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Hertz8-K: Material contract

Hertz raises $875M in asset-backed financing for U.S. fleet acquisition and refinancing.

What happened

Hertz has secured $875 million in new financing specifically to acquire and refinance its U.S. vehicle fleet. This large-scale fleet modernization and expansion initiative creates immediate budget and demand for solutions in fleet management, telematics, vehicle data analytics, and related financial/operational software.

Source

SEC EDGARAug 28, 2026

Current report (Form 8-K)

Hertz 8-K

Filing excerpt

Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC (“HVF III”), a wholly-owned, special-purpose and bankruptcy remote subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation (“THC”), issued two series of notes to unaffiliated third parties: (1) the Series 2026-3 Fixed Rate Rental Car Asset Backed Notes... in an aggregate principal amount equal to $357,750,000... and (2) the Series 2026-4 Fixed Rate Rental Car Asset Backed Notes... in an aggregate principal amount equal to $477,000,000

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Signal
8-K: Material contract

What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.

Form
8-K
Fiscal year end
08/27
Filed
Aug 28, 2026

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Numbers

Dollar figure
$875M (Total principal amount of asset-backed notes issued to finance the U.S. rental car fleet.)

Details

CIK
47129
Accession number
0001657853-26-000054
Timeframe
Immediate
Filing year
2026
Why it matters
Vendor relationship signal
Signal category
Strategic

Topics and mentions

Vendors

  • The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company
  • N.A.

Regions named

  • U.S.

Vendors named

  • The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
90%
Sentiment
Positive
Detected
Sep 1, 2026
signal_type
sec-8k
signal_subtype
materialContract

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    "excerpts": "Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC (“HVF III”), a wholly-owned, special-purpose and bankruptcy remote subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation (“THC”), issued two series of notes to unaffiliated third parties: (1) the Series 2026-3 Fixed Rate Rental Car Asset Backed Notes... in an aggregate principal amount equal to $357,750,000... and (2) the Series 2026-4 Fixed Rate Rental Car Asset Backed Notes... in an aggregate principal amount equal to $477,000,000",
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