 %
 

Personnel related expenses

    1,117.9     1,056.4     61.5     5.8 %
 

Other direct operating expenses

    1,535.3     1,429.9     105.4     7.4 %
                     
   

Direct operating

    3,508.6     3,248.4     260.2     8.0 %
   

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges

    1,379.0     1,416.9     (37.9 )   (2.7 )%
   

Selling, general and administrative

    575.4     508.4     67.0     13.2 %
   

Interest expense

    532.1     572.1     (40.0 )   (7.0 )%
   

Interest income

    (4.7 )   (10.4 )   5.7     (55.7 )%
   

Other (income) expense, net

    62.7         62.7     N/M  
                     
     

Total expenses

  $ 6,053.1   $ 5,735.4   $ 317.7     5.5 %
                     

Total expenses increased 5.5%, but total expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased from 100.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to 96.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Direct Operating Expenses

Car Rental Segment

Direct operating expenses for our car rental segment of $2,953.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased $215.8 million, or 7.9%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as a result of increases in other direct operating expenses, fleet related expenses and personnel related expenses.

    Other direct operating expenses for our car rental segment was $1,324.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 7.0% from the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to increases in field administrative expenses of $17.9 million, concession fees of $12.2 million, third-party claim management expenses of $10.7 million, customer service costs of $9.8 million, charge card fees of $4.9 million and reservation costs of $2.8 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $38.7 million. The increases were primarily a result of improved worldwide rental volume demand. The increase in field administrative expenses also related to a reimbursement received from a manufacturer in the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increases in other direct operating expenses were partly offset by a decrease in restructuring and restructuring related charges of $7.3 million.

    Fleet related expenses for our car rental segment was $709.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 12.7% from the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The

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    increase was primarily related to worldwide rental volume demand which resulted in increases in gasoline costs of $41.4 million, vehicle license taxes of $6.0 million, self insurance expenses of $4.9 million and vehicle registration fees of $4.1 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $31.2 million. The increase in gasoline costs also related to higher gasoline prices. These increases were partly offset by a decrease in vehicle damage costs of $9.3 million.

    Personnel related expenses for our car rental segment was $920.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 5.7%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was related to increases in salaries and related expenses of $21.1 million, outside services, including transporter wages of $14.1 million and incentive compensation costs of $1.7 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $23.1 million, partly offset by a decrease in benefits of $10.6 million. The expense increases were primarily related to improved results, as well as additional U.S. off-airport and Advantage locations in 2011. The decrease in benefits primarily related to the U.K. pension plan curtailment gain.

Equipment Rental Segment

Direct operating expenses for our equipment rental segment of $554.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased 8.9% from $509.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as a result of increases in other direct operating expenses, fleet related expenses and personnel related expenses.

    Other direct operating expenses for our equipment rental segment of $239.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased $18.6 million, or 8.4% from the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to increases in legal expenses of $3.1 million, re-rent expense of $2.7 million, amortization expense of $1.9 million, restructuring and restructuring related charges of $1.2 million and credit and collections expense of $1.1 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $4.8 million. The increase in re-rent expense primarily related to improved worldwide rental volume demand.

    Fleet related expenses for our equipment rental segment of $146.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased $13.4 million, or 10.1% from the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily related to continued aging of the fleet which resulted in an increase in maintenance costs of $9.3 million and increased worldwide rental volume resulting in increased freight and delivery costs of $5.8 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $2.5 million. These increases were partly offset by a decrease in insurance and licenses of $2.4 million.

    Personnel related expenses for our equipment rental segment of $169.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased $13.3 million, or 8.5% from the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was related to increases in wages and benefits of $8.1 million and incentives of $2.0 million primarily related to improved results, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $3.1 million.

Depreciation of Revenue Earning Equipment and Lease Charges

Car Rental Segment

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges for our car rental segment of $1,185.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 2.1% from $1,210.7 million

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for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to an improvement in certain vehicle residual values and a higher mix of non-program cars, partly offset by the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $65.2 million.

Equipment Rental Segment

Depreciation of revenue earning equipment and lease charges in our equipment rental segment of $193.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 6.1% from $206.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to higher residual values on the disposal of used equipment, partly offset by a 2.3% increase in the average acquisition cost of rental equipment operated during the period, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $3.2 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 13.2%, due to increases in administrative expenses, sales promotion expenses and advertising expenses.

    Administrative expenses increased $40.4 million, or 13.1%, primarily due to increases in salaries and related expenses of $16.7 million and consulting expenses of $6.0 million, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $19.2 million.

    Sales promotion expenses increased $13.4 million, or 14.0%, primarily related to increases in sales salaries and commissions due to improved results, as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $2.8 million.

    Advertising expenses increased $13.2 million, or 12.5%, primarily due to increased media and production related to the new campaign ("Gas and Brake"), as well as the effects of foreign currency translation of approximately $4.8 million.

Interest Expense

Car Rental Segment

Interest expense for our car rental segment of $245.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 18.5% from $301.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower interest rates in 2011.

Equipment Rental Segment

Interest expense for our equipment rental segment of $34.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased 15.2% from $29.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to a portion of the write-off of the unamortized debt costs in connection with the refinancing of our Senior ABL Facility which was allocated to our equipment rental segment in 2011.

Other

Other interest expense relating to interest on corporate debt of $252.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased 4.6% from $241.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to the write-off of unamortized debt costs in connection with the refinancing of our Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility, financing costs incurred in connection

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with the new Senior Term Facility and the write-off of unamortized debt costs in connection with the redemption of our 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes and a portion of our 8.875% Senior Notes in 2011.

Interest Income

Interest income decreased $5.7 million primarily due to a value added tax reclaim received in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other (income) expense, net increased $62.7 million primarily due to premiums paid in connection with the redemption of our 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes and a portion of our 8.875% Senior Notes during 2011.

ADJUSTED PRE-TAX INCOME (LOSS)

Car Rental Segment

Adjusted pre-tax income for our car rental segment of $678.8 million increased 33.1% million from $509.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to stronger volumes, improved residual values and disciplined cost management, partly offset by decreased pricing. Adjustments to our car rental segment income before income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 totaled $53.7 million (which consists of non-cash debt charges of $31.9 million, purchase accounting of $24.6 million, restructuring and restructuring related charges of $9.7 million, pension adjustment of $(13.1) million and loss on derivatives of $0.6 million). Adjustments to our car rental segment income before income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 totaled $157.5 million (which consists of non-cash debt charges of $107.8 million, purchase accounting of $28.6 million and restructuring and restructuring related charges of $21.1 million). See footnote (c) to the table under "Results of Operations" for a summary and description of these adjustments.

Equipment Rental Segment

Adjusted pre-tax income for our equipment rental segment of $99.5 million increased $56.5 million from $43.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase was primarily due to stronger volumes and pricing, strong cost management performance and higher residual values on the disposal of used equipment. Adjustments to our equipment rental segment income before income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 totaled $75.3 million (which consists of restructuring and restructuring related charges of $35.8 million, purchase accounting of $35.0 million and non-cash debt charges of $4.5 million). Adjustments to our equipment rental loss before income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 totaled $74.6 million (which consists of purchase accounting of $37.4 million, restructuring and restructuring related charges of $31.5 million and non-cash debt charges of $5.7 million). See footnote (c) to the table under "Results of Operations" for a summary and description of these adjustments.

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(PROVISION) BENEFIT FOR TAXES ON INCOME, NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST AND NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES' COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
   
  % Change
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change

Income (loss) before income taxes

  $ 231.5   $ (8.6 ) $ 240.1   N/M

(Provision) benefit for taxes on income

    (87.9 )   0.9     (88.8 ) N/M
                 

Net income (loss)

    143.6     (7.7 )   151.3   N/M

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (14.5 )   (12.9 )   (1.6 ) 12.5%
                 

Net income (loss) attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders

  $ 129.1   $ (20.6 ) $ 149.7   N/M
                 

(Provision) Benefit for Taxes on Income

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was 37.9% as compared to 10.8% in the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The provision for taxes on income increased $88.8 million, primarily due to higher income before income taxes, changes in geographic earnings mix and changes in losses in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions for which tax benefits cannot be realized.

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest increased $1.6 million due to an increase in our majority-owned subsidiary Navigation Solutions, L.L.C.'s net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' Common Stockholders

The net income attributable to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries' common stockholders increased $149.7 million primarily due to higher rental volumes in our worldwide car and equipment rental operations, improved residual values on the disposal of certain vehicles and used equipment, disciplined cost management and increased pricing in our equipment rental operations, partly offset by lower pricing in our worldwide car rental operations, costs incurred in connection with the refinancing of our Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility and the write-off of unamortized debt costs and premiums paid in connection with the redemption of our 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes and a portion of our 8.875% Senior Notes during 2011. The impact of changes in exchange rates on net income was mitigated by the fact that not only revenues but also most expenses outside of the United States were incurred in local currencies.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our domestic and international operations are funded by cash provided by operating activities and by extensive financing arrangements maintained by us in the United States and internationally.

Cash Flows

As of September 30, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents of $385.8 million, a decrease of $1,988.4 million from $2,374.2 million as of December 31, 2010. The following table summarizes such decrease:

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
 
(in millions of dollars)
  2011   2010   $ Change  

Cash provided by (used in):

                   
 

Operating activities

  $ 1,648.5   $ 1,729.5   $ (81.0 )
 

Investing activities

    (3,465.0 )   (2,462.4 )   (1,002.6 )
 

Financing activities

    (185.9 )   1,264.9     (1,450.8 )

Effect of exchange rate changes

    14.0     (34.3 )   48.3  
               

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

  $ (1,988.4 ) $ 497.7   $ (2,486.1 )
               

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we generated $81.0 million less cash from operating activities compared with the same period in 2010. The decrease was primarily due to the timing of our vendor payments as a result of improvements in the operating performance of our business, equipment rental customer receivables and VAT receivables. The decrease was also due to premiums paid to redeem debt in 2011 and timing of interest payments.

Our primary use of cash in investing activities is for the acquisition of revenue earning equipment, which consists of cars and equipment. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we used $1,002.6 million more cash for investing activities compared with the same period in 2010. The increase in the use of funds was primarily due to increases in revenue earning equipment and property and equipment expenditures, a decrease in proceeds from disposal of revenue earning equipment and the Donlen acquisition, partly offset by a decrease in the year-over-year change in restricted cash and cash equivalents. The decrease in proceeds from the disposal of revenue earning equipment in our car rental operations was primarily related to the higher mix of less expensive non-program cars sold, partly offset by an increase in proceeds from the disposal of revenue earning equipment in our equipment rental operations primarily related to strategically refreshing the age of our fleet. The increase in revenue earning equipment expenditures was primarily due to higher car and equipment rental volumes. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $332.8 million and $207.6 million, respectively, of restricted cash and cash equivalents to be used for the purchase of revenue earning vehicles and other specified uses under our fleet financing facilities, our Like Kind Exchange Program, or "LKE Program," and to satisfy certain of our self-insurance regulatory reserve requirements. The increase in restricted cash and cash equivalents of $125.2 million from December 31, 2010 to September 30, 2011, primarily related to the timing of purchases and sales of revenue earning vehicles.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we used $1,450.8 million more cash for financing activities compared with the same period in 2010. The increase was primarily due to payment of long-term debt (includes redemption of $518.5 million principal amount of 10.5% Senior Subordinated Notes, redemption of $1,585 million principal amount of our outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes and a

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payment of $1.3 billion for the 2005 Senior Term Facility), a decrease in proceeds under the revolving lines of credit, net and payments of short-term borrowings, partly offset by an increase in proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt (includes $1.4 billion Senior Term Facility issued March 2011 and $1 billion of 6.75% Senior Notes issued in February and March 2011).

Capital Expenditures

The tables below set forth the revenue earning equipment and property and equipment capital expenditures and related disposal proceeds on a cash basis consistent with our consolidated statements of cash flows, by quarter for 2011 and 2010 (in millions of dollars).

 
  Revenue Earning Equipment   Property and Equipment  
 
  Capital
Expenditures
  Disposal
Proceeds
  Net Capital
Expenditures
(Disposal
Proceeds)
  Capital
Expenditures
  Disposal
Proceeds
  Net Capital
Expenditures
 

2011

                                     
 

First Quarter

  $ 1,963.8   $ (1,690.2 ) $ 273.6   $ 56.8   $ (14.5 ) $ 42.3  
 

Second Quarter

    3,503.0     (1,798.7 )   1,704.3     68.6     (13.9 )   54.7  
 

Third Quarter

    2,397.8     (1,443.5 )   954.3     76.9     (19.7 )   57.2  
                           

    7,864.6     (4,932.4 )   2,932.2     202.3     (48.1 )   154.2  
                           

2010

                                     
 

First Quarter

  $ 2,214.5   $ (1,606.4 ) $ 608.1   $ 51.3   $ (6.7 ) $ 44.6  
 

Second Quarter

    3,102.8     (1,836.8 )   1,266.0     40.7     (8.5 )   32.2  
 

Third Quarter

    1,796.4     (1,702.8 )   93.6     42.3     (10.3 )   32.0  
                           

  $ 7,113.7   $ (5,146.0 ) $ 1,967.7   $ 134.3   $ (25.5 ) $ 108.8  
                           

 

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
 
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Revenue earning equipment expenditures

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 7,452.1   $ 7,009.6   $ 442.5     6.3 %
 

Equipment rental

    412.5     104.1     308.4     296.2 %
                     
   

Total

  $ 7,864.6   $ 7,113.7   $ 750.9     10.6 %
                     

The increase in our car rental operations revenue earning equipment expenditures was primarily due to higher rental volumes during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase in our equipment rental operations revenue earning equipment expenditures was primarily due to a continued improvement in economic conditions as well

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as efforts to reduce the age of our fleet during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
   
 
 
  2011   2010   $ Change   % Change  

Property and equipment expenditures

                         
 

Car rental

  $ 169.2   $ 116.9   $ 52.3     44.7 %
 

Equipment rental

    19.7     9.7     10.0     103.2 %
 

Other

    13.4     7.7     5.7     75.2 %
                     
   

Total

  $ 202.3   $ 134.3   $ 68.0     50.6 %
                     

The increases in property and equipment expenditures were primarily due to a continued improvement in economic conditions.

Financing

Our primary liquidity needs include servicing of corporate and fleet related debt, the payment of operating expenses and purchases of rental vehicles and equipment to be used in our operations. Our primary sources of funding are operating cash flows, cash received on the disposal of vehicles and equipment, borrowings under our asset-backed securitizations and our asset-based revolving credit facilities and access to the credit markets generally.

As of September 30, 2011, we had $12,506.3 million of total indebtedness outstanding. Cash paid for interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, was $488.0 million, net of amounts capitalized. Accordingly, we are highly leveraged and a substantial portion of our liquidity needs arise from debt service on our indebtedness and from the funding of our costs of operations and capital expenditures.

Our liquidity as of September 30, 2011 consisted of cash and cash equivalents, unused commitments under our Senior ABL Facility and unused commitments under our fleet debt. For a description of these amounts, see Note 7 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report as well as "Borrowing Capacity and Availability," below.

We have a significant amount of debt that will mature over the next several years. The aggregate amounts of maturities of debt for each of the twelve-month periods ending September 30 (in millions of dollars) are as follows:

2012   $ 5,198.9   (including $4,989.2 of other short-term borrowings)
2013   $ 672.6    
2014   $ 703.0    
2015   $ 884.1    
2016   $ 1,236.3    
After 2016   $ 3,896.0    

Our short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2011 include, among other items, the amounts outstanding under the Senior ABL Facility, European Securitization, Australian Securitization, U.S. Fleet Financing Facility, U.S. Variable Funding Notes, Brazilian Fleet Financing Facility, Canadian Securitization, Capitalized Leases, European Revolving Credit Facility, Donlen GN II Variable Funding Note Facility and European Seasonal Revolving Facility. These amounts are reflected as short-term

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borrowings, regardless of the facility maturity date, as these facilities are revolving in nature and/or the outstanding borrowings have maturities of three months or less. Short-term borrowings also include the Convertible Senior Notes which became convertible on January 1, 2011 and remained as such through September 30, 2011.

The agreements governing our indebtedness require us to comply with certain covenants. Our failure to comply with the obligations contained in any agreements governing our indebtedness could result in an event of default under the applicable instrument, which could result in the related debt becoming immediately due and payable and could further result in a cross default or cross acceleration of our debt issued under other instruments.

As a result of our successful refinancing efforts in 2009, 2010 and the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and the strategic cost reduction actions taken in the past, we believe that we will remain in compliance with our debt covenants and that cash generated from operations and cash received on the disposal of vehicles and equipment, together with amounts available under various facilities will be adequate to permit us to meet our debt service obligations, ongoing costs of operations, working capital needs and capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months.

A significant number of cars that we purchase are subject to repurchase by car manufacturers under contractual repurchase or guaranteed depreciation programs. Under these programs, car manufacturers agree to repurchase cars at a specified price or guarantee the depreciation rate on the cars during a specified time period, typically subject to certain car condition and mileage requirements. We use book values derived from this specified price or guaranteed depreciation rate to calculate financing capacity under certain asset-backed and asset-based financing arrangements.

In the event of a bankruptcy of a car manufacturer, our liquidity would be impacted by several factors including reductions in fleet residual values and the risk that we would be unable to collect outstanding receivables due to us from such bankrupt manufacturer. In addition, the program cars manufactured by any such company would need to be removed from our fleet or re-designated as non-program vehicles, which would require us to furnish additional credit enhancement associated with these program vehicles. For a discussion of the risks associated with a manufacturer's bankruptcy or our reliance on asset-backed and asset-based financing, see "Item 1A—Risk Factors" included in our Form 10-K.

We rely significantly on asset-backed and asset-based financing arrangements to purchase cars for our domestic and international car rental fleet. The amount of financing available to us pursuant to these programs depends on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control, including recently adopted legislation, proposed SEC rules and regulations and other legislative and administrative developments. In this regard, there has been uncertainty regarding the potential impact of recently proposed SEC rules and regulations governing the issuance of asset-backed securities and additional requirements contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. While we will continue to monitor these developments and their impact on our ABS program, the SEC rules and regulations, once adopted and implemented, may impact our ability and/or desire to engage in asset-backed financings in the future. For further information concerning our asset-backed financing programs and our indebtedness, see Note 4 to the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K under the caption "Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." For a discussion of the risks associated with our reliance on asset-backed and asset-based financing and the significant amount of indebtedness, see "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our Form 10-K.

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For further information on our indebtedness, see Note 7 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

Covenants

Certain of our debt instruments and credit facilities contain a number of covenants that, among other things, limit or restrict the ability of the borrowers and the guarantors to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, incur guarantee obligations, prepay certain indebtedness, make certain restricted payments (including paying dividends, redeeming stock or making other distributions), create liens, make investments, make acquisitions, engage in mergers, fundamentally change the nature of their business, make capital expenditures, or engage in certain transactions with certain affiliates.

Under the new terms of our amended Senior Term Facility and Senior ABL Facility, we are not subject to ongoing financial maintenance covenants; however, under the Senior ABL Facility we are subject to a springing financial maintenance covenant upon the occurrence of certain triggering events. As of September 30, 2011, no triggering event had occurred requiring testing of the springing financial maintenance covenant.

In addition to borrowings under our Senior Credit Facilities, we have a significant amount of additional debt outstanding. For further information on the terms of our Senior Credit Facilities as well as our significant amount of debt outstanding, see Note 7 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report and Note 4 to the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K under the caption "Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." For a discussion of the risks associated with our significant indebtedness, see "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our Form 10-K.

Borrowing Capacity and Availability

As of September 30, 2011, the following facilities were available for the use of Hertz and its subsidiaries (in millions of dollars):

   
  Remaining
Capacity
  Availability
Under
Borrowing
Base
Limitation
 
 

Corporate Debt

             
 

Senior ABL Facility

  $ 1,258.7   $ 786.4  
             
   

Total Corporate Debt

    1,258.7     786.4  
             
 

Fleet Debt

             
 

Donlen GN II Variable Funding Note Facility

    85.7     85.7  
 

U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes

    415.1     76.7  
 

U.S. Fleet Financing Facility

    39.0     3.6  
 

European Securitization

    57.2     30.1  
 

Canadian Securitization

    91.4     12.5  
 

Australian Securitization

    107.6     1.2  
 

Capitalized Leases

    7.4     1.0  
             
   

Total Fleet Debt

    803.4     210.8  
             
 

Total

  $ 2,062.1   $ 997.2  
             

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                 Operations (Continued)

Our borrowing capacity and availability primarily comes from our "revolving credit facilities," which are a combination of asset-backed securitization facilities and asset-based revolving credit facilities. Creditors under each of our revolving credit facilities have a claim on a specific pool of assets as collateral. Our ability to borrow under each revolving credit facility is a function of, among other things, the value of the assets in the relevant collateral pool. We refer to the amount of debt we can borrow given a certain pool of assets as the "borrowing base."

We refer to "Remaining Capacity" as the maximum principal amount of debt permitted to be outstanding under the respective facility (i.e., the amount of debt we could borrow assuming we possessed sufficient assets as collateral) less the principal amount of debt then-outstanding under such facility.

We refer to "Availability Under Borrowing Base Limitation" and "borrowing base availability" as the lower of Remaining Capacity or the borrowing base less the principal amount of debt then-outstanding under such facility (i.e., the amount of debt we could borrow given the collateral we possess at such time).

As of September 30, 2011, the Senior Term Facility had approximately $0.3 million available under the letter of credit facility and the Senior ABL Facility had $1,103.7 million available under the letter of credit facility sublimit, subject to borrowing base restrictions.

Substantially all of our revenue earning equipment and certain related assets are owned by special purpose entities, or are encumbered in favor of our lenders under our various credit facilities.

Some of these special purpose entities are consolidated variable interest entities, of which Hertz is the primary beneficiary, whose sole purpose is to provide commitments to lend in various currencies subject to borrowing bases comprised of rental vehicles and related assets of certain of Hertz International, Ltd.'s subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, our International Fleet Financing No. 1 B.V., International Fleet Financing No. 2 B.V. and HA Funding Pty, Ltd. variable interest entities had total assets primarily comprised of loans receivable and revenue earning equipment of $693.8 million and $652.1 million, respectively, and total liabilities primarily comprised of debt of $693.3 million and $651.6 million, respectively.

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the following guarantees (including indemnification commitments) were issued and outstanding:

Indemnification Obligations

In the ordinary course of business, we execute contracts involving indemnification obligations customary in the relevant industry and indemnifications specific to a transaction such as the sale of a business. These indemnification obligations might include claims relating to the following: environmental matters; intellectual property rights; governmental regulations and employment-related matters; customer, supplier and other commercial contractual relationships; and financial matters. Performance under these indemnification obligations would generally be triggered by a breach of terms of the contract or by a third party claim. We regularly evaluate the probability of having to incur costs associated with these indemnification obligations and have accrued for expected losses that are

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probable and estimable. The types of indemnification obligations for which payments are possible include the following:

Sponsors; Directors

Hertz has entered into customary indemnification agreements with Hertz Holdings, the Sponsors and our stockholders affiliated with the Sponsors, pursuant to which Hertz Holdings and Hertz will indemnify the Sponsors, our stockholders affiliated with the Sponsors and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives and controlling persons, against certain liabilities arising out of performance of a consulting agreement with Hertz Holdings and each of the Sponsors and certain other claims and liabilities, including liabilities arising out of financing arrangements or securities offerings. We also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors. We do not believe that these indemnifications are reasonably likely to have a material impact on us.

Environmental

We have indemnified various parties for the costs associated with remediating numerous hazardous substance storage, recycling or disposal sites in many states and, in some instances, for natural resource damages. The amount of any such expenses or related natural resource damages for which we may be held responsible could be substantial. The probable expenses that we expect to incur for such matters have been accrued, and those expenses are reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the aggregate amounts accrued for environmental liabilities, including liability for environmental indemnities, reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets in "Accrued liabilities" were $1.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The accrual generally represents the estimated cost to study potential environmental issues at sites deemed to require investigation or clean-up activities, and the estimated cost to implement remediation actions, including on-going maintenance, as required. Cost estimates are developed by site. Initial cost estimates are based on historical experience at similar sites and are refined over time on the basis of in-depth studies of the sites. For many sites, the remediation costs and other damages for which we ultimately may be responsible cannot be reasonably estimated because of uncertainties with respect to factors such as our connection to the site, the materials there, the involvement of other potentially responsible parties, the application of laws and other standards or regulations, site conditions, and the nature and scope of investigations, studies, and remediation to be undertaken (including the technologies to be required and the extent, duration, and success of remediation).

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                 Operations (Continued)

Risk Management

For a discussion of additional risks arising from our operations, including vehicle liability, general liability and property damage insurable risks, see "Item 1—Business—Risk Management" in our Form 10-K and "Part II, Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

Market Risks

We are exposed to a variety of market risks, including the effects of changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in gasoline prices. We manage our exposure to these market risks through our regular operating and financing activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. Derivative financial instruments are viewed as risk management tools and have not been used for speculative or trading purposes. In addition, derivative financial instruments are entered into with a diversified group of major financial institutions in order to manage our exposure to counterparty nonperformance on such instruments. For more information on these exposures, see Note 13 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

Interest Rate Risk

From time to time, we may enter into interest rate swap agreements and/or interest rate cap agreements to manage interest rate risk. See Notes 7 and 13 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report and Notes 4 and 13 to the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K under the caption "Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."

We have a significant amount of debt with variable rates of interest based generally on LIBOR, Euro inter-bank offered rate, or "EURIBOR," or their equivalents for local currencies or bank conduit commercial paper rates plus an applicable margin. Increases in interest rates could therefore significantly increase the associated interest payments that we are required to make on this debt.

We have assessed our exposure to changes in interest rates by analyzing the sensitivity to our earnings assuming various changes in market interest rates. Assuming a hypothetical increase of one percentage point in interest rates on our debt portfolio as of September 30, 2011, our net income would decrease by an estimated $34.4 million over a twelve-month period.

Consistent with the terms of the agreements governing the respective debt obligations, we may hedge a portion of the floating rate interest exposure under the various debt facilities to provide protection in respect of such exposure.

Foreign Currency Risk

We have foreign currency exposure to exchange rate fluctuations worldwide and primarily with respect to the Euro, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar and British pound.

We manage our foreign currency risk primarily by incurring, to the extent practicable, operating and financing expenses in the local currency in the countries in which we operate, including making fleet and equipment purchases and borrowing for working capital needs. Also, we have purchased foreign exchange options to manage exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates for selected marketing programs. The effect of exchange rate changes on these financial instruments would not materially affect our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Our risks with respect to

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                 Operations (Continued)


foreign exchange options are limited to the premium paid for the right to exercise the option and the future performance of the option's counterparty.

We also manage exposure to fluctuations in currency risk on intercompany loans we make to certain of our subsidiaries by entering into foreign currency forward contracts at the time of the loans which are intended to offset the impact of foreign currency movements on the underlying intercompany loan obligations.

On October 1, 2006, we designated our 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 as an effective net investment hedge of our Euro-denominated net investment in our international operations.

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011, our consolidated statement of operations contained realized and unrealized losses relating to the effects of foreign currency of $9.2 million and $16.9 million, respectively.

See Note 13 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

Other Risks

We purchase unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel at prevailing market rates. In January 2009, we began a program to manage our exposure to changes in fuel prices through the use of derivative commodity instruments. For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011, we recognized a loss of $1.9 million and a gain of $1.0 million, respectively, in "Direct operating" on our consolidated statement of operations relating to our gasoline swaps. See Note 13 to the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report.

Inflation

The increased cost of vehicles is the primary inflationary factor affecting us. Many of our other operating expenses are also expected to increase with inflation, including health care costs and gasoline. Management does not expect that the effect of inflation on our overall operating costs will be greater for us than for our competitors.

Income Taxes

In January 2006, we implemented a LKE Program for our U.S. car rental business. Pursuant to the program, we dispose of vehicles and acquire replacement vehicles in a form intended to allow such dispositions and replacements to qualify as tax-deferred "like-kind exchanges" pursuant to section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. The program has resulted in deferral of federal and state income taxes for fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and part of 2010. A LKE Program for HERC has also been in place for several years. The program allows tax deferral if a qualified replacement asset is acquired within a specific time period after asset disposal. Accordingly, if a qualified replacement asset is not purchased within this limited time period, taxable gain is recognized. Over the last few years, for strategic purposes, such as cash management and fleet reduction, we have recognized some taxable gains in the program. In 2009, the bankruptcy filing of an original equipment manufacturer, or "OEM," also resulted in minimal gain recognition. We had sufficient net operating losses to fully offset the taxable gains recognized. We cannot offer assurance that the expected tax deferral will continue or that the relevant law concerning the programs will remain in its current form. An extended reduction in our car rental fleet could result in reduced deferrals in the future, which in turn could require us to make material cash payments for federal and state income tax liabilities. Our inability to obtain replacement financing as our fleet financing facilities mature would likely result in an extended reduction in the fleet. In the event of an

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                 Operations (Continued)


extended fleet reduction, we believe the likelihood of making material cash tax payments in the near future is low because of our significant net operating losses. In August 2010, we elected to temporarily suspend the U.S. car rental LKE Program allowing cash proceeds from sales of vehicles to be utilized for various business purposes, including paying down existing debt obligations, future growth initiatives and for general operating purposes. Purchases of vehicles will continue to be funded with a combination of asset-backed securitizations, asset-based revolving credit facilities and corporate liquidity. We expect that recent tax legislation, effective September 2010 through December 2011, will result in the LKE suspension having a neutral effect on our taxes. The new law allows 100% bonus depreciation for qualified asset acquisitions during the period the law is effective. We estimate recognized tax gains on vehicle dispositions resulting from the LKE suspension to be mainly offset by 100% tax depreciation on newly acquired vehicles. Our federal net operating loss position for U.S. tax purposes should remain relatively unchanged when the LKE program is re-instated.

On January 1, 2009, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., the parent company of BAMLCP. Accordingly, Bank of America is now an indirect beneficial owner of our common stock held by BAMLCP and certain of its affiliates. For U.S. income tax purposes the transaction, when combined with other unrelated transactions during the previous 36 months, resulted in a change in control as that term is defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Consequently, utilization of all pre-2009 U.S. net operating losses is subject to an annual limitation. The limitation is not expected to result in a loss of net operating losses or have a material adverse impact on taxes.

Employee Retirement Benefits

Pension

We sponsor defined benefit pension plans worldwide. Pension obligations give rise to significant expenses that are dependent on assumptions discussed in Note 5 of the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K under the caption "Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." Our 2011 worldwide pre-tax pension expense is expected to be approximately $21.2 million, which would represent a decrease of $11.0 million from 2010. The anticipated decrease in expense compared to 2010 is primarily due to a curtailment gain resulting from suspending the U.K. pension plan.

We participate in various "multiemployer" pension plans. In the event that we withdraw from participation in one of these plans, then applicable law could require us to make an additional lump-sum contribution to the plan, and we would have to reflect that as an expense in our consolidated statement of operations and as a liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our withdrawal liability for any multiemployer plan would depend on the extent of the plan's funding of vested benefits. At least one multiemployer plan in which we participate is reported to have, and other of our multiemployer plans could have, significant underfunded liabilities. Such underfunding may increase in the event other employers become insolvent or withdraw from the applicable plan or upon the inability or failure of withdrawing employers to pay their withdrawal liability. In addition, such underfunding may increase as a result of lower than expected returns on pension fund assets or other funding deficiencies.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board "FASB" issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income," requiring companies to present items of net income and other comprehensive income either in one continuous statement, referred to as the statement of comprehensive income, or in two separate, but consecutive statements of net income and

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other comprehensive income. The amendments in this update do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. These provisions will become effective for us beginning with our quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2012. In October 2011, the FASB decided to propose a deferral of the requirement to present reclassifications of other comprehensive income on the face of the income statement, which was also included in this accounting standards update.

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-08, "Testing Goodwill for Impairment," which gives companies the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. This option is available to us effective immediately for all future goodwill impairment tests.

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-09, "Disclosures about an Employer's Participation in a Multiemployer Plan," which require that employers provide additional separate disclosures for multiemployer pension plans and multiemployer other postretirement benefit plans. These provisions will become effective for us beginning with our annual report for the period ended December 31, 2011.

Other Financial Information

With respect to the unaudited interim financial information of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. as of September 30, 2011 and for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 included in this Form 10-Q, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reported that they applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for reviews of such unaudited interim financial information. However, their separate report dated November 7, 2011 included in this Form 10-Q herein states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on such unaudited interim financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 for their report on such unaudited interim financial information because that report is not a "report" or "part" of a registration statement prepared or certified by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act of 1933.

ITEM 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There is no material change in the information reported under "Part II, Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk," included in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. See "Item 2—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Market Risks," included in this Report.

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ITEM 4.    Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

An evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures was performed under the supervision of, and with the participation of, management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

An evaluation of our internal controls over financial reporting was performed under the supervision of, and with the participation of, management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to determine whether any changes have occurred during the period covered by this Report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that no changes in our internal control over financial reporting have occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For a description of certain pending legal proceedings, see Note 11 to the Notes to our annual audited consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K.

The following recent developments pertaining to legal proceedings described in our Form 10-K are furnished on a supplemental basis:

Following the entry of the Court's June 27, 2011 Order in Janet Sobel et al. v. The Hertz Corporation et al. which formally denied the plaintiffs' motion for final approval of the settlement, the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification—which we opposed—and discovery has again commenced. A separate action is proceeding against Enterprise, National and Alamo.

The Kansas Supreme Court issued its decision in Critchfield Physical Therapy, Inc. v. Taranto Group, Inc.— another Telephone Consumer Protection Act case—in September of 2011, so the stay that had been pending in Fun Services of Kansas City, Inc. v. Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation has now been lifted and the case will proceed.

None of the other legal proceedings described in our Form 10-K have experienced material changes.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There is no material change in the information reported under "Part I—Item 1A—Risk Factors" contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and "Part II, Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q with the exception of the following:

Risks Related to Our Substantial Indebtedness

Our substantial level of indebtedness could materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and ability to compete in our industry.

As of September 30, 2011, we had debt outstanding of $12,506.3 million. Our substantial indebtedness could materially adversely affect us. For example, it could: (i) make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations to the holders of our outstanding debt securities and to the lenders under our various credit facilities, resulting in possible defaults on, and acceleration of, such indebtedness; (ii) limit our ability to refinance our existing indebtedness or borrow additional funds in the future; (iii) require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to make payments on our debt, which would reduce our ability to fund working capital, capital expenditures or other general corporate purposes; (iv) increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions (such as credit-related disruptions in Europe); including interest rate fluctuations, because a portion of our borrowings are at floating rates of interest and are not hedged against rising interest rates, or the risk that one or more of the financial institutions providing commitments under our revolving credit facilities fails to fund an extension of credit under any such facility, due to insolvency or otherwise, leaving us with less liquidity than expected; (v) place us at a competitive disadvantage to our competitors that have proportionately less debt or comparable debt at more favorable interest rates or on better terms; and (vi) limit our ability to react to competitive pressures, or make it difficult for us to carry out capital spending that is necessary or important to our growth strategy and our efforts to improve operating margins. While the terms of the agreements and instruments governing our outstanding indebtedness contain certain restrictions upon our ability to incur additional indebtedness, they do not fully prohibit us from incurring substantial additional indebtedness and do not prevent us from incurring obligations that do not constitute indebtedness. If new debt or other obligations are added to our current liability levels without a corresponding refinancing or redemption of our existing indebtedness and obligations, these risks would increase. For a description of the amounts we have available under certain of our debt facilities,

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see "Item 7—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities," in this Annual Report. Our ability to manage these risks depends on financial market conditions as well as our financial and operating performance, which, in turn, is subject to a wide range of risks, including those described under "—Risks Related to Our Business."

If our capital resources (including borrowings under the revolving portion of our various credit facilities and access to other refinancing indebtedness) and operating cash flows are not sufficient to pay our obligations as they mature or to fund our liquidity needs, we may be forced to do, among other things, one or more of the following:

    (i) sell certain of our assets; (ii) reduce the size of our rental fleet; (iii) reduce the percentage of program cars in our rental fleet; (iv) reduce or delay capital expenditures; (iv) obtain additional equity capital; (v) forgo business opportunities, including acquisitions and joint ventures; or (vi) restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt on or before maturity.

We cannot assure you that we would be able to accomplish any of these alternatives on a timely basis or on satisfactory terms, if at all. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that we will maintain financing activities and cash flows sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness. If we cannot refinance or otherwise pay our obligations as they mature and fund our liquidity needs, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, ability to obtain financing, and ability to compete in our industry could be materially adversely affected.

ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS

(a)
Exhibits:

    The attached list of exhibits in the "Exhibit Index" immediately following the signature page to this Report is filed as part of this Form 10-Q and is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.

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SIGNATURE

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

Date: November 7, 2011   HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Registrant)

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ELYSE DOUGLAS

        Elyse Douglas
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer and duly
authorized officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
  Description
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among The Hertz Corporation, DNL Merger Corp., Donlen Corporation, Gary Rappeport, as Shareholder Representative and Subsidiary Shareholder (solely with respect to Section 2.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 6.5, Section 6.8, Section 6.9, Article IX and Article X) and Nancy Liace as Subsidiary Shareholder (solely with respect to Section 2.2 and Article X) dated July 12, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant as filed on July 18, 2011).

2.2

 

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 25, 2011, by and among The Hertz Corporation, DNL Merger Corp., Donlen Corporation, Gary Rappeport, as Shareholder Representative and Subsidiary Shareholder and Nancy Liace as Subsidiary Shareholder dated July 12, 2011.

4.1.6

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, the Existing Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the U.S. Dollar 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 and the Euro 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1.6 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

4.1.7

 

Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 21, 2011, among The Hertz Corporation, the Existing Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the U.S. Dollar 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 and the Euro 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1.7 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

4.1.8

 

Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 2, 2011, among Donlen Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, the Existing Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the U.S. Dollar 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 and the Euro 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014.

4.2.3

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2.2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

4.2.4

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 21, 2011, among The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2.3 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

4.2.5

 

Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 2, 2011, among Donlen Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Existing Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2018.

4.3.3

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3.2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

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Exhibit
Number
  Description
4.3.4   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 21, 2011, among The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3.3 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

4.3.5

 

Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 2, 2011, among Donlen Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Existing Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2021.

4.4.3

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4.2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-173023) of the Hertz Corporation as filed on March 23, 2011).

4.4.4

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 2, 2011, among Donlen Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, as Issuer, the Existing Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019.

10.4

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2011, among The Hertz Corporation, and Puerto Ricancars, Inc., as Borrowers, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, Gelco Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent and Bank of America, N.A. and GE Capital Markets, Inc. as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunning Managers.

15

 

Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, dated November 7, 2011, relating to Financial Information

31.1–31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

32.1–32.2

 

18 U.S.C. Section 1350 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document*

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*

Note:
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Exhibit 2.2

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of August 25, 2011, is entered into by and among Donlen Corporation, an Illinois corporation (the “ Company ”), Gary Rappeport, an Illinois resident (in his capacity as Shareholder Representative and in his capacity as a Subsidiary Shareholder), Nancy Liace, an Illinois resident (in her capacity as a Subsidiary Shareholder), The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and DNL Merger Corp., an Illinois corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Sub ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2011 by and among the Company, Gary Rappeport (in his capacity as Shareholder Representative and in his capacity as a Subsidiary Shareholder), Nancy Liace (in her capacity as a Subsidiary Shareholder), Parent and Sub (the “ Merger Agreement ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, Gary Rappeport (in his capacity as Shareholder Representative and in his capacity as a Subsidiary Shareholder), Nancy Liace (in her capacity as a Subsidiary Shareholder), Parent and Sub are parties to the Merger Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Merger Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE MERGER AGREEMENT

 

1.              Definition of Net Assets .  The definition of “ Net Assets ” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Net Assets ” means, as of any date, the difference found by subtracting (i) the total liabilities of the Company (excluding any liabilities with respect to Company Options for which the holder thereof has executed an Option Surrender and Release Agreement on or prior to the Effective Time in accordance with Section 6.7(c)  hereof) from (ii) the total assets of the Company (excluding any refundable Taxes) each as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company.”

 

2.              Additional Defined Terms .  Each of the following additional defined terms are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Merger Agreement in appropriate alphabetical order:

 



 

““ Post-Closing Tax Period ” means any Tax period beginning after the Closing Date or, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such period beginning after the Closing Date.”

 

““ Pre-Closing Tax Period ” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date or, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such period ending on the Closing Date.”

 

““ Straddle Period ” means any Tax period beginning before the Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date.”

 

3.              Closing .  The first sentence of Section 2.1(c)  of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“The closing of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place at 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on a date to be specified by the parties, which shall be the later of (i) September 1, 2011 or (ii) no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article VII hereof (other than conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing) at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 155 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, unless another time, date or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto (such date on which the Closing is to take place being the “ Closing Date ”).”

 

4.              Employee Benefits Section 6.4(c)  of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“[Reserved]”

 

5.              Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Sub Section 7.2(i)  of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“the Company shall have delivered to Parent a certified copy of resolutions of the Company’s board of directors, or such committee of the Company’s board of directors designated to administer the Donlen Corporation Employee Stock Option Plan, approving the cancellation of all Company Options as of the Effective Time.”

 

6.              Exhibit D Exhibit D of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit D of this Amendment.

 

7.              Exhibit E Exhibit E of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit E of this Amendment.

 

8.              Miscellaneous .

 

A.             Full Force and Effect .  Except as amended by this Amendment, the Merger Agreement continues unmodified and in full force and effect, and the parties

 

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hereto hereby ratify and confirm the Merger Agreement and all of their respective right and obligations under the Merger Agreement, as amended hereby.  All references to the “Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” or words of similar import in the Merger Agreement shall be deemed to include the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

B.             Interpretation . The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Amendment.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Amendment shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Amendment.

 

C.             Counterparts.   This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which shall together be considered one and the same agreement.

 

D.             Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries .  The Merger Agreement (including the Company Disclosure Schedule and the exhibits thereto and hereto, together with the other agreements, certificates and instruments referred to therein and herein), as amended by this Amendment, and the other Transaction Documents (a) constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and (b), except for Article III of the Merger Agreement (on and after the Effective Time) with respect to the holders of Common Stock and Company Options, Article IX of the Merger Agreement with respect to the Parent Indemnified Parties and the Shareholder Indemnified Parties, and Section 6.6 of the Merger Agreement with respect to the D&O Indemnified Parties, are not intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto or thereto any rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder, as applicable.

 

E.              Governing Law .  This Amendment shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Illinois applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely therein without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of Law thereof or of any other jurisdiction.

 

F.              Jurisdiction .  Each of the parties hereto hereby (i) expressly and irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any federal court located in the State of Illinois or any Illinois state court in the event any dispute arises out of this Amendment or any of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (iii) agrees that it will not bring any Action relating to this Amendment or any of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment in any court other than a federal or state court sitting in the State of Illinois, except as contemplated by Section 4 of the Escrow Agreement and (iv) each of the parties hereto agrees that each of the other parties shall have the right to bring any Action or proceeding for enforcement of a judgment entered by any federal court located in the State of Illinois or any Illinois state court in any other court or jurisdiction.

 

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G.             Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AMENDMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AMENDMENT.

 

H.             Headings .  Headings of the articles and sections of this Amendment and the exhibits are for convenience of the parties only and shall be given no substantive or interpretative effect whatsoever.

 

I.               Further Action .  The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information, and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to give full effect to the provisions of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

DONLEN CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gary Rappeport

 

Name:

Gary Rappeport

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE

 

(solely with respect to Section 3.3 , Section 3.4 , Section 6.5 , Section 6.8 , Section 6.9 , Article IX and Article X of the Merger Agreement)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gary Rappeport

 

Gary Rappeport

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Jeffrey Zimmerman

 

Name:

J. Jeffrey Zimmerman

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

DNL MERGER CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Jeffrey Zimmerman

 

Name:

J. Jeffrey Zimmerman

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger]

 



 

 

SUBSIDIARY SHAREHOLDERS

 

(solely with respect to Section 2.2 and Article X of the Merger Agreement)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gary Rappeport

 

Gary Rappeport

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Nancy Liace

 

Nancy Liace

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger]

 




Exhibit 4.1.8

 

Seventh Supplemental Indenture

 

SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 2, 2011 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among Donlen Corporation (the “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”), The Hertz Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (together with its respective successors and assigns, the “ Company ”), Brae Holding Corp., Hertz Claim Management Corporation, HCM Marketing Corporation, Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz Local Edition Corp., Hertz Local Edition Transporting, Inc., Hertz Global Services Corporation, Hertz System, Inc., Hertz Technologies, Inc., Hertz Transporting, Inc., Smartz Vehicle Rental Corporation and Simply Wheelz LLC (collectively, the “ Existing Guarantors ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company (as successor by merger to CCMG Acquisition Corporation), the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of December 21, 2005 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of the U.S. Dollar 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 and the Euro 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company (the “ Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall guarantee the Company’s Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article XIII of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantor desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for good and valuable consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that the financial performance and condition of such Subsidiary Guarantor is dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the obligations hereunder of which such Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed, and on such Subsidiary Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s access to revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1.  Defined Terms .  As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section hereof.

 



 

2.  Agreement to Guarantee .  The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with the Existing Guarantors and fully and unconditionally, to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and to be bound by (and shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

3.  Termination, Release and Discharge .  The Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of the Indenture.

 

4.  Parties .  Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the Indenture.

 

5.  Governing Law .  THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

6.  Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture .  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.  The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.  Counterparts .  The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.  Headings .  The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

DONLEN CORPORATION, as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

BRAE HOLDING CORP.

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

SIMPLY WHEELZ LLC, each as an Existing Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to the 8.875% and 7.875% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 



 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Martin Reed

 

Name: Martin Reed

 

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the 8.875% and 7.875% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 




Exhibit 4.2.5

 

Third Supplemental Indenture

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 2, 2011 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among Donlen Corporation (the “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”), The Hertz Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (together with its respective successors and assigns, the “ Company ”), Brae Holding Corp., Hertz Claim Management Corporation, HCM Marketing Corporation, Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation , Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz Local Edition Corp., Hertz Local Edition Transporting, Inc., Hertz Global Services Corporation, Hertz System, Inc., Hertz Technologies, Inc., Hertz Transporting, Inc., Smartz Vehicle Rental Corporation and Simply Wheelz LLC (collectively, the “ Existing Guarantors ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2010 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2018 of the Company (the “ Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall guarantee the Company’s Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article XIII of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantor desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for good and valuable consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that the financial performance and condition of such Subsidiary Guarantor is dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the obligations hereunder of which such Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed, and on such Subsidiary Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s access to revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1.  Defined Terms .  As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section hereof.

 



 

2.  Agreement to Guarantee .  The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with the Existing Guarantors and fully and unconditionally, to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and to be bound by (and shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

3.  Termination, Release and Discharge .  The Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of the Indenture.

 

4.  Parties .  Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the Indenture.

 

5.  Governing Law .  THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

6.  Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture .  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.  The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.  Counterparts .  The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.  Headings .  The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

DONLEN CORPORATION, as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

BRAE HOLDING CORP.

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

SIMPLY WHEELZ LLC, each as an Existing Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to the 7.50% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 



 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Martin Reed

 

Name: Martin Reed

 

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the 7.50% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 




Exhibit 4.3.5

 

Third Supplemental Indenture

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 2, 2011 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among Donlen Corporation (the “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”), The Hertz Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (together with its respective successors and assigns, the “ Company ”), Brae Holding Corp., Hertz Claim Management Corporation, HCM Marketing Corporation, Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation , Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz Local Edition Corp., Hertz Local Edition Transporting, Inc., Hertz Global Services Corporation, Hertz System, Inc., Hertz Technologies, Inc., Hertz Transporting, Inc., Smartz Vehicle Rental Corporation and Simply Wheelz LLC (collectively, the “ Existing Guarantors ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2010 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2021 of the Company (the “ Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall guarantee the Company’s Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article XIII of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantor desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for good and valuable consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that the financial performance and condition of such Subsidiary Guarantor is dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the obligations hereunder of which such Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed, and on such Subsidiary Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s access to revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1.  Defined Terms .  As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section hereof.

 



 

2.  Agreement to Guarantee .  The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with the Existing Guarantors and fully and unconditionally, to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and to be bound by (and shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

3.  Termination, Release and Discharge .  The Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of the Indenture.

 

4.  Parties .  Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the Indenture.

 

5.  Governing Law .  THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

6.  Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture .  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.  The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.  Counterparts .  The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.  Headings .  The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

DONLEN CORPORATION, as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

BRAE HOLDING CORP.

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

SIMPLY WHEELZ LLC, each as an Existing Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to the 7.375% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 



 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Martin Reed

 

Name: Martin Reed

 

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the 7.375% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 




Exhibit 4.4.4

 

Second Supplemental Indenture

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 2, 2011 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among Donlen Corporation (the “ Subsidiary Guarantor ”), The Hertz Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (together with its respective successors and assigns, the “ Company ”), Brae Holding Corp., Hertz Claim Management Corporation, HCM Marketing Corporation, Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz Local Edition Corp., Hertz Local Edition Transporting, Inc., Hertz Global Services Corporation, Hertz System, Inc., Hertz Technologies, Inc., Hertz Transporting, Inc., Smartz Vehicle Rental Corporation and Simply Wheelz LLC (collectively, the “ Existing Guarantors ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2011 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019 of the Company (the “ Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall guarantee the Company’s Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article XIII of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantor desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for good and valuable consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that the financial performance and condition of such Subsidiary Guarantor is dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the obligations hereunder of which such Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed, and on such Subsidiary Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s access to revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1.  Defined Terms .  As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section hereof.

 



 

2.  Agreement to Guarantee .  The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with the Existing Guarantors and fully and unconditionally, to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and to be bound by (and shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

3.  Termination, Release and Discharge .  The Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of the Indenture.

 

4.  Parties .  Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the Indenture.

 

5.  Governing Law .  THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

6.  Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture .  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.  The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.  Counterparts .  The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.  Headings .  The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

DONLEN CORPORATION, as Subsidiary Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

BRAE HOLDING CORP.

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

SIMPLY WHEELZ LLC, each as an Existing Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to the 6.75% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 



 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Martin Reed

 

Name: Martin Reed

 

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the 6.75% Senior Notes Supplemental Indenture re Donlen Corporation]

 




Exhibit 10.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

among

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, and

PUERTO RICANCARS, INC.,

as Borrowers

 

THE SEVERAL LENDERS

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,

 

GELCO CORPORATION D/B/A GE FLEET SERVICES,
as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent,

 

Dated as of
September 22, 2011

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Documentation Agent

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. ,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunning Managers

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

Page

 

 

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1

 

 

1.1

Defined Terms

1

1.2

Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation

37

 

 

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

39

 

 

2.1

Commitments

39

2.2

Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing

42

2.3

Termination or Reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments

42

2.4

Reserved

43

2.5

Reserved

43

2.6

Reserved

43

2.7

Reserved

43

2.8

Repayment of Loans

43

2.9

Commitment Increases

44

 

 

 

SECTION 3. RESERVED

44

 

 

SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS

44

 

 

4.1

Interest Rates and Payment Dates

44

4.2

Conversion and Continuation Options

45

4.3

Minimum Amounts of Sets

46

4.4

Optional and Mandatory Prepayments

46

4.5

Commitment Fees; Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees

48

4.6

Computation of Interest and Fees

48

4.7

Inability to Determine Interest Rate

49

4.8

Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

49

4.9

Illegality

52

4.10

Requirements of Law

52

4.11

Taxes

54

4.12

Indemnity

59

4.13

Certain Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts

60

4.14

Cash Management System

61

 

 

 

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

62

 

 

5.1

Financial Condition

62

5.2

No Change; Solvent

63

5.3

Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

63

5.4

Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations

64

5.5

No Legal Bar

64

5.6

No Material Litigation

64

 

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5.7

No Default

65

5.8

Ownership of Property; Liens

65

5.9

Reserved

65

5.10

No Burdensome Restrictions

65

5.11

Taxes

65

5.12

Federal Regulations

65

5.13

ERISA

65

5.14

Collateral

66

5.15

Investment Company Act; Other Regulations

67

5.16

Reserved

67

5.17

Purpose of Loans

67

5.18

Environmental Matters

67

5.19

No Material Misstatements

68

5.20

Labor Matters

69

5.21

Insurance

69

5.22

Eligible Accounts

69

5.23

Eligible Vehicles

69

5.24

Anti-Terrorism

69

 

 

 

SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

69

 

 

6.1

Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit

69

6.2

Conditions to Each Other Extension of Credit

73

 

 

 

SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

74

 

 

7.1

Financial Statements

74

7.2

Certificates; Other Information

76

7.3

Payment of Obligations

77

7.4

Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

77

7.5

Maintenance of Property, Insurance

78

7.6

Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions

78

7.7

Notices

80

7.8

Environmental Laws

81

7.9

Post-Closing Security Perfection

82

7.10

Additional Agents

82

7.11

Existing ABL Facility Event

82

 

 

 

SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

83

 

 

8.1

Limitation on Liens

83

8.2

Limitation on Fundamental Changes

84

8.3

Limitation on Sale of Assets

84

8.4

Limitation on Lines of Business

85

 

 

 

SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

85

 

 

SECTION 10. THE AGENTS AND THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES

89

 

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10.1

Appointment

89

10.2

Delegation of Duties

90

10.3

Exculpatory Provisions

90

10.4

Reliance by Agents

90

10.5

Notice of Default

91

10.6

Acknowledgements and Representations by Lenders

91

10.7

Indemnification

92

10.8

Agents and Other Representatives in Their Individual Capacity

92

10.9

Collateral Matters

93

10.10

Successor Agent

94

10.11

Other Representatives

95

10.12

Additional Agent

95

10.13

Withholding Tax

95

 

 

 

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.

95

 

 

11.1

Amendments and Waivers

95

11.2

Notices

98

11.3

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

100

11.4

Survival of Representations and Warranties

100

11.5

Payment of Expenses and Taxes

100

11.6

Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments

101

11.7

Adjustments; Set-off; Calculations; Computations

106

11.8

Judgment

107

11.9

Counterparts

108

11.10

Severability

108

11.11

Integration

108

11.12

Governing Law

108

11.13

Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

108

11.14

Acknowledgements

110

11.15

Waiver Of Jury Trial

110

11.16

Confidentiality

110

11.17

USA Patriot Act Notice

111

11.18

Reserved

112

11.19

Several Liability, Postponement of Subrogation

112

11.20

Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

112

 

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SCHEDULES

A

Commitments and Addresses

B

Fiscal Periods

5.2

Material Adverse Effect Disclosure

5.4

Consents Required

5.6

Litigation

5.18

Environmental Matters

5.21

Insurance

6.1(f)

Lien Searches

7.2

Website Address for Electronic Financial Reporting

 

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EXHIBITS

 

A-1

Form of Revolving Credit Note

B-1

Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

B-2

PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

C

Cash Management Systems

D

[Reserved]

E

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

F

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

G

Form of Borrowing Certificate

H

Form of Closing Certificate

I

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

J-1

Form of Increase Supplement

J-2

Form of Lender Joinder Agreement

K

Form of Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 22, 2011, among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns the “ Parent Borrower ”), PUERTO RICANCARS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“ Puerto Ricancars ”) (Puerto Ricancars together with the Parent Borrower, being collectively referred to herein as the “ Borrowers ” and each being individually referred to as a “ Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement (as further defined in Section 1.1, the “ Lenders ”), GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services, as administrative agent, collateral agent for Collateral owned by the Parent Borrower for the Lenders hereunder and collateral agent for Collateral owned by Puerto Ricancars for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacities, respectively, the “ Administrative Agent ”, the “ Domestic Collateral Agent ” and the “ PRUSVI Collateral Agent ”).

 

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, in order to (i) refinance certain existing indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and Puerto Ricancars under the Predecessor Credit Agreement, (ii) acquire, finance or refinance Eligible Vehicles (as herein defined) and (iii) finance the working capital and other business requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Parent Borrower and Puerto Ricancars and their respective Subsidiaries, the Parent Borrower and Puerto Ricancars have requested that the Lenders make the Loans provided for herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS .

 

1.1           Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

ABR ”:  for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period of one-month commencing on such date plus 1%.  For purposes hereof:  “ Prime Rate ” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 70% of the 10 largest US banks” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).  “ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such

 

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transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.  Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

 

ABR Loans ”:  Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.

 

Acceleration ”:  as defined in Section 9(e).

 

Account Debtor ”:  each Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper or a General Intangible.

 

Accounts ”:  as defined in the UCC; and, with respect to any Person, all such Accounts of such Person, whether now existing or existing in the future, including (a) all accounts receivable of such Person (whether or not specifically listed on schedules furnished to the Administrative Agent), including all accounts created by or arising from all of such Person’s sales of goods or rendition of services made under any of its trade names, or through any of its divisions, (b) all unpaid rights of such Person (including rescission, replevin, reclamation and stopping in transit) relating to the foregoing or arising therefrom, (c) all rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing, including returned or repossessed goods, (d) all reserves and credit balances held by such Person with respect to any such accounts receivable of any Obligors, (e) all guarantees or collateral for any of the foregoing and (f) all rights relating to any of the foregoing; provided , that , for purposes of the definition of “Eligible Accounts” and Section 3.1 of the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and Section 3.1 of the the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the defined term “Accounts” with respect to any Person shall also include any other right of or obligation to such person with respect to amounts due to such Person pursuant to any Manufacturer Program arising out of a sale of Eligible Program Vehicles that constitute general intangibles as defined in the UCC.

 

Additional Agent ”: as defined in Section 10.12.

 

Administrative Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto and shall include any successor to the Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 10.10.

 

Affected Eurocurrency Rate ”:  as defined in Section 4.7.

 

Affected Loans ”:  as defined in Section 4.9.

 

Affiliate ”:  as to any Person, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 20% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

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Agents ”:  the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, the PRUSVI Collateral Agent and any Additional Agent.

 

Agent Advance ”: as defined in Section 2.1(c).

 

Aggregate Lender Exposure ”:  the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding.

 

Agreement ”:  this Credit Agreement and the schedules and exhibits hereto, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Applicable Margin ”:  the rate per annum determined as follows:  (A) with respect to ABR Loans, 1.75% per annum and, (B) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, 2.75% per annum.

 

Applicable Kansas Investment Grade Program Vehicle Percentage ”: as of any date of determination, (a) to the extent the Parent Borrower has obtained a public corporate credit rating of B- or better from S&P and a public corporate family rating of  B3 or better from Moody’s, in each case, with stable or positive outlook, 80%, and (b) otherwise, 60%.

 

Applicable Kansas Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Percentage ”: as of any date of determination, (a) to the extent the Parent Borrower has obtained a public corporate credit rating of B- or better from S&P and a public corporate family rating of B3 or better from Moody’s, in each case, with stable or positive outlook, 75%, and (b) otherwise, 60%.

 

Applicable Kansas Risk Vehicle Factor ”: as of any date of determination, (a) to the extent the Parent Borrower has obtained a public corporate credit rating of B- or better from S&P and a public corporate family rating of B3 or better from Moody’s, in each case, with stable or positive outlook, 1.33333, and (b) otherwise, 1.66667.

 

Arrangers ”:  Bank of America, N.A. and GE Capital Markets, Inc., each in their capacity as joint lead arrangers of the Revolving Facility Commitments hereunder

 

Assignee ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(b).

 

Assignment and Acceptance ”:  an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

 

Availability Reserves ”:  without duplication of any other reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, (a) solely with respect to the calculation of the Domestic Borrowing Base, the Kansas Vehicle Reserve and (b) any reserves, subject to Section 2.1(b), as the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, determines as being appropriate to reflect any impairment to the value of, or the enforceability or priority of the Lien on, the Collateral consisting of Eligible Domestic Accounts, Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles, Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles or Eligible Domestic Vehicles included in the Domestic Borrowing Base or Eligible PRUSVI Accounts, Eligible PRUSVI Domestic Program Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles or Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles included in the PRUSVI

 

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Borrowing Base (including claims that the Administrative Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon such Collateral).

 

Base Indenture ”: the Third Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2009 between Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, as issuer and the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

 

Benefited Lender ”:  as defined in Section 11.7(a).

 

Board ”:  the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

Board of Directors ”:  for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or governing body. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower.

 

Borrowers ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Borrowing ”:  the borrowing of one Type of Loan by either the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars, from all the Lenders having Revolving Facility Commitments on a given date (or resulting from a conversion or conversions on such date) having in the case of Eurocurrency Loans the same Interest Period.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate ”:  a certificate setting forth the Domestic Borrowing Base and the PRUSVI Borrowing Base (in each case with supporting calculations) substantially in the form of Exhibit I or otherwise in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

Borrowing Date ”:  any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.2 as a date on which the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars or any other Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

 

Brazilian Indebtedness ”:  Indebtedness of Car Rental System do Brasil Locacão de Veículos Ltda or any successor in interest thereto and/or any other Subsidiary engaged in, or Special Purpose Entity otherwise supporting or relating to, the business of leasing or renting Vehicles in Brazil.

 

Business Day ”:  a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close, except that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, “Business Day” shall mean, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars, any Business Day on which dealings in Dollars between banks may be carried on in London, England and New York, New York.

 

Calendar Quarter ”: with respect to any year, a period of three consecutive calendar months corresponding to (i) January, February and March, (ii) April, May and June, (iii)

 

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July, August and September or (iv) October, November and December, in each case, of such year.

 

Capital Stock ”:  any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Captive Insurance Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (and any Subsidiary thereof).

 

Carlyle ”:  TC Group LLC (which operates under the trade name The Carlyle Group) or any successor thereto.

 

Carlyle Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( a ) Carlyle Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( b ) CEP II Participations S.àr.l., a Luxembourg limited liability company, or any successor thereto, ( c ) CP IV Co-investment L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( d ) CEP II U.S. Investments, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( e ) CMC-Hertz Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( f ) any Affiliate of any thereof, and ( g ) any successor in interest to any thereof.

 

Cash Equivalents ”:  (1) money and (2)(a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, (b) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any Lender or Affiliate thereof or (ii) any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof as of the date of such investment) and the commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (a division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc.) or any successor rating agency (“ S&P ”) or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency (“ Moody’s ”) (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment), (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above, (d) commercial paper rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment), (e) investments in money market funds complying with the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act, and (f) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower, in each case provided in clauses (a), (b) and (d) and (to the extent relating to any such clause) (f) above only, maturing within twelve months after the date of acquisition.

 

Cash Management System ”: as defined in Section 4.14.

 

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CD&R ”:  Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and any successor in interest thereto, and any successor to its investment management business.

 

CD&R Investors ”:  the collective reference to (i) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, (ii) CD&R CCMG Co-Investor L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, (iii) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, (iv) any Affiliate of any thereof, and (v) any successor in interest to any thereof.

 

Change of Control ”:  the occurrence of any of the following events:  ( a ) (x) the Permitted Holders shall in the aggregate be the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of shares of Voting Stock having less than 35% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of the Relevant Parent Entity and ( y ) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent Entity, shall be the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of shares of Voting Stock having more than 35% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of the Relevant Parent Entity, ( b ) the Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Borrower, ( c ) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (or any successor to the Parent Borrower permitted pursuant to Section 8.2), or ( d ) a “Change of Control” as defined in the Senior Term Credit Agreement, the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement or any Indenture shall have occurred.

 

Closing Date ”:  the date on which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.1 shall be satisfied or waived.

 

Code ”:  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Collateral ”:  all assets of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

 

Commitment Fee Rate ”:  The rate per annum of 0.80%.

 

Commitment Period ”:  the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the Termination Date, or such earlier date as the Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.

 

Commonly Controlled Entity ”:  an entity, whether or not incorporated, which (a) is under “common control” (within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA) with the Parent Borrower or (b) is part of a group of entities (whether or not incorporated), which includes the Parent Borrower, which (i) is treated as a “single employer” under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or (ii) solely for the purpose of Section 302 or 303 of ERISA or Section 412 or 430 of the Code, is treated as a “single employer” under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

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Conduit Lender ”:  any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent (a copy of which shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Parent Borrower on request); provided that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including its obligation to fund a Loan if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided , further , that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 or 11.5, than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender if such designating Lender had not designated such Conduit Lender hereunder, (b) be deemed to have any Revolving Facility Commitment or (c) be designated if such designation would otherwise increase the costs of the Revolving Facility to any Borrower.

 

Continuing Directors ”:  the directors of the Parent Borrower on the Closing Date and each other director whose election or nomination for election to the board of directors of Parent Borrower is recommended by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors or is approved by one or more Permitted Holders.

 

Contractual Obligation ”:  as to any Person, any provision of any material security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

Default ”:  any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice (other than, in the case of Section 9(e), a Default Notice), the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition specified in Section 9, has been satisfied.

 

Default Notice ”:  as defined in Section 9(e).

 

Defaulting Lender ”:  any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”

 

Deposit Account ”:  any deposit account (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

 

Disposition ”:  any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock, property or other assets of a Person, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

 

Disposition Proceeds ”: the net proceeds from the sale or other disposition of an Eligible Risk Vehicle to any third party, whether at an auction or otherwise.

 

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Disqualified Lender ”:  any competitor of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is in the same or a similar line of business as the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any controlled affiliate of such competitor designated in writing by the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time.  The Administrative Agent shall provide a current list of Disqualified Lenders to any Lender (other than a Disqualified Lender) upon written request for such list from such Lender.

 

Dollars ” and “ $ ”:  dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Borrowing Base ” : as of any date of determination, the result of:

 

(a)            75% of the sum of (i) the amount of Eligible Domestic Accounts and (ii) the amount of any manufacturer receivables owing to, any “qualified intermediary” under any LKE Program and derived from or otherwise attributable to the transfer of Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles to the extent such receivables would qualify (without giving effect to any exclusions from eligibility pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Eligible Accounts) as Eligible Domestic Accounts if payable to the Parent Borrower, plus

 

(b)            75% of the Net Book Value of Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles (other than Kansas Vehicles) manufactured by Non-Investment Grade Manufacturers, plus

 

(c)            80% of the Net Book Value of Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles (other than Kansas Vehicles) manufactured by Investment Grade Manufacturers, plus

 

(d)            the result of (i) the Net Book Value of the Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles (other than Kansas Vehicles) divided by (ii) the sum of (x) 1.33333 and (y) the result of (A) 1 minus (B) the lower of (x) the lowest Eligible Risk Vehicle Disposition Average for any of the immediately preceding four Calendar Quarters (or, if such date of determination is prior to the 10 th  Business Day of any Calendar Quarter, of the four Calendar Quarters immediately preceding the immediately preceding Calendar Quarter) and (y) the lowest Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle Market Value Average for any of the immediately preceding twelve Market Value Determination Dates (or, if such date of determination is prior to the 10 th  Business Day of any month, of the twelve Market Value Determination Dates immediately preceding the immediately preceding month), plus

 

(e)            the sum of all amounts on deposit with any “qualified intermediary” under any LKE Program and derived from or otherwise attributable to the transfer of Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles and Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles, plus

 

(f)             the sum of all amounts on deposit in a Deposit Account over which the Domestic Collateral Agent has a perfected first priority security interest and has control, plus

 

(g)            the sum of (i) the Applicable Kansas Investment Grade Program Vehicle Percentage multiplied by the Net Book Value of all Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles manufactured by Investment Grade Manufacturers that are Kansas Vehicles, (ii) the Applicable Kansas Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Percentage multiplied by the Net Book Value of

 

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all Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles manufactured by Non-Investment Grade Manufacturers that are Kansas Vehicles and (iii) the result of (A) the Net Book Value of the Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles that are Kansas Vehicles divided by (B) the sum of (x) the Applicable Kansas Risk Vehicle Factor and (y) the result of (1) 1 minus (2) the lower of (x) the lowest Eligible Risk Vehicle Disposition Average for any of the immediately preceding four Calendar Quarters (or, if such date of determination is prior to the 10 th  Business Day of any Calendar Quarter, of the four Calendar Quarters immediately preceding the immediately preceding Calendar Quarter) and (y) the lowest Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle Market Value Average for any of the immediately preceding twelve Market Value Determination Dates (or, if such date of determination is prior to the 10 th  Business Day of any month, of the twelve Market Value Determination Dates immediately preceding the immediately preceding month), minus

 

(h)            the amount of all Availability Reserves related to any component of the Domestic Borrowing Base.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, as of any date of determination, the portion of the Domestic Borrowing Base consisting of Eligible Domestic Vehicles registered or submitted for registration in the State of Kansas shall not be more than the lesser of (x) $19,000,000 and (y) 10.0 % of the Total Borrowing Base as of such date.

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Manufacturer Event of Default with respect to a manufacturer of Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles, the Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles of such manufacturer shall be deemed to be Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles for all purposes under this Agreement; provided that if such Manufacturer Event of Default is the result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such manufacturer, then the Eligible Vehicles of such manufacturer that are deemed to be Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles in accordance with this provision shall not be included in the calculation of the Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle Market Value Average and the Eligible Risk Vehicle Disposition Average until the date that is 30 days after the date upon which such Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such manufacturer first occurred.

 

Domestic Collateral Agent ”:  as defined in the Recitals hereto and shall include any successor thereto.

 

Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”:  the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement delivered to the Domestic Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Domestic Secured Parties ”:  the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Domestic Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all other similar security documents hereafter delivered to the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, granting or perfecting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of

 

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the Loan Parties hereunder and/or under any of the other Loan Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities, including any security documents executed and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.9, in each case, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ”:  any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Due Date ”: with respect to any payment due from a manufacturer or auction dealer in respect of an Eligible Program Vehicle turned back for repurchase or sale pursuant to the terms of the related Manufacturer Program, the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the Turnback Date for such Eligible Program Vehicle.

 

Eligible Accounts ”:  those Accounts created by a Borrower, due pursuant to a Manufacturer Program arising out of a sale of Eligible Program Vehicles (including any amounts due from related auction dealers in connection with any Guaranteed Depreciation Program (as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement)), that comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below.  Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:

 

(a)            Past Due Accounts of an Account Debtor,

 

(b)            Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor has a right of setoff and has asserted its right of setoff with respect to all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such asserted right of setoff,

 

(c)            Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is located in a state, province or jurisdiction that requires, as a condition to access to the courts of such jurisdiction, that a creditor qualify to transact business, file a business activities report or other report or form, or take one or more other actions, unless the applicable Loan Party has so qualified, filed such reports or forms, or taken such actions (and, in each case, paid any required fees or other charges).  The foregoing shall not apply to the extent that the applicable Loan Party may qualify subsequently as a foreign entity authorized to transact business in such state, province or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without incurring any cost or penalty viewed by the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, to be material in amount, and such later qualification cures any access to such courts to enforce payment of such Account,

 

(d)            Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Domestic Collateral Agent or PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to a Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein (it being agreed that in no event shall any Excluded Assets be deemed to be Eligible Accounts hereunder)), and

 

(e)            Solely with respect to Account Debtors which are not a manufacturer, Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is insolvent, is subject to a proceeding

 

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related thereto, has gone out of business, or as to which a Loan Party has received notice of an imminent proceeding related to such Account Debtor being or alleged to be insolvent or which proceeding is reasonably likely to result in a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor, provided, that such accounts shall be Eligible Accounts if such Account Debtor has affirmed its obligations to pay such receivables in accordance with their terms;

 

provided , that , notwithstanding the foregoing, as of any date of determination, the portion of Eligible Accounts comprising part of the Total Borrowing Base consisting of Accounts created pursuant to a Manufacturer Program with a Non-Investment Grade Manufacturer shall not exceed 20% of the Total Borrowing Base as of such date.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Accounts created by the Borrowers arising out of a sale of Eligible Program Vehicles, until 60 days after the Closing Date, Eligible Accounts shall include any Accounts that would have otherwise qualified as Eligible Accounts but for the requirement in the definition of “Manufacturer Program” that the related manufacturer have acknowledged the assignment of the benefits of such Program to the Domestic Collateral Agent or PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, in writing pursuant to an Assignment Agreement (as such term is defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable), and, for the avoidance of doubt, no such Assignment Agreements shall be necessary for any Account to be an Eligible Account until such date that is 60 days after the Closing Date.

 

 

Eligible Domestic Accounts ”:  Eligible Accounts owned by the Parent Borrower.

 

Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles ”: Eligible Program Vehicles owned by the Parent Borrower.

 

Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles ”:  Eligible Risk Vehicles owned by the Parent Borrower.

 

Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle Market Value Average ”: as of any date of determination, (x) with respect to any Market Value Determination Date prior to September 30, 2011, 1, and (y) with respect to any Market Value Determination Date on or after September 30, 2011, the lesser of (a) a fraction, expressed as a decimal, the numerator of which is the Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle Market Value as of the preceding Market Value Determination Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Net Book Value of all Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles as of such preceding Market Value Determination Date and (b) 1.

 

Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle Market Value ”: with respect to all Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles as of any Market Value Determination Date determination, the sum of the respective Third-Party Market Values of each such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle.

 

Eligible Domestic Vehicles ”:  Eligible Vehicles owned by the Parent Borrower.

 

Eligible Program Vehicles ”:  Rental Car Vehicles registered or submitted for registration in the States of Hawaii or Kansas, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Saint

 

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Thomas, United States Virgin Islands that are eligible under a Manufacturer Program (and are not deemed to be Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles or Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles pursuant to the last paragraph of the “Domestic Borrowing Base” definition or the penultimate paragraph of the “PRUSVI Borrowing Base” definition).

 

Eligible PRUSVI Accounts ”: Eligible Accounts owned by Puerto Ricancars.

 

Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles ”:  Eligible Program Vehicles owned by Puerto Ricancars.

 

Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles ”:  Eligible Risk Vehicles owned by Puerto Ricancars.

 

Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles ”:  Eligible Vehicles owned by Puerto Ricancars.

 

Eligible Risk Vehicle Disposition Average ”: as of any date of determination, (x) with respect to any Calendar Quarter ending prior to September 30, 2011, 1, and (y) with respect to any Calendar Quarter ending on or after September 30, 2011, the lesser of (a) a fraction, expressed as a decimal, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of Disposition Proceeds paid or payable in respect of all Eligible Risk Vehicles that are sold to third parties, at auction or otherwise (excluding salvage sales), during such Calendar Quarter and the denominator of which is the aggregate Net Book Value of all such Eligible Risk Vehicles on the dates of their respective sales and (b) 1.

 

Eligible Risk Vehicles ”:  Rental Car Vehicles registered or submitted for registration in States of Hawaii or Kansas, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands that are not eligible under a Manufacturer Program (or are otherwise deemed to be Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles or Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles pursuant to the last paragraph of the “Domestic Borrowing Base” definition or the penultimate paragraph of the “PRUSVI Borrowing Base” definition).

 

Eligible Vehicles ”:  collectively, all Eligible Program Vehicles and Eligible Risk Vehicles, except any Vehicles to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies.  Eligible Vehicles shall not include any Vehicle or Vehicles of any Borrower that:

 

(a)            is not owned by such Borrower free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) except the Liens in favor of the Domestic Collateral Agent, the PRUSVI Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders;

 

(b)            is not covered by a certificate of title issued by the appropriate state Governmental Authority (or for which the requisite application therefor has been submitted to the applicable Governmental Authority for the issuance of such certificate of title); provided , that with respect to Vehicles located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico not covered by a certificate of title issued by the appropriate state Governmental Authority, such Vehicles shall be Eligible Vehicles if Puerto Ricancars has a notarized

 

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seller’s invoice or a manufacturer’s statement of origin or other customary evidence of ownership reasonably satisfactory to the PRUSVI Collateral Agent;

 

(c)            is not subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of itself and Lenders (other than Kansas Vehicles); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Vehicles owned by Puerto Ricancars and registered or submitted for registration in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall not be excluded from “Eligible Vehicles” by operation of this clause (c) during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is five (5) Business Days thereafter;

 

(d)            does not comply in any material respect with any of the representations or warranties pertaining to Vehicles set forth in the Loan Documents;

 

(e)            is not covered by property insurance in compliance with Section 7.5 hereof; or

 

(f)             is reflected on the books and records of the applicable Borrower maintained in accordance with GAAP and consistently with the Parent Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ then current practices as, or has been written off as, damaged or defective and not repairable;

 

provided , that , notwithstanding the foregoing, as of any date of determination, the portion of Eligible Vehicles comprising part of the Total Borrowing Base consisting of Service Vehicles shall not exceed 5% of the Total Borrowing Base as of such date.

 

Environmental Costs ”:  any and all costs or expenses (including attorney’s and consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, fines, penalties, damages, settlement payments, judgments and awards), of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to, any actual or alleged violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws.  Environmental Costs include any and all of the foregoing, without regard to whether they arise out of or are related to any past, pending or threatened proceeding of any kind.

 

Environmental Laws ”:  any and all U.S. or foreign federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, enforceable guidelines and orders-in-council, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, and such requirements of any Governmental Authority properly promulgated and having the force and effect of law or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern) or the environment, as have been, or now or at any relevant time hereafter are, in effect.

 

Environmental Permits ”:  any and all permits, licenses, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

 

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Equipment ”: (a) any Vehicles and (b) any equipment owned by or leased to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is revenue earning equipment, or is classified as “revenue earning equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower, including any such equipment consisting of (i) construction, industrial, commercial and office equipment, (ii) earthmoving, material handling, compaction, aerial and electrical equipment, (iii) air compressors, pumps and small tools, and (iv) other personal property.

 

Equity Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( a ) the CD&R Investors, the Carlyle Investors and the Merrill Lynch Investors, ( b ) any Person that acquired Voting Stock of HGH on or prior to December 21, 2005, and any Affiliate of such Person and ( c ) any entity that succeeds to all of the rights and obligations of any of the foregoing by operation of law.

 

ERISA ”:  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Escrow Agreement ”: as defined in Exhibit C hereto.

 

Eurocurrency Base Rate ”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the BBA LIBOR Rates Page (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided , however , that if there shall at any time no longer exist a BBA LIBOR Rates Page, “Eurocurrency Base Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the Administrative Agent (or, in the event there is a successor Administrative Agent at the time, any other commercial bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower) is offered deposits in Dollars at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurocurrency market where the eurocurrency and foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of Dollars are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of its Eurocurrency Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period.  “ BBA LIBOR Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or, in each case, on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank market).

 

Eurocurrency Loans ”:  Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.

 

Eurocurrency Rate ”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

 

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Eurocurrency Base Rate

1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

 

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”:  for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

 

Event of Bankruptcy ”: shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if:

 

(a)  a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

 

(b)  such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(c)  the board of directors of such Person (if such Person is a corporation or similar entity) shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in clause (b) above.

 

Event of Default ”:  any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

 

Exchange Act ”:  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Excluded Assets ”: as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Excluded PRUSVI Assets ”: as defined in Section 1.2(g) .

 

Excluded Subsidiary ”: as defined in the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement.

 

Existing ABL Facility ”: the facilities provided under the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement.

 

Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement ”:  the Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011, among HERC, the Parent Borrower, the Canadian borrowers party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Existing ABL Facility Documents ”:  the “ Loan Documents ” defined in the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Existing ABL Facility Event ”: the occurrence of a Liquidity Event or Dominion Event under and as defined in the Existing ABL Credit Agreement.

 

Existing Facilities ”:  collectively, the Senior Term Facility and the Existing ABL Facility, including any refinancing thereof.

 

Existing LKE Program ”:  the “like-kind-exchange program” contemplated by the Master Exchange Agreement and the Escrow Agreement (as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).

 

Extension of Credit ”:  as to any Lender, the making of a Loan by such Lender.

 

Facility Assets ”: collectively, the Collateral.

 

FATCA ”: as defined in Section 4.11(a).

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ”:  as defined in the definition of the term “ABR” in this Section 1.1.

 

Finance Guide ” : the Black Book Official Finance/Lease Guide.

 

Financing Disposition ”:  any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, in each case in connection with the incurrence by a Special Purpose Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets.

 

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Financing Lease ”:  any lease by a Person of property, real or personal, for which the obligations of such lessee are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such lessee.

 

first priority ”: with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject to Permitted Liens).

 

Fiscal Period ”: each fiscal month of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries as described on Schedule B.

 

Fiscal Year ”:  any period of twelve consecutive months ending on December 31 of any calendar year.

 

Fixed GAAP Date ”:  December 21, 2005, provided that at any time after the Closing Date, the Parent Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.

 

Fixed GAAP Terms ”:  any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that, at the Parent Borrower’s election, may be specified by the Parent Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time.

 

Foreign Pension Plan ”:  a registered pension plan which is subject to applicable pension legislation other than ERISA or the Code, which a Subsidiary sponsors or maintains, or to which it makes or is obligated to make contributions.

 

Foreign Plan ”:  each Foreign Pension Plan, deferred compensation or other retirement or superannuation plan, fund, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement whether oral or written, funded or unfunded, sponsored, established, maintained or contributed to, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any liability is borne, outside the United States of America, by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any such plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement sponsored by a Governmental Authority.

 

Foreign Subsidiary ”:  any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is organized and existing under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America or that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which is organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States of America shall be a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary Holdco ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco by the Parent Borrower, so long as such Subsidiary has no material assets other than securities or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), and intellectual property relating solely to such Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof) and other assets (including cash, Cash Equivalents or Temporary Cash Investments)

 

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relating to an ownership interest in any such securities, Indebtedness, intellectual property or Subsidiaries.  As of the Closing Date, each of Hertz International Ltd. and CCMG HERC Sub, Inc. are Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos.

 

GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Fixed GAAP Date (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement), as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification and subject to the following:  If at any time the Securities and Exchange Commission permits or requires U.S.-domiciled companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act to use IFRS in lieu of GAAP for financial reporting purposes, the Parent Borrower may elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent to so use IFRS in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such notice, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean ( a ) for periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice, IFRS as in effect on the date specified in such notice (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement) and ( b ) for prior periods, GAAP as defined in the first sentence of this definition.

 

Governmental Authority ”:  any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the European Union.

 

Guarantee Obligation ”:  as to any Person (the “ guaranteeing person ”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “ primary obligations ”) of any other third Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith.

 

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Guarantors ”:  the collective reference to the Parent Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), which is from time to time party to the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable; individually, a “Guarantor”.

 

HERC ”:  Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, together with its successors and assigns.

 

HGH ”:  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

 

HGI ”  Hertz General Interest LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor in interest thereto.

 

Holdings ”:  Hertz Investors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

 

HVF ”:  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor in interest thereto.

 

Indebtedness ”:  of any Person at any date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final delivery and title thereto, (b) any other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (c) all obligations of such Person under Financing Leases, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person, (e) for purposes of Section 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, interest rate futures, interest rate options, interest rate caps and any other interest rate hedge arrangements, and (f) all indebtedness or obligations of the types referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (e) to the extent secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.

 

Indemnified Liabilities ”:  as defined in Section 11.5.

 

Indentures ”:  as defined in the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement.

 

Individual Lender Exposure ”:  of any Lender, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender and then outstanding.

 

Insolvency ”:  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

 

Interest Payment Date ”:  (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding, and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months or

 

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less, the last day of such Interest Period, and (c) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, (i) each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the last day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ”:  with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan:

 

(a)            initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if agreed by each affected Lender, one week, two weeks, nine months, or twelve months) thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

 

(b)            thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan and one, two, three or six months (or if agreed to by each affected Lender, one week, two weeks, nine months, or twelve months) thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;

 

provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(i)             if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(ii)            any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Termination Date shall (for all purposes other than Section 4.12) end on the Termination Date;

 

(iii)           any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;

 

(iv)           the applicable Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a scheduled payment of any Eurocurrency Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan; and

 

(v)            notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to all Borrowings of Loans drawn on the Closing Date, the initial Interest Periods shall be for such periods as agreed between the Lenders and the Borrower on the Closing Date and as set forth in the notice of borrowing delivered on such date; provided , that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, for purposes of

 

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determining the interest payable for such Borrowings made on the Closing Date during such Interest Period, such Borrowings shall be deemed to accrue such interest at the rate as set forth on the notice of Borrowing with respect to each such Borrowing and provided , further , that upon the termination of such initial Interest Period, all such Borrowings shall be converted to a Borrowing with an Interest Period specified by the Borrower in compliance with this definition.

 

Investment Company Act ”:  the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

 

Investment Grade Manufacturer ”: as of any date of determination, each manufacturer of Eligible Program Vehicles that, as of such date, has a long term unsecured debt rating of at least “Baa3” from Moody’s and at least “BBB-” from S&P; provided that upon the withdrawal of the rating of a manufacturer by Moody’s or S&P or upon the downgrade of a manufacturer by Moody’s or S&P that would require exclusion of such manufacturer from this definition, for purposes of this definition and each instance in which this definition is used in this Credit Agreement, such manufacturer shall be deemed to be rated “Baa3” by Moody’s and “BBB-” by S&P (and shall be an “Investment Grade Manufacturer” for purposes of this Agreement) for a period of 30 days following the earlier of (i) the date on which any Borrower obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade and (ii) the date on which the Administrative Agent or any Lender notifies the Borrowers of such withdrawal or downgrade.

 

Judgment Currency ”:  as defined in Section 11.8.

 

Kansas Vehicles ”:  Rental Car Vehicles which are covered by a certificate of title issued by the State of Kansas or any department or agency thereof.

 

Kansas Vehicle Reserve ”: reserves determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion with respect to Eligible Vehicles that are Kansas Vehicles from time to time in an amount at any time equal to (a) if an Existing ABL Facility Event has occurred and is continuing, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion not to exceed the amount added to the Domestic Borrowing Base pursuant to clause (g) thereof and (b) otherwise, $0.

 

Lender Default ”:  (a) the refusal (which may be given verbally or in writing and has not been retracted) or failure of any Lender to fund any portion of the Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one business day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such refusal or failure has been cured, (b) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one business day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or (c) a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event.

 

Lender-Related Distress Event ”:  with respect to any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “ Distressed Person ”), as the case may be, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debtor relief law,

 

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or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof.

 

Lenders ”:  the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement together with, in each case, any affiliate of any such bank or financial institution through which such bank or financial institution elects, by notice to the Administrative Agent, and the Borrowers, to make any Loans available to any Borrower, provided that for all purposes of voting or consenting with respect to (a) any amendment, supplementation or modification of any Loan Document, (b) any waiver of any of the requirements of any Loan Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences or (c) any other matter as to which a Lender may vote or consent pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof, the bank or financial institution making such election shall be deemed the “Lender” rather than such affiliate, which shall not be entitled to so vote or consent.

 

Lien ”:  any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Financing Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

Liquidity Event ”: as defined in the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement.

 

LKE Account ”:   any deposit, trust, investment or similar account maintained by, for the benefit of, or under the control of, the “qualified intermediary” in connection with the LKE Program.

 

LKE Domestic Collateral Agent ”: as defined in Exhibit C hereto.

 

LKE Program ”:  any of  (i) the Existing LKE Program and (ii) any other “like-kind-exchange program” with respect to certain of the Vehicles of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and under which such Vehicles will be disposed of from time to time and proceeds of such Dispositions will be held in a LKE Account and may be used to acquire replacement Vehicles, in a series of transactions intended to qualify as a “like-kind-exchange” within the meaning of the Code, provided that in the case of this clause (ii) that (a) the terms of such LKE Program are substantially similar to the terms of the Existing LKE Program and (b) the applicable Borrower has granted in writing a security interest in its right, title and interest in such “like-kind-exchange program” on substantially the same basis on which, and to substantially the same extent to which, it has granted a security interest in its right, title and interest in the Existing LKE Program pursuant to the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as then in

 

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effect and (iii) any other “like-kind-exchange-program” consented to by the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld so long as the applicable Borrower has granted in writing a security interest in its right, title and interest in such “like-kind-exchange program” on substantially the same basis on which, and to substantially the same extent to which, it has granted a security interest in its right, title and interest in the Existing LKE Program pursuant to the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as then in effect.

 

Loan ”:  a Revolving Credit Loan; collectively, the “Loans”.

 

Loan Documents ”:  this Agreement, any Notes, the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any other Security Documents, each as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Loan Parties ”:  the Borrowers and each other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is a party to a Loan Document; individually, a “Loan Party”.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party, and Puerto Ricancars shall not be a Loan Party upon the consummation of any Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event.

 

Management Investors ”:  the collective reference to the officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof or trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, common stock of the Parent Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity.

 

Manufacturer Event of Default ” means with respect to any manufacturer under any Manufacturer Program, (i) there shall be Past Due Amounts owing to the Parent Borrower, HVF, HGI or the “qualified intermediary” under any LKE Program with respect to such manufacturer in an amount equal to or in excess of the lesser of (x) $25 million and (y) the then outstanding aggregate amount of repurchase obligations of such manufacturer under its Manufacturer Program in respect of all Vehicles, in each case, net of Past Due Amounts aggregating no more than $50 million, (A) that are the subject of a good faith dispute as evidenced in a writing by the Parent Borrower, HVF, HGI or the applicable manufacturer questioning the accuracy of amounts paid or payable in respect of certain Eligible Vehicles and (B) with respect to which the Parent Borrower, HVF, HGI or as the case may be, has provided adequate reserves as reasonably determined by such Person, or (ii) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such manufacturer; provided , that, a Manufacturer Event of Default which occurs pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be deemed to no longer be continuing on and after the date such manufacturer assumes its Manufacturer Program in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Manufacturer Program ”: with respect to Accounts owed to the Parent Borrower, as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and with respect to Accounts owed to Puerto Ricancars, as defined in the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Market Value Determination Date ”: the last Business Day of each calendar month.

 

Master Exchange Agreement ”: as defined in Exhibit C hereto.

 

Material Adverse Effect ”:  a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability as to any Loan Party thereto of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, the PRUSVI Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or with respect to the assets comprising the Domestic Borrowing Base and the PRUSVI Borrowing Base, in each case taken as a whole.

 

Material Subsidiaries ”:  Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower constituting, individually or in the aggregate (as if such Subsidiaries constituted a single Subsidiary), a “significant subsidiary” in accordance with Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X.

 

Materials of Environmental Concern ”:  any hazardous or toxic substances or materials or wastes defined, listed, or regulated as such in or under, or which may give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, including gasoline, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), petroleum products or by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

 

Material Vehicle Lease Obligation ”:  as defined in the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement.

 

Merrill Lynch Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( i ) ML Global Private Equity Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( ii ) Merrill Lynch Ventures L.P. 2001, a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( iii ) CMC-Hertz Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( iv ) ML Hertz Co-Investor, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( v ) any Affiliate of any thereof and ( vi ) any successor in interest to any thereof.

 

ML ”:  Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, Inc. (formerly known as Merrill Lynch Global Partners, Inc.), or any successor thereto.

 

Moody’s ”:  as defined in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in this Section 1.1.

 

Multiemployer Plan ”:  a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

NADA Guide ”: the National Automobile Dealers Association, Official Used Car Guide, Eastern Edition.

 

Net Book Value ”: with respect to any Vehicle, the net book value thereof as reflected in the books and records of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Non-Consenting Lender ”: as defined in Section 11.1(d).

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ”:  any Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Excluded Taxes ”:  as defined in Section 4.11(a).

 

Non-Investment Grade Manufacturer ” as of any date of determination, each manufacturer of Eligible Program Vehicles other than any Investment Grade Manufacturer.

 

Notes ”:  the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes.

 

Obligation Currency ”:  as defined in Section 11.8.

 

Obligor ”:  any purchaser of goods or services or other Person obligated to make payment to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) in respect of a purchase of such goods or services.

 

Other Representatives ”:  (a) the Arrangers and (b) Bank of America, N.A. and GE Capital Markets, Inc., in each case in this clause (b) in its capacity as joint bookrunning manager in connection with the Commitments hereunder.

 

Parent Borrower ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Parent Entity ”:  any of HGH, any Other Parent Entity, and any other Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of HGH or any Other Parent Entity after the Closing Date and of which Holdings is a direct or indirect Subsidiary that is designated by Holdings as a “Parent Entity”.  As used herein, “Other Parent Entity” means a Person of which the then Relevant Parent Entity becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date (it being understood that, without limiting the application of the definition of Change of Control to the new Relevant Parent Entity, such existing Relevant Parent Entity so becoming such a Subsidiary shall not constitute a Change of Control).

 

Participants ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(c).

 

Past Due Accounts ”: with respect to any Account Debtor any Accounts that (a) would constitute Eligible Accounts if clause (a) of the definition thereof were disregarded and (b) would be included in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (g) or (h) of the definition of “Ineligible Asset Amount” in the Base Indenture as in effect on the date hereof if such Accounts were owed to HVF ( provided , that , in the case of clause (h) of such Ineligible Asset Amount definition, clause (x) thereof shall be calculated as the amount of Accounts that satisfy clause (a) above and would be included in clause (h) of the definition of “Ineligible Asset Amount” in the Base Indenture as in effect on the date hereof if such Accounts were owed to HVF and the reference to “Aggregate Asset Amount” in clause (y) thereof shall be replaced with “the sum of the Domestic Borrowing Base and the PRUSVI Borrowing Base”).

 

Past Due Amounts ” means, with respect to any manufacturer, the amount that such manufacturer (or if such manufacturer’s manufacturer Program is a Guaranteed

 

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Depreciation Program (as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), such manufacturer or any related auction dealers) shall have failed to pay when due under such manufacturer’s Manufacturer Program with respect to a Vehicle turned in to such manufacturer with respect to which such failure shall have continued for more than one hundred (100) days following the Due Date.

 

PBGC ”:  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereto).

 

Permitted Discretion ”:  the commercially reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions, as to any factor which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (giving due regard, if applicable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to the creditworthiness of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries):  (a) will or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the value of any Eligible Accounts or Eligible Vehicles, the enforceability or priority of the Collateral Agent’s Liens thereon or the amount which any Agent or the Lenders would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Eligible Accounts or Eligible Vehicles or (b) is evidence that any collateral report or financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent by any Person on behalf of the applicable Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect.  In exercising such judgment, such Agent may consider, without duplication, such factors already included in or tested by the definition of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Domestic Accounts, Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles, Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles, Eligible Domestic Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Accounts, Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles or Eligible Vehicles, as well as any of the following:  (i) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in any concentration of risk with respect to Accounts; and (ii) any other factors arising after the Closing Date that change in any material respect the credit risk of lending to the Borrower on the security of the Eligible Accounts or Eligible Vehicles.

 

Permitted Holders ”:  (a) any of the Equity Investors, Management Investors, CD&R, Carlyle, ML and any of their respective Affiliates; (b) any investment fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by CD&R, Carlyle, ML or any Affiliate thereof, and any Affiliate of or successor to any such investment fund or vehicle; (c) any limited or general partners of, or other investors in, any CD&R Investor, Carlyle Investor or Merrill Lynch Investor or any Affiliate thereof, or any such investment fund or vehicle; (d) any “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of which any of the Persons specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above is a member (provided that (without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group”) one or more of such Persons collectively have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Relevant Parent Entity held by such “group”), and any other Person that is a member of such “group”; and (e) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof or any Parent Entity.

 

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Permitted Liens ”:  as defined in Section 8.1.

 

Person ”:  an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

Plan ”:  at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Parent Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Predecessor Credit Agreement ”:  the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006, among the Borrowers, GELCO Corporation dba GE Fleet Services as administrative agent, domestic collateral agent and PRUSVI collateral agent and the other banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, and in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Prime Rate ”:  as defined in the definition of the term “ABR” in this Section 1.1.

 

PRUSVI Borrowing Base ”: as of any date of determination, the result of,

 

(a)                                   75% of the sum of (i) the amount of Eligible PRUSVI Accounts a nd (ii) the amount of any manufacturer receivables owing to, any “qualified intermediary” under any LKE Program and derived from or otherwise attributable to the transfer of Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles to the extent such receivables would qualify as Eligible PRUSVI Accounts (without giving effect to any exclusions from eligibility pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Eligible Accounts) if payable to Puerto Ricancars; provided that , until such time as the definition of “Eligible Accounts” is amended or supplemented to address past due Accounts owed by an Account Debtor to Puerto Ricancars in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders (and the Lenders hereby agree to use commercially reasonable and good faith efforts to negotiate, execute and deliver any such amendment or supplement), the amount included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base pursuant to this clause (a) shall be $0, plus

 

(b)                                  75% of the Net Book Value of Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles manufactured by Non-Investment Grade Manufacturers; provided that , until such time as the definition of “Manufacturer Event of Default” is amended or supplemented to address past due Accounts owed by an Account Debtor to Puerto Ricancars in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders (and the Lenders hereby agree to use commercially reasonable and good faith efforts to negotiate, execute and deliver any such amendment or supplement), the amount included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base pursuant to this clause (b) shall be $0, plus

 

(c)                                   80% of the Net Book Value of Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles manufactured by Investment Grade Manufacturers; provided that , until such time as the definition of “Manufacturer Event of Default” is amended or supplemented to address past due Accounts owed by an Account Debtor to Puerto Ricancars in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Required Lenders (and the Lenders hereby agree to use

 

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commercially reasonable and good faith efforts to negotiate, execute and deliver any such amendment or supplement), the amount included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base pursuant to this clause (c) shall be $0, plus

 

(d)                                  the result of (i) the Net Book Value of the Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles divided by (ii) the sum of (x) 1.33333 and (y) the result of (A) 1 minus (B) the lowest Eligible Risk Vehicle Disposition Average for any of the immediately preceding four Calendar Quarters (or, if such date of determination is prior to the 10 th  Business Day of any Calendar Quarter, of the four Calendar Quarters immediately preceding the immediately preceding Calendar Quarter), plus

 

(e)                                   the sum of all amounts on deposit in a Deposit Account over which the PRUSVI Collateral Agent has a perfected first priority security interest and has control, minus

 

(f)                                     the amount of all Availability Reserves related to any component of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing as of any date of determination, (i), the portion of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base consisting of Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles registered or submitted for registration in Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands shall not be more than the lesser of (x) $38,000,000 and (y) 20.0 % of the Total Borrowing Base as of such date, and (ii) after the occurrence of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event, the PRUSVI Borrowing Base shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Manufacturer Event of Default with respect to a manufacturer of Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles, the Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles of such manufacturer shall be deemed to be Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles for all purposes under this Agreement; provided that if such Manufacturer Event of Default is the result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such manufacturer, then the Eligible Vehicles of such manufacturer that are deemed to be Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles in accordance with this provision shall not be included in the calculation of the Eligible Risk Vehicle Disposition Average until the date that is 30 days after the date upon which such Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such manufacturer first occurred.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective upon the Borrowers making such payments as may be required pursuant to Section 4.4(b)(iv), any Excluded PRUSVI Assets shall cease to be included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base until the Parent Borrower redesignates such Excluded PRUSVI Assets as being included PRUSVI Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 1.2(h).

 

PRUSVI Borrowing Base Designation Notice ”:  as defined in Section 1.2(g).

 

PRUSVI Collateral Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto and any successor thereto.

 

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PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”:  the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement delivered to the PRUSVI Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

PRUSVI Secured Parties ”:  the “Secured Parties” as defined in the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

PRUSVI Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all other similar security documents hereafter delivered to the PRUSVI Collateral Agent granting or perfecting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of Puerto Ricancars hereunder and/or under any of the other Loan Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities, in each case, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event ”: (i) any event which results in the Parent Borrower ceasing to own shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of Puerto Ricancars or (ii) the Parent Borrower’s notifying the Administrative Agent that it is terminating the status of Puerto Ricancars as a Borrower hereunder (which notice the Parent Borrower may give in its sole discretion).

 

Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate ”:  a Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 1.2(f), substantially in the form of Exhibit F .

 

Receivable ”: a right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

refinancing ”:  any extension, refinancing, refunding, replacement or renewal; the terms “refinance,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” as used for any purpose in this Agreement shall have a correlative meaning.

 

Register ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(b).

 

Regulation S-X ”:  Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Regulation T ”:  Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

Regulation U ”:  Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

Regulation X ”:  Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

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Relevant Parent Entity ”:  (i) Holdings, so long as Holdings is not a Subsidiary of a Parent Entity, and (ii) any Parent Entity, so long as Holdings is a Subsidiary thereof and such Parent Entity is not a Subsidiary of any other Parent Entity.

 

Rental Car Revenue Earning Vehicles ”:  all passenger Vehicles owned by or leased to either Borrower that are classified as “revenue earning equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower and are or have been offered for lease or rental by either Borrower in its car rental operations (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any business or operations involving the leasing or renting of other types of Equipment), including any such Vehicles being held for sale.

 

Rental Car Service Vehicles ”:  all passenger Vehicles, other than Vehicles that may lawfully be used to transport more than 15 passengers, owned by or leased to either Borrower that are classified as “plant, property and equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower and are or have been utilized by either Borrower in its car rental operations (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any business or operations involving the leasing or renting of other types of Equipment), including any such Vehicles being held for sale.

 

Rental Car Vehicles ”:  all Rental Car Revenue Earning Vehicles and all Rental Car Service Vehicles.

 

Reorganization ”:  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

 

Reportable Event ”:  any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty (30) day notice period is waived under subsection .21, .22, .23, .24, .25, .27, .28 or .33 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 or any successor regulation thereto.

 

Required Lenders ”:  Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Revolving Facility Commitments (or after the termination thereof, outstanding Individual Lender Exposures) represent, (i) on any date of determination when there are fewer than three Lenders, 100% and (ii) on any date of determination when there are three Lenders, at least 66 2/3%, and (iii) on any date of determination when there are four or more Lenders, at least a majority, in each case, of Total Revolving Facility Commitment less, if as of such date there is any Non-Defaulting Lender, the Revolving Facility Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders (or after the termination thereof, the sum of the Individual Lender Exposures of Non-Defaulting Lenders, or, if as of such date of determination there is no Non-Defaulting Lender, of all Lenders) at such time.

 

Requirement of Law ”:  as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, statute, ordinance, code, decree, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its material property or to which such Person or any of its material property is subject, including (a) laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to zoning, occupancy and subdivision of real

 

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properties and (b) guidelines, laws, ordinances, regulations, requests and requirements issued, promulgated or otherwise applicable pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any non-binding recommendation of any Governmental Authority.

 

Responsible Officer ”:  as to any Person, any of the following officers of such Person:  (a) the chief executive officer or the president of such Person and, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the controller of such Person, (b) any vice president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, any assistant treasurer or assistant controller of such Person, who has been designated in writing to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent as a Responsible Officer by such chief executive officer or president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, such chief financial officer of such Person, (c) with respect to Section 7.7 and without limiting the foregoing, the general counsel of such Person and (d) with respect to ERISA matters, the senior vice president - human resources (or substantial equivalent) of such Person.

 

Restricted Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Puerto Ricancars shall remain a Restricted Subsidiary for all purposes under this Agreement and any other Loan Document until Puerto Ricancars ceases to be a Borrower under this Agreement.

 

Revolving Credit Lender ”:  any Lender having a Revolving Facility Commitment hereunder and/or a Revolving Credit Loan outstanding hereunder.

 

Revolving Credit Loan ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(a).

 

Revolving Credit Note ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(f).

 

Revolving Facility ”:  the revolving credit facility available to the Borrowers hereunder.

 

Revolving Facility Commitment ”: with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule A hereto or as may subsequently be set forth in the Register from time to time.

 

Revolving Facility Commitment Percentage ”:  of any Lender at any time shall be that percentage which is equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the Total Revolving Facility Commitment at such time, provided that if any such determination is to be made after the Total Revolving Facility Commitment (and the related Revolving Facility Commitments of the Lenders) has (or have) terminated, the determination of such percentages shall be made immediately before giving effect to such termination.

 

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Revolving Facility Lender ”:  each Lender which has a Revolving Facility Commitment or which has any outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.  Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference in this Agreement to a Revolving Facility Lender includes each Revolving Facility Lender and shall include references to any Affiliate of any such Lender which is acting as a Revolving Facility Lender.

 

S&P ”:  as defined in the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents” in this Section 1.1.

 

Secured Parties ”:  the reference to the PRUSVI Secured Parties, the Domestic Secured Parties, or the collective reference thereto, as applicable.

 

Securities Act ”:  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to the PRUSVI Security Documents and the Domestic Security Documents.

 

Senior Dollar 2014 Notes ”:  the U.S. Dollar 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Parent Borrower.

 

Senior Euro 2014 Notes ”:  the Euro 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Parent Borrower.

 

Senior Term Facility ”:  the facilities provided under the Senior Term Credit Agreement.

 

Senior Term Credit Agreement ”:  the Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011, among the Parent Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Service Vehicles ”: all Vehicles owned by the applicable Borrower that are classified as “plant, property and equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower that are not rented or offered for rental by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any such Vehicles being held for sale.

 

Set ”:  the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans, the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

 

Single Employer Plan ”:  any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Solvent” and “Solvency ”:  with respect to any Person on a particular date, the condition that, on such date, (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay

 

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the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small amount of capital.

 

Special Purpose Entity ”:  (x) any Special Purpose Subsidiary or (y) any other Person that is engaged in the business of ( i ) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code or similar law, as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables, and/or related assets and/or ( ii ) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Vehicles and/or other Equipment, and/or related rights (including under leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or assets).

 

Special Purpose Financing ”: any financing or refinancing of assets consisting of or including Receivables, Vehicles and/or other Equipment of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary that have been transferred to a Special Purpose Entity or made subject to a Lien in a Financing Disposition.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary ”:  a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that (a) is engaged solely in (x) the business of ( i ) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code or similar law, as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts and receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and/or ( ii ) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Vehicles and/or other Equipment and/or related rights (including under leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or assets), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and (y) any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and (b) is designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Parent Borrower.

 

Specified Default ”:  the failure of the Parent Borrower to comply with the terms of Section 7.2(f), the failure of the Parent Borrower to deliver financial statements when required pursuant to Section 7.1, the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Sections 9(a) or 9(g) or the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 9(d) resulting from the failure of the Parent Borrower to comply with the terms of Section 4.14.

 

Specified Proprietary & Confidential Information ”:  (a) all data and information used to calculate any “measurement month average” or any “market value average” or (b) any similar amount, however designated, under or in connection with any financing of Vehicles and/or other property, in each case that does not constitute part of the Collateral or any component of the Domestic Borrowing Base or (prior to the consummation of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event) the PRUSVI Borrowing Base.

 

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Springing Maturity Date ”: the date that is 45 days prior to the earlier to occur of the stated final maturity date of the Senior Dollar 2014 Notes and the Senior Euro 2014 Notes respectively.

 

Subsidiary ”:  as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (a) of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person, or (b) the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person and, in the case of this clause (b), which is treated as a consolidated subsidiary for accounting purposes.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower.

 

Supermajority Lenders ”: Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Commitments (or after the termination thereof, outstanding Individual Lender Exposures) represent (i) on any date of determination when there are fewer than four Lenders, 100%, and (ii) on any date of determination when there are four or more Lenders, at least 66 2/3%, in each case, of Total Revolving Facility Commitment less, if as of such date there is any Non-Defaulting Lender, the Revolving Facility Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders (or after the termination thereof, the sum of the Individual Lender Exposures of Non-Defaulting Lenders, or, if as of such date of determination there is no Non-Defaulting Lender, of all Lenders) at such time

 

Taxes ”: as defined in Section 4.11(a).

 

Temporary Cash Investments ”:  any of the following: ( i ) any investment in ( x ) direct obligations of the United States of America, a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or obligations guaranteed by any of the foregoing or ( y ) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( ii ) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by ( x ) any bank or other institutional lender under a Credit Facility or any affiliate thereof or ( y ) a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof)

 

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and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such Investment is made, ( iii ) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities or instruments of the types described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, ( iv ) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which any Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( v ) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( vi ) Preferred Stock (other than of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( vii ) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the type described in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may also hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), ( viii ) any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and ( ix ) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary course of business.

 

Termination Date ”:  September 22, 2015.

 

Third-Party Market Value ”: with respect to any Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle as of any Market Value Determination Date, the market value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle as specified in the NADA Guide published for the calendar month in which such Market Value Determination Date occurs for the model class and model year of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle based on the average equipment and the average mileage of each Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle of such model class and model year; provided , that if the NADA Guide was not published in such calendar month or the NADA Guide is being published but such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle is not included therein, the Third-Party Market Value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle shall be based on the market value specified in the Finance Guide for the model class and model year of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle based on the average equipment and the average mileage of each Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle of such model class and model year; provided , further , that if the Finance Guide is being published but such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle is not included therein, the Third-Party Market Value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle shall mean the Net Book Value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle;

 

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provided, further, that if the Finance Guide was not published in the month in which such Market Value Determination Date occurs, the Third-Party Market Value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle shall be based on an independent third-party data source selected by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), at the request of Parent Borrower based on the average equipment and average mileage of each Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle of such model class and model year; provided , further , that if no such third-party data source or methodology shall have been so approved or any such third-party source or methodology is not available, the Third-Party Market Value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle shall be equal to a reasonable estimate of the wholesale market value of such Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicle as determined by the Servicer, based on the Net Book Value of such Vehicle and any other factors deemed relevant by the Parent Borrower.

 

Total Borrowing Base ”:  collectively, the Domestic Borrowing Base and the PRUSVI Borrowing Base.

 

Total Revolving Facility Commitment ”:  at any time, the sum of the Revolving Facility Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time.  The original Total Revolving Facility Commitment is $190,000,000.00.

 

Transferee ”:  any Participant or Assignee.

 

Treaty ”:  the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, being the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957 as amended by the Single European Act 1986 and the Maastricht Treaty (which was signed on February 7, 1992 and came into force on November 1, 1993) and as may, from time to time, be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

 

Turnback Date ”: with respect to any Eligible Program Vehicle, the date on which such Vehicle is accepted for return by a manufacturer or its agent pursuant to its Manufacturer Program and depreciation charges cease to accrue pursuant to such Manufacturer Program.

 

Type ”:  the type of Loan determined based on the currency in which the same is denominated, and the interest option applicable thereto, with there being multiple Types of Loans hereunder, namely ABR Loans and Eurocurrency Loans.

 

UCC ”:  the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

 

Underfunding ”:  the excess of the present value of all accrued benefits under a Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), determined as of the most recent annual valuation date, over the value of the assets of such Plan, determined as of such valuation date, allocable to such accrued benefits.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary ”: as defined in the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement.

 

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Unutilized Revolving Facility Commitment ”:  with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the remainder of (x) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment as in effect at such time less (y) such Lender’s Individual Lender Exposure at such time.

 

U.S. ABS Program Documents ”:  collectively, the documents and agreements delivered in connection with those certain U.S. rental car asset backed securities issued by Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, as amended, modified, supplemented or refinanced from time to time.

 

U.S. Extender of Credit ”: as defined in Section 4.11(b).

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”:  as defined in Section 4.11(b).

 

Vehicles ”:  vehicles owned or operated by, or leased or rented to or by, the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars, including automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles and other motor vehicles.

 

Voting Stock ”:  in relation to a Person, shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person.

 

1.2                                  Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation .  (a)  Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any Notes, any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

 

(b)                                  As used herein and in any Notes and any other Loan Document, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms relating to Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

(c)                                   The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

 

(d)                                  The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

(e)                                   Any references in this Agreement to “cash and/or Cash Equivalents”, “cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Temporary Cash Investments” or any similar combination of the foregoing shall be construed as not double counting cash or any other applicable amount which would otherwise be duplicated therein.

 

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Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate as contemplated below), cease to be a “Borrower” under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, to the extent it has not yet done so, the Parent Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate; provided that no Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate shall be effective as to Puerto Ricancars (other than to terminate its right to borrow additional Loans under this Agreement) at any time when any principal of or interest on any Loan to Puerto Ricancars shall be outstanding hereunder.  Promptly following its receipt of the Puerto Ricancars Termination Certificate, the Administrative Agent shall send a copy thereof to each Lender.

 

(g)                                  Parent Borrower may, from time to time after the Closing Date designate any class of assets specified in clauses (a) through (d) (but not clause (e)) of the definition of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base as being excluded from the PRUSVI Borrowing Base upon 3 Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent (a “ PRUSVI Borrowing Base Designation Notice ”) specifying which classes of assets in clauses (a) through (d) (but not clause (e)) of such definition are to be excluded, and effective upon the Borrowers making such payments as may be required pursuant to Section 4.4(b)(iv), the class of assets in each such clause of the definition of PRUSVI Borrowing Base so designated (such assets, the “ Excluded PRUSVI Assets ”; it being understood and agreed that for purposes of the last sentence of this Section 1.2(h), “Excluded PRUSVI Assets” shall include all assets in any class designated as “Excluded PRUSVI Assets” in which Puerto Ricancars previously had any right, title or interest, notwithstanding that such assets are (including prior to any designation as “Excluded PRUSVI Assets”) no longer included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base) shall cease to be included the PRUSVI Borrowing Base until the Parent Borrower redesignates such class of assets as being included PRUSVI Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 1.2(h) below, provided that a designation pursuant to this sentence may only be made if on the date of such designation, no Event of Default under clause 9(a), 9(g) or, solely with respect to the assets to be designated as Excluded PRUSVI Assets, 9(j), shall have occurred and be continuing .  In addition, if Parent Borrower has designated all classes of assets in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of PRUSVI Borrowing Base as Excluded PRUSVI Assets, the Parent Borrower may also designate all deposit accounts described in clause (e) of the definition of PRUSVI Borrowing Base as an Excluded PRUSVI Asset by 3 Business Days written notice of such designation to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document and subject to Section 1.2(h) below, so long as the Borrowers have made such payments as may be required pursuant to Section 4.4(b)(iv), no failure to grant or perfect any security interest under any Security Document with respect to any Excluded PRUSVI Assets, nor the incorrectness of any representation or warranty, including those previously made, that relate or related to any Excluded PRUSVI Assets or to the calculation of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base or any component thereof with respect to any Excluded PRUSVI Assets, shall result in or constitute a Default or an Event of Default hereunder.

 

(h)                                  Parent Borrower may, from time to time after the Closing Date, re- designate any Excluded PRUSVI Assets specified in clauses (a) through (e) of the definition of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base as being included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base upon 3 Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent specifying which Excluded PRUSVI Assets specified in clauses (a) through (e) of the definition of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base shall be included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base .   Such Excluded PRUSVI Assets shall only cease to be

 

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Excluded PRUSVI Assets and be included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base upon the PRUSVI Collateral Agent receiving a fully perfected first priority security interest in such assets as and to the extent required by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents .  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Parent Borrower has not re-designated the deposit accounts described in clause (e) of the definition of PRUSVI Borrowing Base as being included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base and complied with the perfection requirements of the immediately preceding sentence, the Parent Borrower shall not be permitted to re-designate any other Excluded PRUSVI Assets as being included in the PRUSVI Borrowing Base.

 

SECTION 2.  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS .

 

2.1                                  Commitments .

 

(a)                                   Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment severally agrees to make, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date and prior to the Termination Date, a Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Loans to each Borrower, as applicable, (each a “ Revolving Credit Loan ” and, collectively, the “ Revolving Credit Loans ”), which Revolving Credit Loans:

 

(i)                                      shall be denominated in Dollars;

 

(ii)                                   shall, at the option of the Borrowers, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, provided that,  except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 4.9 and Section 4.10, all Revolving Credit Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type;

 

(iii)                                may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof;

 

(iv)                               shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause the Individual Lender Exposure of such Lender to exceed the amount of its Revolving Facility Commitment at such time; and

 

(v)                                  shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to both Borrowers to exceed the Total Revolving Facility Commitment as then in effect.

 

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Availability Reserves in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, against the Domestic Borrowing Base and/or the PRUSVI Borrowing Base, as applicable, including reserves with respect to (i) sums that the respective Borrowers are or will be required to pay (such as taxes (including payroll and sales taxes), assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and have not yet paid and (ii) amounts owing by the respective Borrowers or, without duplication, their respective Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral, which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of the Administrative Agent, is capable of ranking senior in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens granted in the Security Documents (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral; provided that (x) the Administrative Agent shall have provided the applicable Borrower at least ten Business Days’ prior written notice of any such establishment, and (y) the Administrative Agent may only establish an Availability Reserve after the date hereof based on an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the Closing Date or based on facts not known to the Administrative Agent as of the Closing Date.  The amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Administrative Agent shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for the Availability Reserve.  Upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed Availability Reserve, and the applicable Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve or increase no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion.  In no event shall such notice and opportunity limit the right of the Administrative Agent to establish such Availability Reserve, unless the Administrative Agent shall have determined in its Permitted Discretion that the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for such new Availability Reserve no longer exists or has otherwise been adequately addressed by the applicable Borrower.  In the event that the event, condition or other matter giving rise to the establishment of any Availability Reserve shall cease to exist (unless there is a reasonable prospect that such event, condition or other matter will occur again within a reasonable period of time thereafter), the Availability Reserve established pursuant to such event, condition or other matter, shall be discontinued.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Availability Reserves shall not duplicate eligibility criteria contained in the definition of “Eligible Accounts”, “Eligible Domestic Accounts”, “Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles”, “Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles”, “Eligible Domestic Vehicles”, “Eligible PRUSVI Accounts”, “Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles”, “Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles”, “Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles”, “Eligible Vehicles”, and vice versa, or reserves or criteria deducted in computing the Net Book Value of or the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles, Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles or Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles and vice versa.

 

(c)                                   In the event the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars, as applicable, are unable to comply with (i) the Domestic Borrowing Base limitations or PRUSVI Borrowing Base limitations, as applicable, set forth in Section 2.1, as the case may be, or (ii) the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Credit Loans set forth in Section 6, the Lenders authorize

 

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the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers (each, an “ Agent Advance ”) for a period commencing on the date the Administrative Agent first receives a notice of Borrowing requesting an Agent Advance until the earliest of (A) the 30th Business Day after such date, (B) the date the respective Borrowers or Borrower are again able to comply with the Borrowing Base limitations and the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Credit Loans, or obtains an amendment or waiver with respect thereto and (C) the date the Required Lenders instruct the Administrative Agent to cease making Agent Advances.  The Administrative Agent shall not make any Agent Advance to the extent that at such time the amount of such Agent Advance, (I) when such Agent Advance is added to the aggregate outstanding amount of all other Agent Advances made to the Borrowers at such time, would exceed 5% of the Total Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) or (II) when added to the Aggregate Lender Exposure as then in effect (immediately prior to the incurrence of such Agent Advance), would exceed the Total Revolving Facility Commitment at such time.  It is understood and agreed that, subject to the requirements set forth above, Agent Advances may be made by the Administrative Agent in its discretion to the extent the Administrative Agent deems such Agent Advances necessary or desirable (x) to preserve and protect the applicable Collateral, or any portion thereof, (y) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents or (z) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including payments of reimbursable expenses and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, and that the Borrowers shall have no right to require that any Agent Advances be made.

 

(d)                                  Revolving Credit Loans shall not be made to (i) the Parent Borrower to the extent the incurrence thereof would cause the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to Parent Borrower to exceed the Domestic Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered), or (ii) Puerto Ricancars (x) to the extent the incurrence thereof would cause the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to Puerto Ricancars to exceed the PRUSVI Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) and (y) after the occurrence of any Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event.

 

(e)                                   Reserved .

 

(f)                                     Each Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Revolving Credit Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Section 11.6(b), in order to evidence such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, such Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, with appropriate insertions as to payee, date and principal amount (each, as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “ Revolving Credit Note ”), payable to such Lender and in a principal amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to such Borrower.  Each Revolving Credit Note shall (i) be dated the Closing Date, (ii) be stated to mature on the Termination Date and (iii) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

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(g)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the Parent Borrower shall not be jointly or jointly and severally liable with Puerto Ricancars for any liabilities or obligations of Puerto Ricancars hereunder and (ii) Puerto Ricancars shall not be jointly or jointly and severally liable with the Parent Borrower for any liabilities or obligations of the Parent Borrower hereunder.

 

2.2                                  Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing .  Each of the Borrowers may borrow under the Revolving Facility Commitments during the Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, irrevocable notice, which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:30 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially Eurocurrency Loans or (b) 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date, for ABR Loans, in each case specifying (i) the identity of the Borrower, (ii) the amount to be borrowed, (iii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iv) whether the borrowing is to be of Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and (v) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods therefor.  Each borrowing shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, in multiples of $1,000,000 (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments then available (as calculated in accordance with Section 2.1(a)) are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  Upon receipt of any such notice from a Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Revolving Credit Lender thereof.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 6.2, each applicable Revolving Credit Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower identified in such notice at the office of the Administrative Agent, specified in Section 11.2 prior to 12:30 P.M. (or 10:00 A.M., in the case of the initial borrowing hereunder), New York City time, or at such other office of the Administrative Agent, or at such other time as to which the Administrative Agent shall notify such Borrower reasonably in advance of the Borrowing Date with respect thereto, on the Borrowing Date requested by such Borrower in Dollars and in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent.

 

2.3                                  Termination or Reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments .  The Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself and each other Borrower) shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), to terminate the Revolving Facility Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans made on the effective date thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, would exceed the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect and provided further that any such notice of termination delivered by the Parent Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Parent Borrower (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on

 

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or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall reduce permanently the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect.

 

2.4                                  Reserved .

 

2.5                                  Reserved .

 

2.6                                  Reserved .

 

2.7                                  Reserved .

 

2.8                                  Repayment of Loans .  (a)  Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent (in Dollars) for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender made to such Borrower, on the Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9).  Each Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest (which payments shall be in the same currency in which the respective Loan referred to above is denominated) on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans from time to time outstanding from the Closing Date until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 4.1.

 

(b)                                  Upon the occurrence of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event, Puerto Ricancars shall pay to the Administrative Agent (in Dollars) for the account of each Lender the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender made to Puerto Ricancars, on the date of consummation of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event (together with any accrued and unpaid interest and commitment fees thereon).

 

(c)                                   Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of each of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof, the Borrowers to which such Loan is made, each Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each of the Borrowers to each applicable Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from each of the Borrowers and each applicable Lender’s share thereof.

 

(e)                                   The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.8(d) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of each of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided , however , that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the

 

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obligation of any Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.9                                  Commitment Increases .

 

(a)                                   The Parent Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to (i) increase the Commitments of any Lender and/or (ii) add Commitments (“ Additional Commitments ”), provided that, no Additional Commitment shall become effective if any Specified Default has occurred and is continuing, of one or more financial institutions or other entities that will become “Lenders” (each an “ Additional Commitment Lender ”), in each case subject only to the consent of such Lender that is increasing its Commitment or Additional Commitment Lender, as applicable.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender will be required to provide any such Additional Commitments unless it so agrees.

 

(b)                                  With respect to a Commitment increase pursuant to clause (a)(i) above, the Parent Borrower shall provide a supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 hereto (the “ Increase Supplement ”) specifying the Revolving Facility Commitment increase executed by each increasing Lender and the Parent Borrower which shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording in the Register.  With respect to a Commitment increase pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above, the Parent Borrower shall provide a Lender Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 hereto (the “ Lender Joinder Agreement ”) specifying, among other things, the Revolving Facility Commitment amount executed by the Additional Commitment Lender and the Parent Borrower, which shall be delivered together with any tax forms required pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof to the Administrative Agent for its recording in the Register. Upon effectiveness of the Lender Joinder Agreement, each Additional Commitment Lender shall be a Lender for all intents and purposes of this Agreement and such Additional Commitments shall be Revolving Facility Commitments.

 

(c)                                   Upon the effectiveness of the Increase Supplement or the Lender Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, outstanding Loans shall be reallocated (and the increasing Lender or joining Additional Commitment Lender, as applicable, shall make appropriate payments representing principal, with the Parent Borrower making any necessary payments of accrued interest) so that after giving effect thereto the increasing Lender or the joining Additional Commitment Lender, as the case may be, and the other Lenders share ratably in the Aggregate Lender Exposure, in accordance with the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments (and notwithstanding Section 4.12, no Borrower shall be liable for any amounts under Section 4.12 as a result of such reallocation).

 

SECTION 3.  RESERVED .

 

SECTION 4.  GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS .

 

4.1                                  Interest Rates and Payment Dates .  (a)  Each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

 

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(b)                                  Each ABR Loan shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the ABR for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

 

(c)                                   If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1 plus 2.00%, (y) in the case of overdue interest, the rate that would be otherwise applicable to principal of the related Loan pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1 (other than clause (x) above) plus 2.00% and (z) in the case of, fees, commissions or other amounts, the rate described in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.1 for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans accruing interest at the ABR rate plus 2.00%, in each case from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

 

(d)                                  Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 4.1 shall be payable from time to time on demand.

 

(e)                                   It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with applicable usury laws; accordingly, it is stipulated and agreed that the aggregate of all amounts which constitute interest under applicable usury laws, whether contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received, in connection with the indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement or any Notes, or any other document relating or referring hereto or thereto, now or hereafter existing, shall never exceed under any circumstance whatsoever the maximum amount of interest allowed by applicable usury laws.

 

4.2                                  Conversion and Continuation Options .

 

(a)                                   The applicable Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least two Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election, provided that any such conversion of Eurocurrency Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  The Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election.  Any such notice of conversion to Eurocurrency Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor.  Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.  All or any part of outstanding Eurocurrency Loans and ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that ( i ) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) no Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default, the Administrative Agent has given notice to the applicable Borrower that no such conversions may be made and ( ii ) no Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Termination Date.

 

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(b)                                  Any Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the applicable Borrowers giving notice to the Administrative Agent of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loan, determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, provided that no Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such (i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default, the Administrative Agent has given notice to the applicable Borrower that no such continuations may be made or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to either the Termination Date, and provided , further , that in the case of Eurocurrency Loans made or outstanding in Dollars if the applicable Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Eurocurrency Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period.  Upon receipt of any such notice of continuation pursuant to this Section 4.2(b), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.

 

4.3                                  Minimum Amounts of Sets .  All borrowings, conversions and continuations of Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans comprising each Set shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and so that there shall not be more than 15 Sets at any one time outstanding.

 

4.4                                  Optional and Mandatory Prepayments .  (a)  Each of the Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans made to it, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty, upon at least three Business Days’ notice by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent (in the case of Eurocurrency Loans) or at least one Business Day’s notice by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent (in the case of ABR Loans).  Such notice shall be irrevocable except as provided in Section 4.4(e).  Such notice shall specify, in the case of any prepayment of Loans, the identity of the prepaying Borrower, the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and, in each case if a combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each.  Upon the receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.  If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall (subject to Section 4.4(e)) be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (if a Eurocurrency Loan is prepaid other than at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto) any amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.12.  Partial prepayments of the Loans pursuant to this Section shall (unless the Parent Borrower otherwise directs) be applied, first , to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, and then , to all other amounts then due and owing hereunder.  Partial prepayments pursuant to this Section 4.4(a) shall be in multiples of $1,000,000, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan may be prepaid in its entirety.

 

(b)                                  (i)                                      On any day on which the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to Puerto Ricancars exceeds the PRUSVI Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered), Puerto Ricancars shall prepay on

 

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such day the principal of Revolving Credit Loans made to it in an amount at least equal to such excess.

 

(ii)                                   On any day on which the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to Parent Borrower exceeds the Domestic Borrowing Base (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered), the Parent Borrower shall prepay on such day the principal of Revolving Credit Loans made to it in an amount at least equal to such excess.

 

(iii)                                On any day on which the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to both Borrowers exceeds the Total Revolving Facility Commitment at such time, the Borrowers shall prepay on such day the principal of Revolving Credit Loans in an amount at least equal to such excess.

 

(iv)                               Upon delivery of a PRUSVI Borrowing Base Designation Notice, if the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to Puerto Ricancars exceeds the PRUSVI Borrowing Base at such time (recalculated to give effect to the exclusion of any asset described in clauses (a) through (d) (and clause (e), if permitted) of the PRUSVI Borrowing Base being excluded pursuant to Section 1.2(g)), Puerto Ricancars shall prepay on such day the principal of Revolving Credit Loans made to it in an amount at least equal to such excess.

 

(c)                                   For avoidance of doubt, the Revolving Facility Commitments shall not be correspondingly reduced by the amount of any prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans made under Section 4.4(b).

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4, if at any time any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 4.4(a) or 4.4(b) would result, after giving effect to the procedures set forth in this Agreement, in any Borrower incurring breakage costs under Section 4.12 as a result of Eurocurrency Loans being prepaid other than on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, then, the relevant Borrower may, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its sole discretion, initially (i) deposit a portion (up to 100%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Eurocurrency Loans with the Administrative Agent (which deposit must be equal in amount to the amount of such Eurocurrency Loans not immediately prepaid), to be held as security for the obligations of such Borrowers to make such prepayment pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with such cash collateral to be directly applied upon the first occurrence thereafter of the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such Eurocurrency Loans (or such earlier date or dates as shall be requested by such Borrower); or (ii) make a prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with Section 4.4(a) with an amount equal to a portion (up to 100%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Eurocurrency Loans (which prepayment, together with any deposits pursuant to clause (i) above, must be equal in amount to the amount of such Eurocurrency Loans not immediately prepaid), provided , that , in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), such unpaid Eurocurrency Loans shall continue to bear interest in accordance with

 

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Section 4.1 until such unpaid Eurocurrency Loans or the related portion of such Eurocurrency Loans have or has been prepaid.

 

(e)                                   If a notice of prepayment in connection with a repayment of all outstanding Loans is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.3, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.3.

 

(f)                                     On the Springing Maturity Date, if the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Dollar 2014 Notes then outstanding and the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Euro 2014 Notes then outstanding exceeds $500,000,000, then on such date the Borrowers shall make payment in full of the Loans and any other amounts then due and owing to any Lender or the Agents hereunder.

 

4.5                                  Commitment Fees; Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees .  (a)  Each Borrower agrees to pay (such payment to be made pro rata based on the most recent Domestic Borrowing Base and PRUSVI Borrowing Base) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the first day of the Commitment Period to the Termination Date, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Unutilized Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the Termination Date or such earlier date as the Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.

 

(b)                                  Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent any fees in the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing (including, without limitation, in any fee letters) by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement.

 

4.6                                  Computation of Interest and Fees .  (a)  Interest (other than interest based on the Prime Rate) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed; and commitment fees and interest based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year (or 366-day year, as the case may be) for the actual days elapsed.  The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Parent Borrower and the affected Lenders of each determination of a Eurocurrency Rate.  Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective.  The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Parent Borrower and the affected Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

 

(b)                                  Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on each of the Borrowers and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.  The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Parent Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Parent Borrower or such Lender a statement showing in reasonable detail the calculations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 4.1, excluding any Eurocurrency Base Rate

 

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which is based upon the BBA LIBOR Settlement Rates Page and any ABR Loan which is based upon the Prime Rate.

 

4.7                                  Inability to Determine Interest Rate .  If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan (the “ Affected Eurocurrency Rate ”) for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Parent Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter.  If such notice is given (a) any Eurocurrency Loans, the rate of interest applicable to which is based on the Affected Eurocurrency Rate requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2), (b) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to or continued as Eurocurrency Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate shall be converted to or continued as ABR Loans (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2) and (c) any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to or continued as Eurocurrency Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate and that are not otherwise permitted to be converted to or continued as ABR Loans by Section 4.2 shall, upon demand by the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders the Revolving Facility Commitment Percentage of which aggregate greater than 50% of such Revolving Credit Loans, be immediately repaid by the applicable Borrower on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto together with accrued interest thereon or otherwise, at the option of the Parent Borrower, shall remain outstanding and bear interest at a rate which reflects, as to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders, such Revolving Credit Lender’s cost of funding such Eurocurrency Loans as reasonably determined by such Revolving Credit Lender, plus the Applicable Margin hereunder. If any such repayment occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such affected Eurocurrency Loan, the applicable Borrower shall pay to each of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.12.  Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurocurrency Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate shall be made or continued as such, nor shall any of the Borrowers have the right to convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate.

 

4.8                                  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments .  (a)  Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans by any of the applicable Borrowers from the Lenders hereunder shall be made, each payment by any of the Borrowers on account of any commitment fee in respect of the Revolving Facility Commitments hereunder shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent, and any reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of the Lenders, as applicable, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata according to the Revolving Facility Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the applicable Lenders.  Each payment (including each prepayment, but excluding payments made pursuant to Section 2.9, 4.8(c), 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13(d) or 11.1(d)) by any of the applicable Borrowers on account of principal of and interest on any Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Revolving Credit Loans then held by the

 

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relevant Revolving Credit Lenders.  Each payment (including each prepayment, but excluding payments made pursuant to Section 2.9, 4.8(c), 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13(d) or 11.1(d)) by the Parent Borrower on account of principal of and interest on any Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent to the outstanding principal amounts of such Revolving Credit Loans then due and owing by Parent Borrower.  Each payment (including each prepayment, but excluding payments made pursuant to Section 2.9, 4.8(c), 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13(d) or 11.1(d)) by Puerto Ricancars on account of principal of and interest on any Revolving Credit Loans, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent to the outstanding principal amounts of such Revolving Credit Loans then due and owing by Puerto Ricancars.  All payments (including prepayments) to be made by any of the Borrowers hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, or otherwise, shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders holding the relevant Loans at the Administrative Agent’s office specified in Section 11.2, in immediately available funds.  Payments received by the Administrative Agent after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to such Lenders, if any such payment is received prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, in like funds as received prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to such Lenders on the next succeeding Business Day.  If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.  If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

(b)                                  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to such Agent, such Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to such Agent, and such Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrowers in respect of such borrowing a corresponding amount.  If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the applicable Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, (x) the applicable Agent shall notify the Parent Borrower of the failure of such Lender to make such amount available to the Administrative Agent and such Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder, in either case on demand,

 

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from such Borrower and (y) then such Borrower may, without waiving or limiting any rights or remedies it may have against such Lender hereunder or under applicable law or otherwise, (i) borrow a like amount on an unsecured basis from any commercial bank for a period ending on the date upon which such Lender does in fact make such borrowing available, provided that at the time such borrowing is made and at all times while such amount is outstanding such Borrower would be permitted to borrow such amount pursuant to Section 2.1 and/or (ii) take any action permitted by the following Section 4.8(c).

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement:

 

(i)                                      If at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, the Parent Borrower shall have the right to (A) seek one or more Persons reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower to each become a substitute Revolving Credit Lender and assume all or part of the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Defaulting Lender.  In such event, the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any such substitute Revolving Credit Lender shall execute and deliver, and such Defaulting Lender shall thereupon be deemed to have executed and delivered, an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance to effect such substitution or (B) upon notice to the Administrative Agent, to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Defaulting Lender, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.

 

(ii)                                   In determining the Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, any Lender that at the time is a Defaulting Lender (and the Revolving Credit Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitment of such Defaulting Lender) shall be excluded and disregarded, unless at such time there are no Non-Defaulting Lenders, in which case such Defaulting Lender shall not be excluded and disregarded.  If, in determining the Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to any of the provisions of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document requested by the Parent Borrower at a time when there are no Non-Defaulting Lenders, if such Defaulting Lender has not provided such approval or consent and does not give written notice to the Administrative Agent that it is withholding such approval or consent prior to the date that is 20 Business Days after the Administrative Agent or the Parent Borrower has delivered a request for such approval or consent to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to the terms of Section 11.2 of this Agreement, such Defaulting Lender will be deemed to have provided such approval or consent for purposes of such determination.  No commitment fee shall accrue for the account of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.

 

(iii)                                If at any time any Borrower shall be required to make any payment under any Loan Document to or for the account of a Defaulting Lender, then such Borrower, so long as it is then permitted to borrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may set off and otherwise apply its obligation to make such payment

 

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against the obligation of such Defaulting Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan.  In such event, the amount so set off and otherwise applied shall be deemed to constitute a Revolving Credit Loan by such Defaulting Lender made on the date of such set-off and included within any borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine.

 

(iv)                               If any Borrower shall be required to pay any amount under any Loan Document to or for the account of any Defaulting Lender, then such Borrower, so long as it is then permitted to borrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may satisfy such payment obligation by paying such amount to the Administrative Agent to be (to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent not utilized by the Administrative Agent to satisfy obligations of the Defaulting Lender owing to it) held by the Administrative Agent in escrow pursuant to its standard terms (including as to the earning of interest), and applied (together with any accrued interest) by it from time to time to make any Revolving Credit Loans or other payments as and when required to be made by such Defaulting Lender hereunder.

 

4.9                                  Illegality .  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the Closing Date shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans as contemplated by this Agreement (“ Affected Loans ”), (a) such Lender shall promptly give written notice of such circumstances to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such circumstances no longer exist), (b) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Affected Loans, continue Affected Loans as such and convert an ABR Loan to an Affected Loan shall forthwith be cancelled and, until such time as it shall no longer be unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain such Affected Loans, such Lender shall then have a commitment only to make an ABR Loan when an Affected Loan is requested (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2), (c) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Affected Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2) and (d) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Affected Loans, if any, not otherwise permitted to be converted to ABR Loans by Section 4.2 shall, upon notice to the Parent Borrower, be prepaid with accrued interest thereon on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto (or such earlier date as may be required by any such Requirement of Law).  If any such conversion or prepayment of an Affected Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.12.

 

4.10                            Requirements of Law .  (a)  If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof applicable to any Lender, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, in each case made subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender):

 

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(i)                                      shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any Eurocurrency Loans made or maintained by it or its obligation to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof, in each case, except for Non-Excluded Taxes and taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net income, or franchise taxes, or taxes measured by or imposed upon overall capital or net worth, or branch profits taxes (in the case of such capital, net worth or branch profits taxes, imposed in lieu of such net income tax), of such Lender or its applicable lending office, branch, or any affiliate thereof;

 

(ii)                                   shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate, hereunder; or

 

(iii)                                shall impose on such Lender any other condition (excluding any tax of any kind whatsoever);

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, upon notice to the Parent Borrower from such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, in accordance herewith, the applicable Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable with respect to such Eurocurrency Loans, provided that, in any such case, such Borrower may elect to convert the Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender hereunder to ABR Loans (in compliance with Section 4.2) by giving the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day’s notice of such election, in which case such Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon demand, without duplication, amounts theretofore required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.10(a) and such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.12.  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Parent Borrower, through the Administrative Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in this paragraph (a) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (y) as to the increased cost or reduced amount resulting from such event and (z) as to the additional amount demanded by such Lender and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof.  Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Parent Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority, in each case, made subsequent to the Closing Date, does or shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within ten Business Days after submission by such Lender to the Parent Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor certifying (x) that one of the events described in this paragraph (b) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (y) as to the reduction of the rate of return on capital resulting from such event and (z) as to the additional amount or amounts demanded by such Lender or corporation and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or corporation for such reduction.  Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Parent Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary this Section 4.10, no Borrower shall be required to pay any amount with respect to any additional cost or reduction specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above, to the extent such additional cost or reduction is attributable, directly or indirectly, to the application of, compliance with or implementation of specific capital adequacy requirements or new methods of calculating capital adequacy, including any part or “pillar” (including Pillar 2 (“Supervisory Review Process”)), of the International Convergence of Capital Measurement Standards: a Revised Framework, published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004, or any implementation, adoption (whether voluntary or compulsory) thereof, whether by an EC Directive or the FSA Integrated Prudential Sourcebook or any other law or regulation, or otherwise.  In addition, no Borrower shall be required to pay any amount with respect to any additional cost or reduction specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above unless such Lender delivers a certificate from a senior officer of such Lender certifying to the Parent Borrower that the request therefor is being made, and the method of calculation of the amount so requested is being applied, consistently with such Lender’s treatment of a majority of its customers in connection with similar transactions affected by the relevant adoption or change in a Requirement of Law.

 

4.11                            Taxes .  (a)  Except as provided below in this Section 4.11 or as required by law, all payments made by each of the Borrowers and the Agents under this Agreement and any Notes shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, gross receipts, municipal, sales, use, excise, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (“ Taxes ”), excluding Taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net income of any Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, and all franchise Taxes, branch Taxes, Taxes on doing business or Taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of any such Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate

 

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thereof, in each case imposed:  (i) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate is organized or is located, or in which its principal executive office is located, or any nation within which such jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or (ii) by reason of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such Tax and such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate other than a connection arising solely from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations under, or received payment under or enforced, this Agreement or any Notes.  If any such non-excluded Taxes (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) are required to be withheld from any amounts payable by any Borrower or any Agent to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any Notes, the amounts payable by such Borrower shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement; provided , however , that each of the Borrowers shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, and the Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify for, any Non-Excluded Taxes, and any such amounts payable by any Borrower or any Agent to, or for the account of, any such Agent or Lender shall not be increased (w) if such Agent or Lender fails to comply with the requirements of paragraphs (b) or (c) of this Section or (x) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed in connection with the payment of any fees paid under this Agreement unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of a change in treaty, law or regulation that occurred after such Agent becomes an Agent hereunder or such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder (or, if such Agent or Lender is a non-U.S. intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, after the relevant beneficiary or member of such Agent or Lender became such a beneficiary or member, if later) (such change, at such time, a “ Change in Law ”) or (y) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof, unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of a Change in Law or ( z ) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes arising under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantially comparable), and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof (“ FATCA ”).  Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by any of the Borrowers, as promptly as possible thereafter the applicable Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by such Borrower showing payment thereof.  If any of the Borrowers fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, such Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.  The agreements in this Section 4.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)                                  Each Agent and each Lender that stands ready to make, makes or holds any Extension of Credit to the Parent Borrower (a “ U.S. Extender of Credit ”), in each case that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall:

 

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(i)                                      on or before the date of any payment by the Parent Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Agent or Lender, deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (A) two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (certifying that it is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that country), Form W-8EXP or Form W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, in each case certifying that it is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, and (B) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes;

 

(ii)                                   deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the Parent Borrower; and

 

(iii)                                obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent; or

 

(Y)                                 in the case of any such Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”,

 

(iv)                               represent to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code;

 

(v)                                  deliver to the Parent Borrower on or before the date of any payment by the Parent Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, (A) two certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit E (any such certificate a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (B) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or successor applicable form, certifying to such Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such form to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes (and shall also deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of such form or certificate on or before the date it expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form or certificate and, if necessary, obtain any extensions of time reasonably requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms or certificates); and

 

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(vi)                               deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by the Parent Borrower, to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (ii) such Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by the Parent Borrower) which would be imposed on such Lender of complying with such request; or

 

(Z)                                 in the case of any such Lender that is a non-U.S. intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes,

 

(vii)                            on or before the date of any payment by the Parent Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Lender, deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and, if any beneficiary or member of such Lender is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”, (I) represent to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, and (II) also deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates certifying to such Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes; and

 

(A)                               with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Lender that is not claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”, also deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (I) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (certifying that such beneficiary or member is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that country), Form W-8ECI, Form W-8EXP or Form W-9, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, in each case so that each such beneficiary or member is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and (II) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that each such beneficiary or member is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to all payments under this Agreement and any Notes; and

 

(B)                                 with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Lender that is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”, (I) represent to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such beneficiary or member is not a bank within the meaning of Section 

 

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881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, and (II) also deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates from each beneficiary or member and two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or successor applicable form, certifying to such beneficiary’s or member’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes;

 

(viii)                         deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such forms, certificates or certifications referred to above on or before the date any such form, certificate or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or any beneficiary or member changes, and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form, certificate or certification and obtain such extensions of time reasonably requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms, certificates or certifications; and

 

(ix)                                 deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by the Parent Borrower, to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender (or beneficiary or member) to an exemption from withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (iii) such Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by the Parent Borrower) which would be imposed on such Lender (or beneficiary or member) of complying with such request;

 

unless in any such case any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred after the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder (or a beneficiary or member in the circumstances described in clause (Z) above, if later) which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender (or such beneficiary or member) from duly completing and delivering any such form or statement with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   Each Agent and each U.S. Extender of Credit, in each case that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, shall on or before the date of any payment by the Parent Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit, deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or successor form, certifying that such Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit is a United States Person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) and that such Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit is entitled to a complete exemption from United States backup withholding tax.

 

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(d)                                  Each Agent and each Lender that stands ready to make, makes or holds any Extension of Credit to Puerto Ricancars shall deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by Puerto Ricancars, to Puerto Ricancars and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Agent or Lender to an exemption from withholding with respect to payments by or on behalf of Puerto Ricancars under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that in determining the reasonableness of a request under this sentence such Agent or Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by Puerto Ricancars) which would be imposed on such Agent or Lender of complying with such request.

 

(e)                                   If a payment made to an Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit hereunder may be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax under FATCA, such Agent or Lender shall deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with its withholding obligations, to determine that such Agent or Lender has complied with such Agent or Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for the purposes of this paragraph (e), the term “FATCA” shall include any amendments or successor provisions thereto.

 

4.12                            Indemnity .  Each Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender in respect of Extensions of Credit made, or requested to be made, to the Borrowers, and to hold each such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur (other than through such Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) as a consequence of (a) default by such Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans after the Parent Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by such Borrower in making any prepayment or conversion of Eurocurrency Loans after the Parent Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a payment or prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans or the conversion of Eurocurrency Loans on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or converted, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or conversion or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Eurocurrency Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurocurrency market.  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any amounts under the indemnity contained in this Section 4.12, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Parent Borrower, through the Administrative Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in clause (a), (b) or (c) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (y) as to the loss or expense sustained or incurred by such Lender as a consequence thereof and (z) as to the

 

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amount for which such Lender seeks indemnification hereunder and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof.  Such a certificate as to any indemnification pursuant to this Section submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Parent Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

4.13                            Certain Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts .  (a)  Upon the request, and at the expense of the applicable Borrower, each Lender to which any of the Borrowers is required to pay any additional amount pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.11, and any Participant in respect of whose participation such payment is required, shall reasonably afford such Borrower the opportunity to contest, and reasonably cooperate with such Borrower in contesting, the imposition of any Non-Excluded Tax giving rise to such payment; provided that (i) such Lender shall not be required to afford such Borrower the opportunity to so contest unless such Borrower shall have confirmed in writing to such Lender its obligation to pay such amounts pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) such Borrower shall reimburse such Lender for its reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and disbursements incurred in so cooperating with such Borrower in contesting the imposition of such Non-Excluded Tax; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing no Lender shall be required to afford any Borrower the opportunity to contest, or cooperate with such Borrower in contesting, the imposition of any Non-Excluded Taxes, if such Lender in its sole discretion in good faith determines that to do so would have an adverse effect on it.

 

(b)                                  If a Lender changes its applicable lending office (other than (i) pursuant to paragraph (c) below or (ii) after an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (g) has occurred and is continuing) and the effect of such change, as of the date of such change, would be to cause any of the Borrowers to become obligated to pay any additional amount under Section 4.10 or 4.11, such Borrower shall not be obligated to pay such additional amount.

 

(c)                                   If a condition or an event occurs which would, or would upon the passage of time or giving of notice, result in the payment of any additional amount to any Lender by any of the Borrowers pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.11, such Lender shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent and shall take such steps as may reasonably be available to it to mitigate the effects of such condition or event (which shall include efforts to rebook the Loans held by such Lender at another lending office, or through another branch or an affiliate, of such Lender); provided that such Lender shall not be required to take any step that, in its reasonable judgment, would be materially disadvantageous to its business or operations or would require it to incur additional costs (unless the Parent Borrower agrees to reimburse such Lender for the reasonable incremental out-of-pocket costs thereof).

 

(d)                                  If any of the Borrowers shall become obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.11, the applicable Borrower shall have the right, for so long as such obligation remains, (i) with the assistance of the Administrative Agent, to seek one or more substitute Lenders reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower to purchase the affected Loan (and/or the related Revolving Facility Commitments), in whole or in part, at an aggregate price no less than such Loan’s principal amount plus accrued interest, and assume the affected obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) upon notice to the Administrative

 

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Agent, to prepay the affected Loan and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Revolving Facility Commitments of the applicable Lender, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty.  In the case of the substitution of a Lender, the Parent Borrower (and any other applicable Borrower), the Administrative Agent, the affected Lender, and any substitute Lender shall execute and deliver an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 11.6(b) to effect the assignment of rights to, and the assumption of obligations by, the substitute Lender; provided that any fees required to be paid by Section 11.6(b) in connection with such assignment shall be paid by the Parent Borrower or the substitute Lender.  In the case of a prepayment of an affected Loan, the amount specified in the notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with any accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.  In the case of each of the substitution of a Lender and of the prepayment of an affected Loan, the applicable Borrower shall first pay the affected Lender any additional amounts owing under Sections 4.10 and 4.11 (as well as any commitment fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender, including any amounts under this Section 4.13) prior to such substitution or prepayment.  In the case of the substitution of a Lender, if the Lender being replaced does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of ( a ) the date on which the assignee Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and ( b ) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to such replaced Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Lender being replaced, then the Lender being replaced shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the applicable Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Lender.

 

(e)                                   If any Agent or any Lender receives a refund directly attributable to taxes for which any of the Borrowers has made additional payments pursuant to Section 4.10(a) or 4.11(a), such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall promptly pay such refund (together with any interest with respect thereto received from the relevant taxing authority, but net of any reasonable cost incurred in connection therewith) to such Borrower; provided , however , that such Borrower agrees promptly to return such refund (together with any interest with respect thereto due to the relevant taxing authority) (free of all Non-Excluded Taxes) to such Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, upon receipt of a notice that such refund is required to be repaid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

(f)                                     The obligations of any Agent, Lender or Participant under this Section 4.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all amounts payable hereunder.

 

4.14                            Cash Management System   (a)  Within 30 days following the Closing Date, Borrowers will establish and maintain until the Termination Date, the cash management system described in Exhibit C with such changes as may be mutually agreed by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (the “ Cash Management System ”).

 

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(b)                                  Until such time as the Parent Borrower shall have complied with the provisions of Section 4.14(a) as it relates to Part I of Exhibit C , no amounts shall be included in the Domestic Borrowing Base pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of “Domestic Borrowing Base”.

 

(c)                                   Until such time as the Parent Borrower shall have complied with the provisions of Section 4.14(a) as it relates to Part I of Exhibit C , (i) the Parent Borrower shall cause all proceeds from the disposition of Facility Assets to be transferred to the Hertz Collateral Account (as such term is defined in Exhibit C ) or to another account acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as promptly as practicable, but in any event within seven (7) Business Days, after such proceeds were deposited into the Joint Collection Account and (ii) the Parent Borrower shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent with such reporting and other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in order to permit the Administrative Agent to monitor the requirements set forth in clause (i) of this Section 4.14(c).

 

SECTION 5.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .  To induce the Administrative Agent and each Lender to make the Extensions of Credit requested to be made by it on the Closing Date and on each Borrowing Date thereafter, the Parent Borrower, with respect to itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries, hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on every Borrowing Date thereafter, to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

 

5.1                                  Financial Condition .  (a)  The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by unqualified reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011 and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the period ended on such date, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition as at such date, and the consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years or periods then ended, of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries.  All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby (except as approved by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, and disclosed in any such schedules and notes, and subject to the omission of footnotes from such unaudited financial statements).  During the period from December 31, 2010 to and including the Closing Date, except as permitted by the Predecessor Credit Agreement, there has been no sale, transfer or other disposition by the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries of any material part of the business or property of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(b)                                  The audited consolidated balance sheets of Puerto Ricancars as of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by unqualified reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition as at such date, and the consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years or periods then ended, of Puerto Ricancars. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby (except as approved by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, and disclosed in any such schedules and notes).  During the period from December 31, 2010, to and including the Closing Date, except as permitted by the Predecessor Credit Agreement, there has been no sale, transfer or other disposition by Puerto Ricancars of any material part of the business or property of Puerto Ricancars and no purchase or other acquisition Puerto Ricancars of any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of Puerto Ricancars which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

5.2                                  No Change; Solvent .  Since December 31, 2010, except as and to the extent disclosed on Schedule 5.2, (a) there has been no development or event relating to or affecting any Loan Party which has had or would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (after giving effect to (i) the making of the Extensions of Credit to be made on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated hereby, and (ii) the payment of actual or estimated fees, expenses, financing costs and tax payments related to the transactions contemplated hereby) and (b) except to the extent disclosed on Schedule 5.2 or as otherwise permitted by the Predecessor Credit Agreement or by this Agreement and each other Loan Document, no dividends or other distributions have been declared, paid or made upon the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, nor has any of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower been redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired for value by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.  As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions described in preceding clauses (i) through (ii) in clause (a) above, the Parent Borrower, together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is Solvent.

 

5.3                                  Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law .  Each of the Loan Parties (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the corporate or other organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to have such legal right would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.4                                  Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations .  Each Loan Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of each of the Borrowers, to obtain Extensions of Credit hereunder, and each such Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of each of the Borrowers, to authorize the Extensions of Credit to it, if any, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any Notes.  No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other similar act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or, in the case of each of the Borrowers, with the Extensions of Credit to it, if any, hereunder, except for (a) consents, authorizations, notices and filings described in Schedule 5.4, all of which have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date, (b) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Security Documents, (c) filings pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et seq.), in respect of Accounts of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries the Obligor in respect of which is the United States of America or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, (d)  notices pursuant to Article 201 of the Puerto Rico Political Code of 1902, as amended (3 L.P.R.A. § 902), in respect of Accounts of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries the Obligor of which is the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof and (e) consents, authorizations, notices and filings which the failure to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrowers, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party will be duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Borrowers and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party when executed and delivered will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

 

5.5                                  No Legal Bar .  The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by any of the Loan Parties, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof (a) will not violate any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than the Liens permitted by Section 8.1) on any of its properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation.

 

5.6                                  No Material Litigation .  No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, threatened by or against Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their respective properties or revenues, except as described on Schedule 5.6, (a) which is so pending or threatened at any time on or prior to the Closing Date and relates to any

 

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of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.7                                  No Default .  Neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

5.8                                  Ownership of Property; Liens .  Each of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in all its material property that consists of Facility Assets.

 

5.9                                  Reserved .

 

5.10                            No Burdensome Restrictions .  None of the Parent Borrower, and its Restricted Subsidiaries, is in violation of any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of or applicable to such Person that would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.11                            Taxes .  To the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, each of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all United States federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed and has paid (a) all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and (b) all Taxes shown to be due and payable on any assessments of which it has received notice made against it or any of its property and all other Taxes imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any (i) Taxes with respect to which the failure to pay, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) Taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no tax Lien has been filed, and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such Taxes.

 

5.12                            Federal Regulations .  No part of the proceeds of any Extensions of Credit will be used for any purpose which violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including without limitation, Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.  If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower and prior to the consummation of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event, Puerto Ricancars will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, referred to in said Regulation U.

 

5.13                            ERISA .

 

(a)                                   During the five (5) year period prior to each date as of which this representation is made, or deemed made, with respect to any Plan (or, with respect to (vi) or (viii) of this Section 5.13(a), as of the date such representation is made or deemed made), none of the following events or conditions, either individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or is

 

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reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) a Reportable Event; (ii) any failure to satisfy minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA); (iii) any noncompliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA or the Code; (iv) a termination of a Single Employer Plan (other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA); (v) a Lien on the property of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of the PBGC or a Plan; (vi) any Underfunding with respect to any Single Employer Plan; (vii) a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan by the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity; (viii) any liability of the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity under ERISA if the Parent Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the annual valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made; (ix) the Reorganization or Insolvency of any Multiemployer Plan; or (x) any transactions that resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any liability to the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity under Section 4069 of ERISA or Section 4212(c) of ERISA.

 

(b)                                  With respect to any Foreign Plan, none of the following events or conditions exists and is continuing that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) substantial non-compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders; (ii) failure to be maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; (iii) any obligation of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the termination or partial termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Plan; (iv) any Lien on the property of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of a Governmental Authority as a result of any action or inaction regarding a Foreign Plan; (v) for each Foreign Plan which is a funded or insured plan, failure to be funded or insured on an ongoing basis to the extent required by applicable non-U.S. law (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities); (vi) with respect to the assets of any Foreign Plan (other than individual claims for the payment of benefits) (A) any facts that, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to a dispute and (B) any pending or threatened disputes that, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (vii) failure to make all contributions in a timely manner to the extent required by applicable non-U.S. law.

 

5.14                            Collateral .  (a)  Upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will be effective to create (to the extent described therein) in favor of the Domestic Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  When (i) the actions specified in Section 4 of the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement have been duly taken, (ii) all applicable Deposit Accounts (as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) a

 

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security interest in which is required to be or is perfected by “control” (as described in the UCC) are under the “control” of the Domestic Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Domestic Collateral Agent and as directed by the Domestic Collateral Agent, and (iii) the Vehicle titles have been duly registered showing the Lien of the Domestic Collateral Agent, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described therein) a perfected security interest in, all right, title and interest of each pledgor (as applicable) party thereto in the Collateral described therein with respect to such pledgor (as applicable).

 

(b)                                  Upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will be effective to create (to the extent described therein) in favor of the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  When (i) the actions specified in Section 4 of the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement have been duly taken, (ii) all applicable Deposit Accounts (as defined in the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) a security interest in which is required to be or is perfected by “control” (as described in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time) are under the “control” of the PRUSVI Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as agent for the PRUSVI Collateral Agent and as directed by the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and (iii) the financing statement with respect to each Vehicle has been filed at the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works and Vehicle titles have been duly stamped or annotated showing the security interest of the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described therein) a perfected security interest in, all right, title and interest of each pledgor (as applicable) party thereto in the Collateral described therein with respect to such pledgor (as applicable).

 

5.15                            Investment Company Act; Other Regulations .  None of the Borrowers is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. None of the Borrowers is subject to regulation under any Federal or State statute or regulation (other than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness as contemplated hereby.

 

5.16                            Reserved .

 

5.17                            Purpose of Loans .  The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans shall not be used by the Borrowers for any purposes other than to refinance amounts outstanding under the Predecessor Credit Agreement, for the acquisition, financing or refinancing of Eligible Vehicles and to finance the working capital and business requirements, and for general corporate purposes, of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.

 

5.18                            Environmental Matters .  Other than as disclosed on Schedule 5.18 or exceptions to any of the following that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect:

 

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(a)                                   The Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries:  (i) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for any of their current operations or for any property owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them and reasonably expect to timely obtain without material expense all such Environmental Permits required for planned operations; (iii) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits; and (iv) believe they will be able to maintain compliance with Environmental Laws, including any reasonably foreseeable future requirements thereto.

 

(b)                                  Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported, disposed of, emitted, discharged, or otherwise released or threatened to be released, to or at any real property presently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or at any other location, which would reasonably be expected to (i) give rise to liability or other Environmental Costs of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law, or (ii) interfere with the Parent Borrower’s planned or continued operations, or (iii) impair the fair saleable value of any real property owned by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is part of the Collateral.

 

(c)                                   There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including any notice of violation or alleged violation) under any Environmental Law to which the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is reasonably likely to be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened.

 

(d)                                  None of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, has received any written request for information, or been notified that it is a potentially responsible party, under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or any similar Environmental Law, or received any other written request for information from any Governmental Authority with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern.

 

(e)                                   None of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has entered into or agreed to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, nor is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum, relating to compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law.

 

5.19                            No Material Misstatements .  The written information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules concerning the Loan Parties furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto, taken as a whole, did not contain as of the Closing Date any material misstatement of fact and did not omit to state as of the Closing Date any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading in their presentation of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.  It is understood that (a) no representation or warranty is made concerning the forecasts, estimates, pro forma information,

 

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projections and statements as to anticipated future performance or conditions, and the assumptions on which they were based or concerning any information of a general economic nature or general information about the Borrowers’ and their Subsidiaries’ industry, contained in any such information, reports, financial statements, exhibits or schedules, except that, in the case of such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements, as of the date such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements were generated, (i) such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements were based on the good faith assumptions of the management of the Borrowers and (ii) such assumptions were believed by such management to be reasonable and (b) such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information and statements, and the assumptions on which they were based, may or may not prove to be correct.

 

5.20                            Labor Matters .  There are no strikes pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, reasonably expected to be commenced against the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The hours worked and payments made to employees of the Parent Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.21                            Insurance .  Schedule 5.21 sets forth a complete and correct listing of all insurance that is (a) maintained by the Loan Parties and (b) material to the business and operations of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole maintained by Restricted Subsidiaries other than Loan Parties, in each case as of the Closing Date, with the amounts insured (and any deductibles) set forth therein.

 

5.22                            Eligible Accounts .  As of the date of any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Accounts included in the calculation of Eligible Accounts on such Borrowing Base Certificate satisfy in all material respects all requirements of an “Eligible Account” hereunder.

 

5.23                            Eligible Vehicles .  As of the date of any Borrowing Base Certificate, all Vehicles included in the calculation of Eligible Vehicles on such Borrowing Base Certificate satisfy in all material respects requirements of an “Eligible Vehicles” hereunder.

 

5.24                            Anti-Terrorism .  As of the Closing Date, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Uniting and Strengthening of America by Providing the Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 6.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

 

6.1                                  Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit .  This Agreement, including the agreement of each Lender to make the initial Extension of Credit requested to be made by it, shall become effective on the date on which the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived:

 

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(a)                                   Loan Documents .  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following Loan Documents, executed and delivered as required below, with, in the case of clause (i), a copy for each Lender:

 

(i)                                      this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Borrower;

 

(ii)                                   the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Parent Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary); and

 

(iii)                                the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Puerto Ricancars and each other Loan Party signatory thereto.

 

(b)                                  Outstanding Indebtedness .  All principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and other amounts then due and owing under the Predecessor Credit Agreement shall have been or shall substantially contemporaneously be, paid in full and all commitments thereunder shall have been, or shall substantially contemporaneously be, terminated, and any Liens on the Collateral granted by any Loan Party to secure such obligations shall have been, or shall substantially contemporaneously be, terminated and released.

 

(c)                                   Reserved .

 

(d)                                  Financial Information .  The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) audited financial statements of the Parent Borrower for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 certified by the Parent Borrower’s independent registered public accountants and (ii) unaudited financial statements for the Parent Borrower for the most recent interim quarter for which financial statements are available (but in no event for a period ended less than 45 days prior to the Closing Date).

 

(e)                                   Governmental Approvals and/or Consents .  All Loans to the Borrowers (and all guarantees thereof and security therefor), shall be in substantial compliance in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law, including Regulations T, U and X of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

(f)                                     Lien Searches .  The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent search by a Person reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the UCC, judgment and tax lien filings which have been filed with respect to personal property of the Parent Borrower and Puerto Ricancars in any of the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 6.1(f), and the results of such search shall not reveal any liens other than Liens permitted by Section 8.1.

 

(g)                                  Legal Opinions . The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions:

 

(i)                                      the executed legal opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, special New York counsel to each of the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars and the other

 

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Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)                                   the executed legal opinion of Richard J. Frecker, assistant general counsel to the Parent Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iii)                                the executed legal opinion of BoltNagi PC, special United States Virgin Islands counsel to each of the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars and certain other Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iv)                               the executed legal opinion of Adsuar Muñiz Goyco Seda & Pérez-Ochoa, P.S.C. , special Puerto Rico counsel to each of the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars and certain other Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(v)                                  the executed legal opinion of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP, special Hawaiian counsel to each of the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars and certain other Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(vi)                               the executed legal opinion of Jenner & Block LLP, special Illinois counsel to Donlen Corporation, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(h)                                  Closing Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, with appropriate insertions and attachments.

 

(i)                                      Perfected Liens .

 

(i)                                      The Domestic Collateral Agent shall, subject to the provisions contained in the definition of “Eligible Vehicles,” and Section 7.9 hereof, have obtained a valid security interest in the Collateral covered by the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (with the priority contemplated therein); and, subject to the Security Provisions, all documents, instruments, filings, recordations and searches reasonably necessary in connection with the perfection of such security interests shall have been executed and delivered, in the case of UCC filings, written authorization to make such UCC filings shall have been delivered to the Domestic Collateral Agent, and none of such collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages except for Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)                                   The PRUSVI Collateral Agent shall, subject to the provisions contained in the definition of “Eligible Vehicles” and Section 7.9 hereof, have

 

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obtained a valid security interest in the Collateral covered by the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (with the priority contemplated therein); and, subject to the provisions contained in the definition of “Eligible Vehicles” and Section 7.9, all documents, instruments, filings, recordations and searches reasonably necessary in connection with the perfection of such security interests shall have been executed and delivered and none of such collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages except for Permitted Liens.

 

(j)                                      Fees .  The Agents and the Lenders shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid or delivered by the Borrowers to them on or prior to the Closing Date, including the fees referred to in Section 4.5.

 

(k)                                   Borrowing Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Parent Borrower, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit G reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower.

 

(l)                                      Corporate Proceedings of the Loan Parties .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors of each Loan Party  authorizing, as applicable, (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, any Notes and the other Loan Documents to which it is or will be a party as of the Closing Date, (ii) the Extensions of Credit to such Loan Party (if any) contemplated hereunder and (iii) the granting by it of the Liens to be created pursuant to the Security Documents to which it will be a party as of the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party as of the Closing Date, which certificate shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall state that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified (except as any later such resolution may modify any earlier such resolution), revoked or rescinded and are in full force and effect.

 

(m)                                Incumbency Certificates of the Loan Parties .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of such Loan Party executing any Loan Document, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent executed by a Responsible Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party.

 

(n)                                  Governing Documents .  The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws (or other similar governing documents serving the same purpose) of each Loan Party, certified as of the Closing Date as complete and correct copies thereof by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party.

 

(o)                                  Insurance .  Parent Borrower shall have used reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it that all of the requirements of Section 7.5 of this Agreement and

 

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Section 5.2.2 Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any similar section of any PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall have been satisfied. Parent Borrower shall have used reasonable best efforts to cause the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties to have been named as additional insured with respect to liability policies and the Domestic Collateral Agent and/or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, to have been named as loss payee with respect to the property insurance maintained by each Borrower insuring the Facility Assets.

 

(p)                                  Solvency .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer or, if none, the treasurer, controller, vice president (finance) or other responsible financial officer of the Parent Borrower certifying the solvency of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in customary form.

 

(q)                                  Cash Management .  The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the arrangements made by Puerto Ricancars and the Parent Borrower to comply with the provisions set forth in Section 4.14 hereof.

 

(r)                                     Borrowing Base Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate pursuant to Section 7.2(f).

 

(s)                                   Patriot Act; KYC .  No later than two (2) days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information about the Borrowers and the Guarantors that the Administrative Agent has reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitations the PATRIOT Act, and that the Administrative Agent has reasonably requested in writing at least five (5) days prior to the Closing.

 

The making of the initial Extensions of Credit by the Lenders hereunder shall conclusively be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Administrative Agent and each Lender that each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 6.1 shall have been satisfied in accordance with its respective terms or shall have been irrevocably waived by such Person.

 

6.2                                  Conditions to Each Other Extension of Credit .  The agreement of each Lender to make any Extension of Credit requested to be made by it on any date (including the initial Extension of Credit) is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                   Representations and Warranties .  Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) to which it is a party, and each of the representations and warranties contained in any certificate furnished at any time by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.

 

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(b)                                  No Default .  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Extensions of Credit requested to be made on such date.

 

(c)                                   Borrowing Notice .  With respect to any Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.2 (or such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with Section 2.2).

 

Each borrowing of Loans by any of the Borrowers hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers as of the date of such borrowing that the conditions contained in this Section 6.2 have been satisfied (including, to the extent provided herein, with respect to the initial Extension of Credit hereunder).

 

SECTION 7.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS .

 

Each of the Borrowers hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date and so long as the Revolving Facility Commitments remain in effect, and thereafter until payment in full of the Loans and any other amount then due and owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder and under any Note, each of the Borrowers shall and (except in the case of delivery of financial information, reports and notices) the Parent Borrower shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

7.1                                  Financial Statements .  Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender (and the Administrative Agent agrees to make and so deliver such copies):

 

(a)                                   as soon as available, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day after the 90th day following the end of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower ending on or after December 31, 2011, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in common stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the end of the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing not unacceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment (it being agreed that the furnishing of the Parent Borrower’s annual report on Form 10-K for such year, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will satisfy the Parent Borrower’s obligation under this Section 7.1(a) with respect to such year except with respect to the requirement that such financial statements be reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit);

 

(b)                                  as soon as available, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day after the 45th day following the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in

 

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each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the corresponding periods of the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit and other adjustments) (it being agreed that the furnishing of the Parent Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for such quarter, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will satisfy the Parent Borrower’s obligations under this Section 7.1(b) with respect to such quarter);

 

(c)           upon the occurrence of any Specified Default, and for so long as such Specified Default is continuing, as soon as available after any written request by the Administrative Agent to a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day after the 30th day following the end of each month, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such month (other than any month that is the last month of a fiscal quarter) and the related unaudited income statement of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such month, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the end of the corresponding month during the previous year;

 

(d)           all such financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) to be (and, in the case of any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b) shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower as being) complete and correct in all material respects in conformity with GAAP and to be (and, in the case of any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b) shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower as being) prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods that began on or after the Closing Date (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein, and except, in the case of any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b), for the absence of certain notes);

 

(e)           prior to the consummation of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event, as soon as available, but in any event not later than 270 days following the end of each fiscal year of Puerto Ricancars ending after December 31, 2011, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of Puerto Ricancars and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements income and retained earnings and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the end of the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants not unacceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment; provided, that, if Puerto Ricancars shall not otherwise be required to prepare and deliver audited annual financial statements as described in the preceding sentence of this Section 7.1(e) to any Governmental Authority or any other party (for tax compliance purposes or any other purpose) for any fiscal year, Puerto Ricancars shall have no obligation to deliver such audited annual financial statements but shall instead, as soon as available, but in any event not later than 270 days following the end of each fiscal year of Puerto Ricancars ending after December 31, 2011, deliver a copy of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Puerto Ricancars and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related unaudited consolidated statements income and retained earnings and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case,

 

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in comparative form the figures for and as of the corresponding periods of the previous year, all certified by a Responsible Officer of Puerto Ricancars as being fairly stated in all material respects; and

 

(f)            all such financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(e) to be (and, if unaudited, certified by a Responsible Officer of Puerto Ricancars as being) complete and correct in all material respects in conformity with GAAP and to be (and, if unaudited, certified by a Responsible Officer of Puerto Ricancars as being) prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods that began on or after the Closing Date (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).

 

7.2           Certificates; Other Information .  Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender (and the Administrative Agent agrees to make and so deliver such copies):

 

(a)           Reserved .

 

(b)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements and reports referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and (b) and (if applicable) 7.1(e), a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars, as applicable, stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars and their respective Subsidiaries during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, except, in each case, as specified in such certificate;

 

(c)           as soon as available, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day following the 120th day after the beginning of fiscal year 2011 of the Parent Borrower, and the 90 th  day after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower thereafter, a copy of the annual business plan by the Parent Borrower of the projected operating budget (including an annual consolidated balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries) and including segment information consistent with customary past practices of the Parent Borrower, such practices subject to such adjustments as are reasonable in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower, each such business plan to be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower to the effect that such Responsible Officer believes such projections to have been prepared on the basis of reasonable assumptions at the time of preparation and delivery thereof;

 

(d)           within five Business Days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and periodic reports which the Parent Borrower may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental Authority;

 

(e)           within five Business Days after the same are filed, copies of all registration statements and any amendments and exhibits thereto, which the Parent Borrower

 

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may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental Authority;

 

(f)            not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on or before the tenth Business Day of each Fiscal Period of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or (i) more frequently as the Parent Borrower may elect or (ii) upon the occurrence and continuance of an Specified Default after a request by the Administrative Agent, not later than Wednesday of each week), a Borrowing Base Certificate, which shall be prepared as of the last Business Day of the preceding Fiscal Period of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or (x) such other applicable date in the case of clause (i) above or (y) the previous Friday in the case of clause (ii) above) in the case of each subsequent Borrowing Base Certificate.  Each such Borrowing Base Certificate shall include such supporting information as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent; and

 

(g)           promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Agent or Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.2 may at the Parent Borrower’s option be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Parent Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Parent Borrower’s (or Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s) website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 7.2 (or such other website address as the Parent Borrower may specify by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Parent Borrower’s (or Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s) behalf on an Internet or intranet website to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

 

7.3           Payment of Obligations .  Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature, including taxes, except where (x) the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be or (y) failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such obligations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.4           Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence .  Continue to engage in business of the same general type as conducted by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, taken as a whole, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of the business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to Section 8.2, provided that any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to preserve, renew or keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to maintain any such rights, privileges or franchises, if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and comply with all

 

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Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.5           Maintenance of Property, Insurance .  Keep all property useful and necessary in the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good working order and condition, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (or any Captive Insurance Subsidiary) insurance on, or self-insure, all property material to the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business, all as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon written request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance carried; and ensure that at all times the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be named as additional insureds with respect to liability policies and the Domestic Collateral Agent and/or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be named as loss payee with respect to the property insurance maintained by each Borrower with respect to the Facility Assets; provided that, unless a Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Domestic Collateral Agent and/or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall turn over to the applicable Borrower any amounts received by it as loss payee under any property insurance maintained by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries and, unless a Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent agree that the Borrowers shall have the sole right to adjust or settle any claims under such insurance.

 

7.6           Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions .  (a)  (i) In the case of the Parent Borrower, keep proper books of records in a manner to allow financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP consistently applied in respect of all material financial transactions and matters involving the material assets and business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (ii) permit representatives of the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and, to the extent reasonable, make abstracts from any of its books and records (other than in respect of any Specified Proprietary & Confidential Information) and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of such entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers of such entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants, in each case at any reasonable time, upon reasonable notice, and as often as may reasonably be desired.  Each Borrower shall keep records of its Vehicles constituting Facility Assets that are accurate and complete in all material respects and shall furnish (without duplication) the Administrative Agent with inventory reports respecting such Vehicles in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent at such times as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

(b)           At reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice that the Administrative Agent requests, independently of or in connection with the visits and inspections provided for in clause (a) above, the Borrowers will grant access to the Administrative Agent (including employees of the Administrative Agent or any consultants,

 

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accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by the Administrative Agent) to such Person’s premises, books, records, accounts, and Vehicles constituting Facility Assets so that the Administrative Agent may conduct (or engage third parties to conduct) such field examinations, verifications and evaluations of the Facility Assets as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or appropriate.  Unless an Event of Default exists, or if previously approved by Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiary , no environmental assessment by the Collateral Agent may include any sampling or testing of the soil, surface water or groundwater.  The reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of any such third party so engaged by the Administrative Agent incurred to conduct such field examinations and other verifications and evaluations shall be paid by the Loan Parties; provided that absent the existence and continuation of an Event of Default, such expenses shall not exceed $50,000 per year.  In addition, prior to the consummation of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event, the Administrative Agent or its agents shall be permitted to conduct additional collateral audits with respect to the Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles (including to confirm that the Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles are titled in the name of Puerto Ricancars or otherwise confirm ownership, to examine the registry of the Department of Transportation and Public Works of the Commonwealth in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and to examine financing statements filed in the commercial transactions registry of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico State Department to confirm filings in the name of the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, in each case, to the extent applicable hereunder) and the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of any third party so engaged by the Administrative Agent shall be paid by the Loan Parties; provided that absent the existence and continuation of an Event of Default, such collateral audits at the expense of the Loan Parties shall be limited to no more than one (1) in any calendar year, and such expenses for such collateral audits with respect to the Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles shall not exceed $50,000 per year. All amounts chargeable to the applicable Borrowers under this Section 7.6(b) shall constitute obligations that are secured by all of the applicable Collateral and shall be payable to the Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

(c)           On or prior to June 30 of each year, commencing June 30, 2012, cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified accountants (reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which may be the Parent Borrower’s accountants) to furnish a report to the Administrative Agent to the effect that such accountants have performed certain agreed upon procedures on a statistical sample of the certificates of title of the Eligible Vehicles designed to provide a ninety-five percent (95%) confidence level confirming that the Eligible Domestic Vehicles are titled in the name of the Parent Borrower and that, in the case of such Eligible Vehicles, the certificates of title thereof show a lien in the name of the Domestic Collateral Agent, with such exceptions thereto as shall be set forth in such report. The Parent Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable cost of such report.

 

(d)           On or prior to June 30 of each year, commencing June 30, 2012, cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified accountants (reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which may be the Parent Borrower’s accountants) to furnish a report to the Administrative Agent to the effect that such accountants have performed certain agreed upon procedures with respect to the calculations of (i) the Disposition Proceeds received by the applicable Borrower, from the sale or other disposition of all Eligible Risk Vehicles sold or otherwise disposed of during the calendar month ending immediately prior to such date, (ii) the respective Net Book Values of such Eligible Risk Vehicles as of such date of disposition and (iii)

 

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the Market Values of such Eligible Risk Vehicles as of such date of disposition.  The Parent Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable cost of such report.

 

7.7           Notices .  Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:

 

(a)           as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(b)           as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, to the extent not otherwise disclosed in the public filings of the Parent Borrower under the Exchange Act, any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation (including with respect to lease obligations in connection with Special Purpose Financings) of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as previously disclosed in writing to the Lenders, or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority that in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, the occurrence of any default or event of default under any of the Indentures, the Existing ABL Facility Credit Agreement, or the Senior Term Credit Agreement or any default or Event of Default or amortization event under the U.S. ABS Program Documents;

 

(d)           to the extent not otherwise disclosed in the public filings of the Parent Borrower under the Exchange Act, as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, any litigation or proceeding affecting Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (prior to the consummation of a Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event) Puerto Ricancars or its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)           the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries knows thereof:  (i) the occurrence or expected occurrence of any Reportable Event (or similar event) with respect to any Single Employer Plan (or Foreign Plan), a failure to make any required contribution to a Single Employer Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan, the creation of any Lien on the property of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries in favor of the PBGC, a Plan or a Foreign Plan or any withdrawal from, or the full or partial termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other formal action by the PBGC or the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Single Employer Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; provided , however , that no such notice will be required under clause (i) or (ii) above unless the event giving rise to such notice, when aggregated with all other such events under clause (i) or (ii) above, would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) the first occurrence after the Closing Date of an Underfunding under a Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan that exceeds 10% of the value

 

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of the assets of such Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan, in each case, determined as of the most recent annual valuation date of such Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan on the basis of the actuarial assumptions used to determine the funding requirements of such Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan as of such date;

 

(f)            Reserved;

 

(g)           as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, (i) any release or discharge by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Materials of Environmental Concern required to be reported under applicable Environmental Laws to any Governmental Authority, unless the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that the total Environmental Costs arising out of such release or discharge would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any condition, circumstance, occurrence or event not previously disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent that would reasonably be expected to result in liability or expense under applicable Environmental Laws, unless the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that the total Environmental Costs arising out of such condition, circumstance, occurrence or event would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would not reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of any lien or other material restriction on the title, ownership or transferability of any facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) any action taken or proposed action to be taken by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to subject the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any material additional or different requirements or liabilities under Environmental Laws, unless the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that the total Environmental Costs arising out of such action would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)           any event individually resulting in the loss, damage, or destruction to the Facility Assets in the amount of $10,000,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower (and, if applicable, the relevant Commonly Controlled Entity or Subsidiary) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Borrower (or, if applicable, the relevant Commonly Controlled Entity or Subsidiary) proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

7.8           Environmental Laws .  (a)  (i)  Comply substantially with, and require substantial compliance by all tenants, subtenants, contractors, and invitees with, all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) obtain, comply substantially with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations as conducted and as planned; and (iii) require that all tenants, subtenants, contractors, and invitees obtain, comply substantially with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits necessary for their operations as conducted and as planned, with respect to any property leased or subleased from, or operated by the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this Section 7.8(a), noncompliance shall not constitute a breach of this covenant, provided that, upon learning of any actual or suspected

 

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noncompliance, the Parent Borrower and any such affected Subsidiary shall promptly undertake and diligently pursue reasonable efforts, if any, to achieve compliance, and provided , further , that in any case such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Promptly comply, in all material respects, with all orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders or directives (i) as to which the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) as to which: (x) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (y) an appeal or other appropriate contest is or has been timely and properly taken and is being diligently pursued in good faith; and (z) if the effectiveness of such order or directive has not been stayed, the failure to comply with such order or directive during the pendency of such appeal or contest could not reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.9           Post-Closing Security Perfection .  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, with respect to Accounts created by the Borrowers arising out of a sale of Eligible Program Vehicles, the Borrowers will not be required to deliver any Assignment Agreements (under and as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable) until 60 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree, in its reasonable discretion).  With respect to Accounts created by the Borrowers arising out of a sale of Eligible Program Vehicles, the Borrowers will obtain the related Assignment Agreements (under and as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) as promptly as is reasonably practicable for the applicable Borrower.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9, failure to satisfy any of the foregoing requirements will not constitute a breach or result in any Default or Event of Default under this Agreement; provided , that , any Accounts for which the requirements of the first sentence are not satisfied within the applicable time period shall be excluded from the Domestic Borrowing Base or PRUSVI Borrowing Base, as applicable, upon the expiration of the applicable time period and remain so excluded until such time as the applicable requirements are so satisfied.

 

7.10         Additional Agents If requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.12, reasonably cooperate in the appointment of an Additional Agent and pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such Additional Agent.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrowers will provide the Additional Agent such access and information as is reasonably necessary to permit the Additional Agent to carry out its duties as described in Section 10.12.

 

7.11         Existing ABL Facility Event The Parent Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days, following a Responsible Officer’s obtaining knowledge of such occurrence, notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the occurrence of an Existing ABL Facility Event.

 

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SECTION 8.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS .  Each of the Borrowers hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date and so long as the Revolving Facility Commitments remain in effect, and thereafter until payment in full of the Loans and any other amount then due and owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder and under any Note, the Borrowers shall not and the Parent Borrower shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

8.1           Limitation on Liens .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of the Facility Assets or any Kansas Vehicles, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (Liens described below are herein referred to as “ Permitted Liens ”; provided , however, that no reference to a Permitted Lien herein, including any statement or provision as to the acceptability of any Permitted Lien, shall in any way constitute or be construed so as to postpone or subordinate any Liens or other rights of the Agents, the Lenders or any of them hereunder or arising under any other Loan Document in favor of such Permitted Lien):

 

(a)           Liens for taxes, assessments and similar charges not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;

 

(b)           Liens with respect to outstanding motor vehicle fines, and carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and relating to obligations which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(c)           Liens of landlords or of mortgagees of landlords arising by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of real property leases, provided that the rental payments secured thereby are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;

 

(d)           pledges, deposits or other Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, other social security benefits or other insurance related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements);

 

(e)           Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court or other Governmental Authority, if appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order, are being diligently prosecuted and shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

 

(f)            Liens to secure the performance of (x) bids, contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases and statutory or regulatory obligations, or (y) performance, bid, surety, appeal, judgment, replevin and similar bonds, other suretyship

 

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arrangements, and other similar obligations, all in, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred in, the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)           zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on the use of property, other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and minor irregularities of title, which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(h)           Liens created pursuant to the LKE Program;

 

(i)            Liens in favor of third parties in connection with financing or other financial accommodations provided by such third parties, provided , that , (i) such liens shall not encumber any Facility Assets contained in the Total Borrowing Base or any proceeds thereof, (ii) all cash and other proceeds of any such Liens created in favor of such third parties shall be segregated in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent from all cash and other proceeds of Facility Assets contained in the Total Borrowing Base, (iii) such liens shall not encumber any Kansas Vehicles or proceeds thereof and (iv) with respect to each owner of Facility Assets, such liens shall not affect the Facility Assets owned by such owner (x) disproportionately by manufacturer or type of vehicle or (y) disproportionately by location of Facility Assets within a given territory;

 

(j)            Purchase money liens on vehicles in favor of the sellers of such vehicles, provided , that , such liens are discharged prior to or contemporaneously with such vehicles being included in the Total Borrowing Base; and

 

(k)           Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

8.2           Limitation on Fundamental Changes .  In the case of the Parent Borrower and, other than in connection with or following any Puerto Ricancars Disposal Event, Puerto Ricancars, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all of its property, business or assets, except (x) any Borrower may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into another Person if such Borrower is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving such merger, consolidation or amalgamation ( i ) (A) in the case of the Parent Borrower is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, or any state, district or territory thereof or (B) in the case of Puerto Ricancars, is organized or existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any municipality thereof or the United States or any state, district or territory thereof, and ( ii ) expressly assumes all obligations of such Borrower under the Loan Documents pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or (y) pursuant to any conveyance, sale, lease, assignment, transfer, license, abandonment or other disposal permitted by Section 8.3.

 

8.3           Limitation on Sale of Assets .  Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer, license, abandon or otherwise dispose (including, without limitation, in any sale-leaseback transaction) of any of the Facility Assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to any Person, unless (a)

 

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after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the application of the net proceeds thereof), (i) the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to the Borrowers would not exceed the Total Borrowing Base, (ii) the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to the Parent Borrower would not exceed the Domestic Borrowing Base and (iii) the Aggregate Lender Exposure outstanding to Puerto Ricancars would not exceed the PRUSVI Borrowing Base or (b) the net cash proceeds thereof are applied to repay the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (without any corresponding reduction in the Revolving Facility Commitments).

 

8.4           Limitation on Lines of Business .   Enter into any business, either directly or through any Restricted Subsidiary or joint venture or similar arrangement, except for those businesses of the same general type as those in which Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date or which are reasonably related thereto and any business related thereto.

 

SECTION 9.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT .  If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

 

(a)           Any of the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof (whether at stated maturity, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise); or any of the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

 

(b)           Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) or which is contained in any certificate furnished at any time by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; provided , that , with respect to any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document relating to the validity or the perfection of any security interest of any Agent and/or Lenders in the Facility Assets (including any representation or warranty that relates to the calculation of the Domestic Borrowing Base or the PRUSVI Borrowing Base, as the case may be, or any component thereof) (x) created pursuant to the PRUSVI Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, or pursuant to the Cash Management System, such failure of such representation or warranty to be correct in any material respect shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder if such Loan Party cures such incorrectness within 30 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower becomes aware of such incorrectness and (B) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders and (y) comprising Rental Car Vehicles registered or submitted for registration in State of Hawaii, such failure of such representation or warranty to be correct in any material respect shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder if such Loan Party cures such incorrectness within 10 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower becomes aware of such incorrectness and (B) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

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(c)           Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 7.2(f) (after a three Business Day grace period or, if during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (g), after a one Business Day grace period), 7.4 (with respect to maintenance of existence), 7.6(a)(ii) (after a two Business Day grace period), 7.6(b) (after a two Business Day grace period), 7.7(a) or Section 8 of this Agreement; provided that, in the case of a default in the observance or performance of its obligations under Section 7.7(a) hereof, such default shall have continued unremedied for a period of two days; and provided , further , that if (x) any such failure with respect to Sections 7.4 or 7.6 is of a type that can be cured within five Business Days and (y) such Default could not materially adversely impact the Lenders’ Liens on the Collateral and the negative pledge with respect to the Kansas Vehicles, taken as a whole, such failure shall not constitute an Event of Default for five Business Days after the occurrence thereof, so long as the Loan Parties are diligently pursuing the cure of such failure ; or

 

(d)           Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 9, and other than as expressly provided in this Agreement), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower becomes aware of such default and (B) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

(e)           The Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (A) (i) default in (x) any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, but excluding the Loans) in excess of $100,000,000 or (y) in the payment of any Guarantee Obligation (other than any Guarantee Obligations in respect of Brazilian Indebtedness) in excess of $100,000,000, beyond the period of grace (not to exceed 30 days), if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, but excluding the Loans and excluding any Brazilian Indebtedness) or Guarantee Obligation (other than any Guarantee Obligation in respect of the Brazilian Indebtedness) referred to in clause (i) above or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice or lapse of time if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or such Guarantee Obligation to become payable (an “ Acceleration ”), and (x) such time shall have lapsed and, if any notice (a “ Default Notice ”) shall be required to commence a grace period or declare the occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered, such Default Notice shall have been given, (y) such default shall not have been remedied or waived by or on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries, and (z) in the case of any such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation of any Foreign Subsidiary (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, Guarantee Obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary) such

 

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Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation shall have been Accelerated and such Acceleration shall not have been rescinded (provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder) or (B) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition (other than as referred to in clause (A)(i) above) relating to any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation referred to in clause (A)(i) above, and the lessor thereunder or its permitted assignee shall have terminated such Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, and such termination shall have caused an “amortization event” (or similar event however denominated) under the Special Purpose Financing to which such Material Vehicle Lease Obligation relates provided , however , that , no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to occur (i) if such default arises under the Existing Facilities and is a default based upon the breach of a financial covenant or financial covenants thereunder and such default is cured or waived by the holders of the applicable Existing Facilities, in each case prior to the earliest of (a) ten (10) Business Days after the occurrence of such default, (b) acceleration of the indebtedness under the applicable Existing Facility and (c) termination of the commitments under the applicable Existing Facility, (ii) if such default is a default based upon the breach of a negative covenant or negative covenants under the Existing Facilities or arises as a cross-default to the occurrence of a default under another facility, including any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, and, in either case, such default is cured or waived by the holders of the applicable facility, in each case prior to the earliest of (a) twenty (20) Business Days after the occurrence of such default, (b) acceleration of the indebtedness or the occurrence of a “liquidation event of default” (or similar event however denominated) and the commencement of liquidation under the applicable facility and (c) termination of the commitments under the applicable facility, and (iii) in the case of any other default, until such time as any applicable grace period (not to exceed 30 days) has expired in accordance with the terms of the relevant facility agreements; or

 

(f)            Reserved ; or

 

(g)           If (i) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts (excluding, in each case, the solvent liquidation or reorganization of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Loan Party), or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receivers, receiver and manager, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged, unstayed or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an

 

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order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall take any corporate or other organizational action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall be generally unable to, or shall admit in writing its general inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(h)           (i) Any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) (A) any failure to satisfy minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 302 or 303 of ERISA or Section 412 or 430 of the Code), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or (B) any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of either of the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA, (v) either of the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent is reasonably likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) of this Section 9(h), such event or condition, either individually or together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(i)            One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary involving in the aggregate at any time a liability (net of any insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof prior to or within 60 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect thereof in the event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful) of $50,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

(j)            (i) Any of the Security Documents shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof), or any Loan Party which is a party to any of the Security Documents shall so assert in writing, or (ii) the Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be perfected and enforceable in accordance with its terms or of the same effect as to perfection and priority purported to be created thereby with respect to any significant portion of the Collateral (other than in connection with any termination of such Lien in respect of any Collateral as permitted hereby or by any Security Document), and such failure of such Lien to be perfected and enforceable with such priority shall have continued unremedied (x) with respect to any Lien created by any PRUSVI Security Document or any Security Document entered into in connection with the Cash Management System, until the day that is 30 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Parent

 

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Borrower becomes aware of such failure and (B) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, (y) with respect to any Lien created by any Security Document granting an interest in any Rental Car Vehicles registered or submitted for registration in State of Hawaii , until the day that is 10 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower becomes aware of such failure and (B) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders and (z) with respect to any Lien on any other Collateral, for a period of 20 days ; or

 

(k)           A Change of Control shall have occurred;

 

then , and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (g) above with respect to any Borrower, automatically the Revolving Facility Commitments, if any, shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken:  (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Parent Borrower, declare the Revolving Facility Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Facility Commitments, if any, shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Parent Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable.

 

Except as expressly provided above in this Section 9, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

 

SECTION 10.  THE AGENTS AND THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES .

 

10.1         Appointment .  Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes each agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to or required of such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except, in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, those expressly set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent or the Other Representatives.  Each of the Agents may perform any of their respective duties under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein or therein by or through its respective officers, directors, agents,

 

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employees or Affiliates (it being understood and agreed, for avoidance of doubt and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent may perform any of their respective duties under the Security Documents by or through one or more of their respective Affiliates).

 

10.2         Delegation of Duties .  In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, each Agent shall act solely as agent for the Lenders and, as applicable, the other Secured Parties, and no Agent assumes any (and shall not be deemed to have assumed any) obligation or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries.  Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact or counsel selected by it with reasonable care.

 

10.3         Exculpatory Provisions .  None of the Agents nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for (i) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Notes or any other Loan Document, (iii) for any failure of any Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) the satisfaction of any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6, or (vi) the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default.  No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Borrower or any other Loan Party.  Each Lender agrees that, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder or given to the Agents for the account of or with copies for the Lenders, the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Borrower or any other Loan Party which may come into the possession of the Agents or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

 

10.4         Reliance by Agents .  Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected (and shall have no liability to any Person) in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been

 

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signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by each Agent.  The Agents may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless such Note shall have been transferred in accordance with Section 11.6 and all actions required by such Section in connection with such transfer shall have been taken.  Any request, authority or consent of any Person or entity who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee, assignee or endorsee, as the case may be, of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.  Each Agent shall be fully justified as between itself and the Lenders in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders and/or such other requisite percentage of the Lenders as is required pursuant to Section 11.1(a) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and any Notes and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders and/or such other requisite percentage of the Lenders as is required pursuant to Section 11.1(a), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

 

10.5         Notice of Default .  No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, any other Agent or any Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”.  In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and each of the other Agents.  The Agents shall take such action reasonably promptly with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders and/or such other requisite percentage of the Lenders as is required pursuant to Section 11.1(a); provided that unless and until the Agents shall have received such directions, the Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

10.6         Acknowledgements and Representations by Lenders .  Each Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the Agents or the Other Representatives nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent or any Other Representative hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Borrowers or any other Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Agent or such Other Representative to any Lender.  Each Lender represents to the Agents, the Other Representatives and each of the Loan Parties that, independently and without reliance upon the any Agent, the Other Representatives or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, it has made and will make, its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties, it has made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement and it will make its own decisions in taking or not taking any

 

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action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither the Agents nor any Other Representative shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender or the holder of any Note with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter.  Each Lender represents to each other party hereto that it is a bank, savings and loan association or other similar savings institution, insurance company, investment fund or company or other financial institution which makes or acquires commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, that it is participating hereunder as a Lender for such commercial purposes, and that it has the knowledge and experience to be and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of being a Lender hereunder.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees to comply with the provisions of Section 11.6 applicable to the Lenders hereunder.

 

10.7         Indemnification .  The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), ratably according to their respective Revolving Facility Commitment Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Revolving Facility Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with their Revolving Facility Commitment Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by any Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent arising from (a) such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or (b) claims made or legal proceedings commenced against such Agent by any security holder or creditor thereof arising out of and based upon rights afforded any such security holder or creditor solely in its capacity as such.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(a)           Any Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document (except actions expressly required to be taken by it hereunder or under the Loan Documents) unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.

 

(b)           The agreements in this Section 10.7 shall survive the payment of all Borrower Obligations and Guaranteed Obligations (each as defined in the Domestic Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).

 

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and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower or any other Loan Party as though such Agent and the Other Representatives were not an Agent or the Other Representatives hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  With respect to Loans made or renewed by them and any Note issued to them, each Agent and the Other Representatives shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent or an Other Representative, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Agents and the Other Representatives in their individual Lender capacities.

 

10.9         Collateral Matters .  (a)  Each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, to enter into the Security Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.  Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by any of the Agents or the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Agents or the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders.  Each of the Agents is hereby authorized on behalf of all of the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender, from time to time, to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Documents.  The Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may grant extensions of time for the creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any guarantee by any Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Closing Date or in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Closing Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by this Agreement or the Security Documents

 

(b)           The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable, in each case at its option and in its discretion ( A ) to release any Lien granted to or held by such Agent upon any Collateral ( i ) upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all of the obligations under the Loan Documents at any time arising under or in respect of this Agreement or the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, ( ii ) constituting property being sold or otherwise disposed of (to Persons other than a Loan Party) upon the sale or other disposition thereof in compliance with Section 8.3, ( iii ) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such greater amount, to the extent required by Section 11.1), ( iv ) in connection with the granting of Liens thereon in favor of another Person in compliance with Section 8.1(i) or ( v ) as otherwise may be expressly provided in the relevant Security Documents and ( B ) to subordinate any Lien on any Excluded Assets or any other property granted to or held by such Agent, as the case may be under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 8.1.  Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral

 

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Agent, at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing such Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.9.

 

(c)           No Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to the Lenders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by a Borrower or is cared for, protected or insured or that the Liens granted to any Agent herein or pursuant hereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise or to continue exercising at all or in any manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Agents in this Section 10.9 or in any of the Security Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, each Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given such Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as Lender and that no Agent shall have any duty or liability whatsoever to the Lenders, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(d)           Each of the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent may, and hereby does, appoint the Administrative Agent as its agent for the purposes of holding any Collateral and/or perfecting the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein and for the purpose of taking such other action with respect to the Collateral as such Agents may from time to time agree.

 

10.10       Successor Agent .

 

(a)           Subject to the appointment of a successor as set forth herein, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent may resign as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent or PRUSVI Collateral Agent, respectively, upon 10 days’ notice to the applicable Lenders and the Parent Borrower, and if any such Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) is a Defaulting Lender, the Parent Borrower may, upon 10 days’ notice to such Agent, remove such Agent.  If the Administrative Agent shall resign or be removed as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be subject to approval by the Parent Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, as applicable, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans.  If the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed as Domestic Collateral Agent or PRUSVI Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as applicable, the duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities of such Agent hereunder, if any, shall automatically be assumed by, and inure to the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, without any further act by any Agent or any Lender.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal as Agent, the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Additionally, after such retiring Agent’s resignation as such Agent, the provisions

 

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of this Section shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was such Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

10.11                      Other Representatives .  None of the entities identified as bookrunners and lead arrangers pursuant to the definition of Other Representative contained herein, shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder or under any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.

 

10.12                      Additional Agent .   If at any time GELCO Corporation dba GE Fleet Services is no longer Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders may appoint an additional agent (an “ Additional Agent ”) reasonably acceptable to the Borrowers to review the Borrowing Base Certificates, otherwise monitor the Facility Assets and advise the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent with respect thereto and be prepared to dispose of Eligible Vehicles if so directed by the applicable Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents.

 

10.13                      Withholding Tax .  To the extent required by any applicable law, each Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax, and in no event shall such Agent be required to be responsible for or pay any additional amount with respect to any such withholding.  If any payment has been made to any Lender by the Administrative Agent without the applicable withholding tax being withheld from such payment and the Administrative Agent has paid over the applicable withholding tax to the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority, or  the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that any Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify such Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from or reduction of withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify such Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by such Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with any expenses incurred.

 

SECTION 11.  MISCELLANEOUS .

 

11.1                            Amendments and Waivers .  (a)  Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.1.  The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent (and the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable) may, from time to time, (x) enter into with the respective Loan Parties hereto or thereto, as the case may be, written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or to the other Loan Documents or changing, in any manner the rights or obligations of the Lenders or the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (y) waive at any Loan Party’s request, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent (or the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as applicable), as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default

 

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and its consequences; provided , however , that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

 

(i)                                      reduce or forgive the amount or extend the scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or of any scheduled installment thereof or reduce the stated rate of any interest, commission or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of any waiver of the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment or change the currency in which any Loan is payable, in each case without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, subject to Sections 11.1(d) (it being understood that (x) waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitment of all Lenders shall not constitute an increase of the Revolving Facility Commitment of any Lender, and (y) that an increase in the available portion of any Revolving Facility Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase in the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Lender);

 

(ii)                                   amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 11.1(a) or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than pursuant to Section 8.2 or 11.6(a)), in each case without the written consent of all the Lenders;

 

(iii)                                release Guarantors accounting for substantially all of the value of the Guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents, or all or substantially all of the Collateral, in each case without the consent of all of the Lenders, except as expressly permitted hereby or by any Security Document

 

(iv)                               require any Lender to make Loans having an Interest Period of longer than twelve months without the consent of such Lender;

 

(v)                                  amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 without the written consent of the then Agents directly and adversely affected thereby; or

 

(vi)                               increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of Domestic Borrowing Base or PRUSVI  Borrowing Base, or (except as contemplated by the proviso to clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “PRUSVI Borrowing Base”) make any change to the definition of “Domestic Borrowing Base” or “PRUSVI Borrowing Base” (by adding additional categories or components thereof), Eligible Accounts, Eligible Domestic Accounts, Eligible Domestic Program Vehicles, Eligible Domestic Risk Vehicles, Eligible Domestic Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Accounts, Eligible PRUSVI Program Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Risk Vehicles, Eligible PRUSVI Vehicles or Eligible Vehicles that would have the

 

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effect of increasing the amount of the Domestic Borrowing Base or PRUSVI  Borrowing Base or increase the maximum amount of permitted Agent Advances under Section 2.1(c) (which, when aggregated with all other Extensions of Credit made hereunder, shall under no circumstance exceed the Commitments) in each case, without the written consent of the Supermajority Lenders.

 

(b)                                  Any waiver and any amendment, supplement or modification pursuant to this Section 11.1 shall apply to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans.  In the case of any waiver, each of the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, ( y ) the Commitment of any Lender may be increased, and additional Commitments may be added, in each case as contemplated by Section 2.9, with the written consent of the Parent Borrower and the applicable Lender or Additional Commitment Lender, as applicable and (z) the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend this Agreement without the consent of any Lender to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency, in each case without the consent of any other Person.  The Administrative Agent hereby agrees (if requested by the Parent Borrower) to execute any amendment referred to in this clause (c) or an acknowledgement thereof.

 

(d)                                  If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to any of the provisions of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as contemplated by Section 11.1(a), the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender or the Supermajority Lenders, as applicable, is required and the consent of the Required Lenders at such time is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (each such other Lender, a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”) then the Parent Borrower may, on notice to the Administrative Agent and the Non-Consenting Lender, (A) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 11.6 (with the assignment fee and any other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses to be paid by the Parent Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Parent Borrower to find a replacement Lender; provided , further , that the applicable assignee shall have agreed to the applicable change, waiver, discharge or termination of  this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents; and provided , further , that all principal, interest and fees payable by the Borrowers owing to the Non-Consenting Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such Assignment and Acceptance or (B) upon notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay the Loans and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Commitments of such Non-Consenting Lender, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty.  In connection with any such replacement under this Section 11.1(d), if the Non-Consenting Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of (a) the date

 

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on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and (b) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Consenting Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Consenting Lender, then such Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the applicable Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Non-Consenting Lender.

 

11.2                            Notices .  (a)  All notices, requests, and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, or, in the case of delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent the Domestic Collateral Agent and the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and as set forth in Schedule A in the case of the other parties hereto, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

The Borrowers:

The Hertz Corporation

 

225 Brae Boulevard

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

Attention: Treasurer

 

Facsimile: 201-307-2324

 

Telephone: 201-307-2000

 

 

with copies to:

The Hertz Corporation

 

225 Brae Boulevard

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

Attention: General Counsel

 

Facsimile: 201-594-3122

 

Telephone: 207-307-2000

 

 

 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

 

919 Third Avenue

 

New York, New York 10022

 

Attention:  David A. Brittenham, Esq.

 

Facsimile:  (212) 521-8813

 

Telephone:  (212) 909-6215

 

 

The Administrative Agent/

GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services

the Domestic Collateral Agent/

c/o GE Corporate Financial Services

the PRUSVI Collateral Agent:

201 Merritt 7

 

Norwalk, Connecticut 06856-5201

 

Attention: Operations Site Leader-2nd Floor

 

Tel: 203-956-4146

 

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Fax: 203-229-5788

 

 

with a copy to:

GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services

 

3 Capital Drive

 

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344

 

Attention: Loan Operations Leader

 

Tel: 952-828-1000

 

Fax: 952-903-8613

 

 

With (so long

 

as Bank of America N.A.

 

is a Lender) a copy to:

Bank of America, N.A.

 

225 Franklin Street

 

Boston, MA 02110

 

Attention: Hertz Portfolio Manager

 

Tel: 617-346-1196

 

Fax: 312-453-4415

 

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Section 3.2, 4.2, 4.4 or 4.8 shall not be effective until received.

 

(b)                                  Without in any way limiting the obligation of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries to confirm in writing any telephonic notice permitted to be given hereunder, the Administrative Agent may prior to receipt of written confirmation act without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice, believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from a Responsible Officer.

 

(c)                                   Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures .  Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means (i.e., a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each Loan Party, each Agent and each Lender.  The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

 

(d)                                  Electronic Communications .  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including electronic mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent or the Parent Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or

 

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communications.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes (with the Parent Borrower’s consent), (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the posting thereof.

 

11.3                            No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent, any Lender or any Loan Party, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

11.4                            Survival of Representations and Warranties .  All representations and warranties made hereunder and in the other Loan Documents (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) and in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or such other Loan Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

11.5                            Payment of Expenses and Taxes .  The Parent Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents and the Other Representatives for (1) all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with (i) the syndication of the Facilities and the  development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, (ii) the consummation and administration of the transactions (including the syndication of the Revolving Facility Commitments) contemplated hereby and thereby and (iii) efforts to monitor the Loans and verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of the Facility Assets, and (2) (i) the reasonable fees and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, and such other special or local counsel, consultants, advisors, appraisers and auditors of the Administrative Agent whose retention (other than during the continuance of an Event of Default) is approved by the Parent Borrower,  (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender, the Arranger and the Agents for all their reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, including the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents and the Lenders, (c) to pay, indemnify, or reimburse each Lender, the Arrangers and the Agents for, and hold each Lender, the Arrangers and the Agents harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or

 

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any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, the Arranger, each Agent, their respective affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “ Indemnitee ”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against, any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the property of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), provided that the Parent Borrower shall not have any obligation hereunder to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, any other Agent or any Lender (or any Related Party thereof) with respect to Indemnified Liabilities arising from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent, Arranger or Lender (or any Related Party thereof), ( ii ) a material breach of the Loan Documents by, or any act or omission of, such Agent, Arranger or Lender (or any Related Party thereof), ( iii ) claims of any Indemnitee (or any Related Party thereof) solely against one or more Indemnitees (or any Related Party thereof) or disputes between or among Indemnitees (or any Related Party thereof) in each case except to the extent such claim is determined to have been caused by an act or omission by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) claims made or legal proceedings commenced against such Agent, the Arranger, or any such Lender (or any Related Party thereof) by any security holder or creditor thereof arising out of and based upon rights afforded any such security holder or creditor solely in its capacity as such.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any consequential or punitive damages in connection with the Facilities.  All amounts due under this Section 11.5 shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor.  Statements reflecting amounts payable by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Section shall be submitted to the address of the Parent Borrower set forth in Section 11.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Parent Borrower in a notice to the Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in clauses (b) and (c) above, the Parent Borrower and Puerto Ricancars shall have no obligation under this Section 11.5 to any Indemnitee with respect to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.  The agreements in this Section 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.  As used herein, “Related Party” means, with respect to any Person, or any of its affiliates, or any of the officers, directors, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons of any thereof, any of such Person, its affiliates and the officers, directors, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons of any thereof (other than, in each case, Holdings and its Subsidiaries and any of its controlling shareholders).

 

11.6                            Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments .  (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) other than in

 

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accordance with Section 8.2, none of the Borrowers may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 11.6.

 

(b)                                  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with applicable law, assign (other than to a Disqualified Lender) to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including its Revolving Facility Commitment and/or Loans, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit F) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

 

(A)                               The Parent Borrower, provided that no consent of the Parent Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; provided, further, that if any Lender assigns all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one of its affiliates in connection with or in contemplation of the sale or other disposition of its interest in such affiliate, the Parent Borrower’s prior written consent shall be required for such assignment; and

 

(B)                                 the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender.

 

(ii)                                   Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)                               except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitments or Loans, the amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Parent Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (g) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

 

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(B)                                 the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that for concurrent assignments to two or more Approved Funds such assignment fee shall only be required to be paid once in respect of and at the time of such assignments; and

 

(C)                                 the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.

 

For the purposes of this Section 11.6, the term “ Approved Fund ” has the following meaning:  “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to make assignments under this Agreement to any Disqualified Lender.

 

(iii)                                Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of (and bound by any related obligations under) Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 11.5, and bound by its continuing obligations under Section 11.16).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 11.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 11.6.

 

(iv)                               The Borrowers hereby designate the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent agrees, to serve as the Borrowers’ agent, solely for purposes of this Section 11.6, to maintain at one of its offices in New York, New York, a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Revolving Facility Commitments of, and interest and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the

 

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contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(v)                                  Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) of this Section 11.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(i) of this Section 11.6, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance, record the information contained therein in the Register and give prompt notice of such assignment and recordation to the Parent Borrower.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

(vi)                               On or prior to the effective date of any assignment pursuant to this Section 11.6(b), the assigning Lender shall surrender any outstanding Notes held by it all or a portion of which are being assigned.  Any Notes surrendered by the assigning Lender shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Parent Borrower marked “cancelled”.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Assignee, which as of the date of any assignment to it pursuant to this Section 11.6(b) would be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 4.10, 4.11 or 11.5 than the assigning Lender would have been entitled to receive as of such date under such Sections with respect to the rights assigned, shall be entitled to receive such greater payments unless the assignment was made after an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (g) has occurred and is continuing or the Parent Borrower has expressly consented in writing to waive the benefit of this provision at the time of such assignment.

 

(c)                                   (i)  Any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, without the consent of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations (other than to any Disqualified Lender) to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Facility Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (D) the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that, to the extent of such participation such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the

 

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second sentence of Section 11.1(a) and (2) directly and adversely affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 11.6, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of (and shall have the related obligations under) Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 11.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 11.6.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant shall be subject to Section 11.7(a) as though it were a Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to sell participations under this Agreement to any Disqualified Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Facilities or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of a Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Facility or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Facility or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

(ii)                                   No Loan Party shall be obligated to make any greater payment under Section 4.10, 4.11 or 11.5 than it would have been obligated to make in the absence of any participation, unless the sale of such participation is made with the prior written consent of the Parent Borrower and the Parent Borrower expressly waives the benefit of this provision at the time of such participation.  Any Participant that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.11 unless such Participant complies with Section 4.11(b) and provides the forms and certificates referenced therein to the Lender that granted such participation.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Lender, without the consent of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent, may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute (by foreclosure or otherwise) any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(e)                                   No assignment or participation made or purported to be made to any Assignee or Participant shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Parent Borrower if it would require the Parent Borrower or Puerto Ricancars to make any filing with any Governmental Authority or qualify any Loan or Note under the laws of any jurisdiction, and the Parent Borrower shall be entitled to request and receive such information and assurances as it may reasonably request from any Lender or any Assignee or Participant to determine whether

 

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any such filing or qualification is required or whether any assignment or participation is otherwise in accordance with applicable law.

 

(f)                                     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 11.6(b).  Each Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any domestic or foreign bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state, federal or provincial bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided , however , that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.  Each such indemnifying Lender shall pay in full any claim received from the Parent Borrower pursuant to this Section 11.6(f) within 30 Business Days of receipt of a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower specifying in reasonable detail the cause and amount of the loss, cost, damage or expense in respect of which the claim is being asserted, which certificate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Without limiting the indemnification obligations of any indemnifying Lender pursuant to this Section 11.6(f), in the event that the indemnifying Lender fails timely to compensate the Parent Borrower for such claim, any Loans held by the relevant Conduit Lender shall, if requested by the Parent Borrower, be assigned promptly to the Lender that administers the Conduit Lender and the designation of such Conduit Lender shall be void.

 

(g)                                  If the Parent Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days’ advance notice to the Lenders, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Revolving Facility Commitments to be replaced, to ( i ) require the Lenders to assign such Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and ( ii ) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 11.1.  Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Revolving Facility Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrowers), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 4.12.  By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit F, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith.  The provisions of this paragraph are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.

 

11.7                            Adjustments; Set-off; Calculations; Computations .  (a)  If any Lender (a “ Benefited Lender ”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Revolving Credit Loans owing to it, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether

 

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voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 9(g), or otherwise (except pursuant to Section 2.9, 4.4, 4.13(d), 11.1(d) or 11.6)), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans owing to it, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders an interest (by participation, assignment or otherwise) in such portion of each such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans owing to it, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

 

(b)                                  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to any Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by each Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9(a) to set-off as appropriate and apply against any amount then due and payable under Section 9(a) by such Borrower any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of such Borrower.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

11.8                            Judgment .  (a)  If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan Party in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 11.8 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due under any Loan Document in any currency (the “ Obligation Currency ”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 11.8 being hereinafter in this Section 11.8 referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”).

 

(b)                                  If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 11.8(a), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, the applicable Loan Party shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment

 

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Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from any Loan Party under this Section 11.8(b) shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents.

 

(c)                                   The term “rate of exchange” in this Section 11.8 means the rate of exchange at which the Administrative Agent, on the relevant date at or about 12:00 noon (New York time), would be prepared to sell, in accordance with its normal course foreign currency exchange practices, the Obligation Currency against the Judgment Currency.

 

11.9                            Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be delivered to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

11.10                      Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

11.11                      Integration .  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of each of the Loan Parties party hereto, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any of the Loan Parties party hereto, the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

 

11.12                      Governing Law .  THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY NOTES AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

11.13                      Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers .  (a)  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(i)                                      submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

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venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

(iii)                                agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the applicable Borrower the applicable Lender, the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent or the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, as the case may be, at the address specified in Section 11.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, the PRUSVI Collateral Agent, the Arranger, any such Lender and any such Borrower shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(iv)                               agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(v)                                  waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 11.13(a) any consequential or punitive damages.

 

(b)                                  Puerto Ricancars hereby agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally appoint The Hertz Corporation (the “ New York Process Agent ”), as its agent to receive on behalf of Puerto Ricancars and its property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding in any such New York State or Federal court described in paragraph (a) of this Section 11.13 and agrees promptly to appoint a successor New York Process Agent in The City of New York (which successor New York Process Agent shall accept such appointment in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) prior to the termination for any reason of the appointment of the initial New York Process Agent.  The Hertz Corporation, has been appointed as the initial New York Process Agent.  In any action or proceeding in New York State or Federal court, service may be made on Puerto Ricancars by delivering a copy of such process to Puerto Ricancars in care of the New York Process Agent at the New York Process Agent’s address and by depositing a copy of such process in the mails by certified or registered air mail, addressed to Puerto Ricancars at its address specified in Section 11.2 with (if applicable) a copy to the Parent Borrower (such service to be effective upon such receipt by the New York Process Agent and the depositing of such process in the mails as aforesaid).  Puerto Ricancars hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes and directs the New York Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  As an alternate method of service, Puerto Ricancars irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding in such New York State or Federal court by mailing of copies of such process to Puerto Ricancars by certified or registered air mail at its address specified in Section 11.2.  Puerto Ricancars agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

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(c)                                   To the extent that Puerto Ricancars has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, Puerto Ricancars hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any Note.

 

11.14                      Acknowledgements .  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)                                   it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

(b)                                  neither any Agent nor any Other Representative or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrowers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

 

(c)                                   no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby among the Lenders or among any of the Borrowers and the Lenders.

 

11.15                      Waiver Of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTES OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

11.16                      Confidentiality .  (a) Each Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential any information (a) provided to it by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to or in connection with the Loan Documents or (b) obtained by such Lender based on a review of the books and records of the Parent Borrower, Puerto Ricancars or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Lender from disclosing any such information (i) to any Agent, any Other Representative or any other Lender, (ii) to any Transferee, or prospective Transferee or any creditor or any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations that agrees to comply with the provisions of this Section pursuant to a written instrument (or electronically recorded agreement from any Person listed above in this clause (ii), which Person has been approved by the Parent Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), in respect to any electronic information (whether posted or otherwise distributed on Intralinks or any other electronic distribution system)) for the benefit of the Parent Borrower (it being understood that each relevant Lender shall be solely responsible for obtaining such instrument (or such electronically recorded agreement)), (iii) to its affiliates and the employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors of it and its affiliates, provided that such Lender shall inform each such Person of the agreement under this Section 11.16 and take reasonable

 

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actions to cause compliance by any such Person referred to in this clause (iii) with this agreement (including, where appropriate, to cause any such Person to acknowledge its agreement to be bound by the agreement under this Section 11.16), (iv) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Lender or its affiliates or to the extent required in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as shall otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, provided that such Lender shall, unless prohibited by any Requirement of Law, notify the Parent Borrower of any disclosure pursuant to this clause (iv) as far in advance as is reasonably practicable under such circumstances, (v) which has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Agreement, (vi) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any Loan Document, (vii) in connection with periodic regulatory examinations and reviews conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Lender or its affiliates (to the extent applicable), (viii) in connection with any litigation to which such Lender may be a party, subject to the proviso in clause (iv), and (ix) if, prior to such information having been so provided or obtained, such information was already in an Agent’s or a Lender’s possession on a non-confidential basis without a duty of confidentiality to any Borrower being violated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Assignment and Acceptance, the provisions of this Section 11.16 shall survive with respect to each Agent and Lender until the second anniversary of such Agent or Lender ceasing to be an Agent or a Lender, respectively.

 

(b)                                  Each Lender acknowledges that any such information referred to in Section 11.16(a), and any information (including requests for waivers and amendments) furnished by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, may include material non-public information concerning the Parent Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates or their respective securities.  Each Lender represents and confirms that such Lender has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; that such Lender will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state securities laws; and that such Lender has identified to the Administrative Agent a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law.

 

11.17                      USA Patriot Act Notice .  Each Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.:  107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Borrower and each Guarantor, which information includes the name of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act, and each Borrower agrees to provide such information (including information with respect to any Guarantor) from time to time to any Lender.

 

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11.18                      Reserved .

 

11.19                      Several Liability, Postponement of Subrogation .  The obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be several and not joint or joint and several, and, as such, each Borrower shall be liable only for all of the such obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  To the fullest extent permitted by law the liability of each Borrower for the obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, without regard to (i) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the obligations hereunder or thereunder or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any applicable Secured Party, (ii) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance hereunder; provided that no Borrower hereby waives any suit for breach of a contractual provision of any of the Loan Documents) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by such other applicable Borrower or any other Person against any Secured Party or (iii) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of such other applicable Borrower or such Borrower) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of such other applicable Borrower for the obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or of such Borrower under this Section, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

 

11.20                      Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents .  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

BORROWERS :

 

 

 

PUERTO RICANCARS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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GELCO CORPORATION D/B/A GE FLEET SERVICES,

 

As Lender, Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Sandmann

 

Name:

Michael Sandmann

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

As Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O'Keefe

 

Name:

Matthew T. O'Keefe

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 




EXHIBIT 15

November 7, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

Commissioners:

We are aware that our report dated November 7, 2011 on our review of interim financial information of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010 and included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 is incorporated by reference in its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-168808, 333-138812 and 333-151103), on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-159348 and 333-173125) and on Form S-4 (File No. 333-174042).

Very truly yours,

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Florham Park, New Jersey




EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, Mark P. Frissora, certify that:

Date: November 7, 2011


 

 

By:

 

/s/ MARK P. FRISSORA  
       
Mark P. Frissora
Chief Executive Officer



EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, Elyse Douglas, certify that:

Date: November 7, 2011


 

 

By:

 

/s/ ELYSE DOUGLAS  
       
Elyse Douglas
Chief Financial Officer



EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the quarterly report of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark P. Frissora, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:


Date: November 7, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ MARK P. FRISSORA  
       
Mark P. Frissora
Chief Executive Officer



EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the quarterly report of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Elyse Douglas, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:


Date: November 7, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ELYSE DOUGLAS  
       
Elyse Douglas
Chief Financial Officer