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

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.          )

 

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Notice of
Annual Meeting
of Stockholders
and Proxy
Statement
May 14, 2014

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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
999 Vanderbilt Beach Rd.
Naples, FL 34108

April [•], 2014

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend our annual meeting of stockholders to be held at 10:30 a.m. (Naples time) on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at The Ritz Carlton, Naples, 280 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, Florida 34108.

Your vote is important. Please vote as promptly as possible. Whether you plan to attend the annual meeting or not, you may vote by following the instructions set forth in the this proxy statement or as set forth in the proxy card. If you attend the annual meeting, you may vote in person.

Registration and seating will begin at 10:00 a.m. (Naples time). In order to be admitted to the annual meeting, a stockholder must present proof of stock ownership as of the close of business on the record date, March 21, 2014, which can be a proxy card or a brokerage statement reflecting stock ownership as of March 21, 2014. Stockholders will be asked to sign an admittance card and must also present a form of photo identification such as a driver's license. Cameras and recording devices will not be permitted at the annual meeting.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
OF HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation recommends a vote FOR each of Proposals 1-5.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ANNUAL
MEETING AND PROXY PROCEDURES

The Board of Directors of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. is soliciting proxies to be used at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (Naples time) at The Ritz Carlton, Naples, 280 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, Florida 34108. This proxy statement and accompanying materials were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April [•], 2014, and we expect to first send the proxy statement and annual report to stockholders on April [•], 2014.

Unless the context otherwise requires, in this proxy statement (i) the "Corporation" means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., (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 the Corporation, (iii) "we," "us" and "our" mean the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, (iv) "our Board" or "the Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation and (v) "our common stock" means the common stock of the Corporation.

Purpose of the Annual Meeting

At the annual meeting, stockholders will act upon the matters set forth below, including:

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Election of the three nominees identified in this proxy statement to serve as directors for three-year terms;



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Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the named executive officers' compensation;



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Approval of an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to provide for the annual election of directors;



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Approval of a potential amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split and authorize our board of directors to select the ratio of the reverse stock split as set forth in the amendment;



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Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2014; and



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Transaction of any other business that may properly be brought before the annual meeting.

The Corporation's senior management will also present information about the Corporation's performance during 2013 and will answer questions from stockholders.

Stockholders Entitled to Vote at the Annual Meeting

Our Board has established the record date for the annual meeting as March 21, 2014. Only holders of record of the Corporation's common stock at the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. On March 21, 2014, the Corporation had 447,693,207 shares of common stock outstanding.

Voting Procedures

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote as follows:

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Voting by Internet: Follow the instructions on www.investorvote.com/HTZ

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Voting by Telephone: Call 1-800-652-8683 and follow the instructions provided by the recorded message

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Voting by Mail: Complete, sign and date the proxy card included in the printed proxy materials

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Voting in Person: See the procedures for voting in person below

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Procedures for Attending and Voting at the Annual Meeting

For those stockholders who wish to attend the annual meeting, you will need the following:

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Admission ticket in your proxy materials

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Photo Identification

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Proof of stock ownership

Please note that no cameras or recording devices are allowed at the annual meeting. Seating for the annual meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. (Naples time) and the annual meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. (Naples time).

Voting Options; Quorum

The Board recommends a vote "For" each proposal presented below. Below is a summary of the vote required for adoption of each proposal and the respective effect of abstentions and broker non-votes. For more detailed information, see each respective proposal.

The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting constitutes a quorum. Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. A broker non-vote occurs when a nominee, such as a broker holding shares in "street name" for a beneficial owner, does not vote on a proposal because that nominee does not have discretionary voting power with respect to a proposal and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner.

If you are a holder of shares held in street name, and you would like to instruct your broker how to vote your shares, you should follow the directions provided by your broker. Under New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") rules, your broker is permitted to vote on proposal 5 even if it does not receive instructions from you. However, under NYSE rules, your broker does not have discretion to vote on any other proposal if it does not receive instructions from you.

Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote and stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors or any other matter. Unless a stockholder gives instructions to the contrary, proxies will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations.

Revocation of Proxies

Even if you voted by telephone or on the Internet, or if you requested paper proxy materials and signed

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the proxy card, you may revoke your proxy before it is voted at the annual meeting by delivering a signed revocation letter to J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. You may also revoke your proxy by submitting a new proxy, dated later than your first proxy, or by a later-dated vote by telephone or on the Internet. If you are attending in person and have previously mailed your proxy card, you may revoke your proxy and vote in person at the annual meeting. Your attendance at the annual meeting will not by itself revoke your proxy. If you are a holder of shares held in street name by your broker and you have previously directed your broker to vote your shares, you should instruct your broker to change or revoke your vote if you wish to do so. If you are a holder of shares held in street name by your broker and wish to cast your vote in person at the annual meeting, you should obtain a proxy to vote your shares from your broker.

Solicitation of Proxies

Proxies may be solicited on behalf of our Board by mail or telephone, on the Internet or in person, and Hertz will pay the solicitation costs on behalf of the Corporation. Georgeson Inc. has been retained by Hertz to facilitate the distribution of proxy materials at a fee of approximately $[•] plus distribution costs and other costs and expenses.

Additional Information

The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 is filed with the SEC and may also be obtained via a link posted on the "Investor Relations" portion of our website, www.hertz.com. Copies of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, or any exhibits thereto, will be sent within a reasonable time without charge upon written request to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., 999 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, Florida, 34108 Attention: Corporate Secretary.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES

Corporate Governance

Our business is managed under the direction of our Board. Our Board is committed to good corporate governance and promoting the long-term interests of our stockholders by adopting structures, policies and practices which we believe promote responsible oversight of management.

Board Independence

Our Board has determined that all of our directors, other than Mr. Frissora, are "independent" as defined in the federal securities laws and applicable NYSE rules for service on our Board. The standards for determining director independence are specified in Annex A to our Corporate Governance Guidelines.

In recommending to the Board that each of the independent directors be classified as independent, the Nominating and Governance Committee also considered whether there were any facts or circumstances that might impair the independence of each of those directors. In particular, the Nominating and Governance Committee considered that the Corporation in the ordinary course of business provides products and services to and purchases products and services from companies at which some of our directors serve. In each case: (i) the relevant products and services were provided on terms and conditions determined on an arms-length basis and consistent with those provided by or to similarly situated customers and suppliers; (ii) the relevant director did not initiate or negotiate the relevant transaction, each of which was in the ordinary course of business of both companies; and (iii) the aggregate amounts of such purchases and sales were less than 2% of the consolidated gross revenues of each of the Corporation and the other company in each of the years 2013, 2012 and 2011.

Board Meetings and Annual Meeting Attendance

Our Board held 8 meetings in 2013. Each of our directors attended 75% or more of the total number of meetings of our Board held during the period in which he or she was a director and the total number of meetings held by all Board committees on which he or she served. We do not have a policy with regard to directors' attendance at our annual meeting. All of our directors, except for one former director, attended the 2013 annual meeting.

Board Committees

Our Board has four standing committees—the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Executive and Finance Committee (the "Finance Committee"). In 2013, we revised our committee structure by assigning (i) the nominating and governance functions held by our former Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee ("CN&G Committee") to the Nominating and Governance Committee and (ii) the compensation functions held by our former CN&G Committee to the Compensation Committee. We revised our committee structure as a result of the sale of our common stock by certain investment funds associated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the "Sponsors"), our Board's desire for specialized compensation and governance oversight functions and to align our governance structure with similar companies of our size and complexity. In addition to the creation of the separate a separate Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee, our Board assigned certain financial oversight matters to our Finance Committee.

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Each committee has a written charter and each charter is available without charge on the "Investor Relations—Corporate Governance—Overview" portion of our website, www.hertz.com. Each member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee meets the independence and eligibility standards necessary for service on such committee pursuant to relevant securities laws, NYSE rules and our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Our Board has designated each of the four members of our Audit Committee "audit committee financial experts" and each has been determined to be "financially literate" under NYSE rules.

Membership, Meetings and Roles and Responsibilities of the Board Committees

Audit Committee

Compensation Committee

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Nominating and Governance Committee

Finance Committee

Risk Oversight

Risk Oversight—Our Board and Committees

Our Board oversees an enterprise-wide approach to risk management. This approach is designed to improve our long-term performance and enhance stockholder value. A fundamental part of risk management is understanding the risks we face. Also important is management's role in addressing those risks and understanding what level of risk is appropriate for us. Our Board's involvement in setting our business strategy is a key part of its assessment of management's risk threshold and also helps determine an appropriate level of risk for us. The Board participates in an annual enterprise risk management assessment, which is led by the Corporation's Internal Audit Department. The Board assesses enterprise risk management with the input of the report of the Compensation Committee and advisors and members of management. To further assist the Board in carrying out its responsibilities, we appointed Don Serup, our Internal Auditor, as our Chief Risk Officer and J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, our General Counsel, as our Chief Compliance Officer, to oversee risks related to our audit and legal functions, respectively, and provide information to management, the Board and our committees, as necessary.

Various committees of the Board also have responsibility for risk management. The Audit Committee focuses on financial risk, including internal controls, and annually receives a risk assessment and risk management report from the Corporation's Internal Audit Department. The Audit Committee also annually reviews with management our guidelines and policies and the commitment of internal audit resources as they relate to risk management. In addition, the Finance Committee reviews the financial aspects of the Corporation's insurance and risk management policies, and the use of derivatives to hedge risk. As described below, the Compensation Committee strives to create

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compensation incentives that encourage a level of risk-taking behavior consistent with the Corporation's business strategy.

Risk Considerations in our Compensation Program

In 2013, our Compensation Committee conducted its annual review of the risk profile of the Corporation's compensation policies and practices. In connection with this review, the Compensation Committee engaged its independent consultant, Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC ("Semler Brossy"), to assist it in analyzing the Corporation's compensation policies and practices and associated compensation risks. Semler Brossy, with the assistance of management, prepared a risk profile assessment of the Corporation's executive compensation policies and practices for executive officers. After its review of these assessments, the Compensation Committee presented the results to the Board in connection with the Board's annual enterprise risk assessment. In addition, the Corporation's management reviewed its compensation plans and practices in 2013 for all employees and presented the findings to the Compensation Committee. Based in part on such reports, the Compensation Committee determined that, for all employees, the Corporation's enterprise-wide compensation policies and practices, in conjunction with the Corporation's existing processes and controls, do not incentivize employees to take unnecessary risks, or pose a material risk to the Corporation, particularly in light of the following factors:

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our use of different types of compensation programs, such as equity- and cash-based plans, that provide a balance of long- and short-term incentives;

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our claw-back policies, which allow us in certain circumstances in the event of a financial restatement, to seek the recovery of annual incentive awards, long-term incentive awards, equity-based awards and other performance-based compensation awarded to many of our employees, including all of our senior executives;

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our use of a variety of financial and strategic performance objectives to help ensure that the Corporation's overall business strategy is properly promoted;

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our structuring of our compensation programs to include features such as caps on payments, exclusion of certain extraordinary items and institutional approval of amounts paid; and

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our Corporation's various policies and procedures and Internal Audit Department, all of which provide checks and balances that help us monitor risk and identify when an individual is taking excessive or inappropriate risks.

Stockholder Communications with the Board

Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to contact our directors may send written correspondence to: Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., 999 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, Florida 34108 Attention: Corporate Secretary.

Communications addressed to directors that discuss business or other matters relevant to the activities of our Board will be preliminarily reviewed by the office of the Corporate Secretary and then distributed either in summary form or by delivering a copy of the communication to the director, or group of directors, to whom they are addressed. With respect to other correspondence received by the Corporation that is addressed to one or more directors, the Board has requested that the following items not be distributed to directors, because they generally fall into the purview of management, rather than the Board: junk mail and mass mailings, product and services complaints, product and services inquiries, résumés and other forms of job inquiries, solicitations for charitable donations, surveys, business solicitations and advertisements.

Director Nominations

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider director nominees recommended by stockholders. To recommend a qualified person to serve on the Board, a stockholder should write to: Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., 999 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, Florida 34108, Attention: Corporate Secretary. The written recommendation must be delivered to the Corporate Secretary in accordance with the Corporation's By-laws. This generally means the recommendation must be delivered not fewer

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than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting. The written recommendation must contain any applicable information set forth in the Corporation's By-laws and the Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee. The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider and evaluate persons recommended by stockholders in the same manner as it considers and evaluates other potential directors.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines containing standards for the Nominating and Governance Committee to determine director qualifications. The Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Nominating and Governance Committee, in making recommendations about nominees to the Board, will:

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review candidates' qualifications for membership on the Board based on the criteria approved by the Board and taking into account the enhanced independence, financial literacy and financial expertise standards that may be required under law or NYSE rules for committee membership purposes;

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in evaluating current directors for re-nomination to the Board, assess the performance and independence of such directors; and

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periodically review the composition of the Board in light of the current challenges and needs of the Board and the Corporation, and determine whether it may be appropriate to add or remove individuals after considering issues of judgment, diversity, age, skills, background, experience and independence.

The Corporate Governance Guidelines also contain policies regarding director independence, the mandatory retirement age of directors, simultaneous service on other boards and substantial changes relating to a director's affiliation or position of principal employment. Among other things, the guidelines establish responsibilities for meeting preparation and participation, the evaluation of our financial performance and strategic planning. Copies of our Corporate Governance Guidelines, as well as our written Directors' Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the "Directors' Code of Conduct") applicable to our Board are available without charge on the "Investor Relations—Corporate Governance—Overview" portion of our website, www.hertz.com.

Director Election Standards

The Corporation maintains a "majority" voting standard for uncontested elections. For a nominee to be elected to our Board, the nominee must receive more "for" than "against" votes. In accordance with our By-laws and Corporate Governance Guidelines, each director has submitted, or upon his or her nomination will submit, a contingent resignation to the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The resignation will become effective only if the director fails to receive a sufficient number of votes for re-election and the Board accepts the resignation. In the event of a contested director election, a plurality standard will apply.

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Independent Lead Director Positions

As indicated in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board believes it is important to retain its flexibility to allocate the responsibilities of the offices of the Chairman and CEO in a manner that is in the best interests of our Corporation. The Board believes that the decision as to who should serve as Chairman and CEO, and whether the offices should be combined or separate, should be assessed periodically by the Board, and that the Board should not be constrained by a rigid policy mandating the structure of such positions. The Board currently believes that the most effective and efficient leadership structure for our Corporation is for Mr. Frissora to serve as both Chairman and CEO. The Board believes that Mr. Frissora possesses the requisite experience, leadership capabilities and judgment to guide both our Corporation and the Board and to manage the particular opportunities and challenges that face us. In addition, the Board considers the terms of Mr. Frissora's employment agreement that provide he will serve as a member of the Board and as Chairman of the Board.

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In order to help ensure strong corporate governance and oversight of our management, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board may select a non-management director to serve as a Lead Director. Mr. Tamke, an independent director with substantial business and oversight experience at several different public and private companies, was selected by our Board as our Independent Lead Director. The Independent Lead Director, in consultation with the Chairman and CEO, has responsibility for determining the length and frequency of Board meetings and setting the agenda for such meetings. The Independent Lead Director also sets the agenda for, and chairs, the Board's regularly-scheduled executive sessions in which management (other than Mr. Frissora) does not participate. In addition to the regularly-scheduled executive sessions of the Board that are held once per fiscal quarter without the presence of management (other than Mr. Frissora), our directors held 1 executive session in 2013 where only our independent directors attended. The Independent Lead Director presided to facilitate the discussion. Among other things, the Independent Lead Director coordinates meetings or other communications that a director wishes to initiate with management or employees. The Independent Lead Director, as a current member of the Compensation Committee, also significantly assists in setting our CEO's compensation by conferring with other independent members of the Board regarding our CEO's performance, providing perspective and facilitating our CEO's self-assessment.

Policy on Diversity

The Corporate Governance Guidelines and the Nominating and Governance Committee charter specify that the Nominating and Governance Committee consider a number of factors, including diversity, when evaluating or conducting searches for directors. The Nominating and Governance Committee interprets diversity broadly to mean a variety of opinions, perspectives, personal and professional experiences and backgrounds, such as international and multicultural experience and understanding, as well as other differentiating characteristics, including race, ethnicity and gender.

Implementation and Assessment of Policies Regarding Director Attributes

The Nominating and Governance Committee, when making recommendations to the Board regarding director nominations, assesses the overall performance of the Board, and when re-nominating incumbent Board members or nominating new Board members, evaluates the potential candidate's ability to make a positive contribution to the Board's overall function. The Nominating and Governance Committee considers the actual performance of incumbent Board members over the previous year, as well as whether the Board has an appropriately diverse membership to support our role as one of the world's leading car and equipment rental companies. The particular experience, qualifications, attributes and skills of the potential candidate are assessed by the Nominating and Governance Committee to determine whether the potential candidate possesses the professional and personal experiences and expertise necessary to enhance the Board's mission. After conducting the foregoing analysis the Nominating and Governance Committee makes recommendations to the Board regarding director nominees. In its annual assessment of director nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee does not take a formulaic approach, but rather considers each prospective nominee's diversity in perspectives, personal and professional experiences and background and ability. In making director nominations, the Nominating and Governance Committee takes into account the overall diversity of the Board and evaluated the Board in light of, among other things, the attributes discussed in "—Policy on Diversity" mentioned above.

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Director Compensation

The Board believes that a significant portion of non-employee director compensation should align director interests with the interests of our stockholders. As a result, our Board has approved the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Directors Compensation Policy (the "Director Compensation Policy"), pursuant to which our non-employee directors were entitled to the following compensation:

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The Independent Lead Director receives a $100,000 annual cash retainer. The Corporation does not pay additional fees to directors for attending Board or committee meetings.

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Cash fees for Board and committee service are payable quarterly in arrears. A director may elect, annually in advance, to receive shares of our common stock having the same fair market value in lieu of such cash fees. A director may elect to receive shares of phantom stock rather than receiving cash fees if the requirements for such deferral are satisfied under applicable tax law. Any director electing to receive phantom shares will receive actual shares of our common stock on the earlier of when the director no longer serves on our Board or a change in control of the Corporation. Any fee that a director elected to defer is credited to the director's stock account and is deemed to be invested in a number of phantom shares equal to the number of shares of common stock that would otherwise have been delivered.

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The restricted stock units are granted to directors after our annual stockholder meeting and have an equivalent fair market value to such dollar amount on the date of grant. Provided the director is still serving on our Board, these restricted stock units vest on the business day immediately preceding the next annual meeting of stockholders.

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We also reimburse our directors for reasonable and necessary expenses they incur in performing their duties as directors, and our directors are entitled to free worldwide car rentals. Any non-employee director who serves for at least five years will, after retirement from such service as a director, be eligible for Hertz #1 Club Platinum Card status and free worldwide car rentals up to a maximum of 90 days each year for fifteen years after his or her retirement.

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For services rendered during the year ended December 31, 2013, our non-employee directors received the following compensation:

2013 Non-Employee Director Compensation Table

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Board Structure

The Corporation currently has eleven directors divided into three classes: four in Class I, three in Class II and four in Class III. The terms of office of the three Class II directors expire at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders. The eight directors whose terms will continue after the 2014 annual meeting and will expire at the 2015 annual meeting (Class III) or 2016 annual meeting (Class I) are listed after the Class II directors.

Class II Election

The three nominees for election as Class II directors are listed below. If elected, the nominees for election as Class II directors will serve for a term of three years and until their successors are elected and qualify. If for any reason any nominee cannot or will not serve as a director, proxies may be voted for the election of a substitute nominee designated by our Board. The Class II Nominees are as follows:

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Hertz's Commitment to Good Corporate Governance and Pay Practices:
What We Do and What We Don't Do

Named Executive Officers

We refer to the following individuals as our "named executive officers":

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Mark P. Frissora, who is our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and the Chairman of our Board;

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Elyse Douglas, who was our former Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") until her resignation on October 1, 2013;

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David J. Rosenberg, who was our interim CFO from October 1, 2013 to December 9, 2013;

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Thomas C. Kennedy, who became our CFO on December 9, 2013 and is our CFO and Senior Executive Vice President;

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Scott P. Sider, who is our Group President, Rent-A-Car Americas;

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Michel Taride, who is our Group President, Rent-A-Car International; and

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J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, who is our General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Secretary.

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Our Performance and Our Pay for the Chief Executive Officer in 2013

The following tables illustrate the general relationship between the performance of our Corporation, based on three of our performance metrics and the compensation of our CEO from 2011 to 2013. Corporate EBITDA is the central component of our long-term equity incentive program and adjusted pre-tax income and revenue are components of our EICP and impact the price of our common stock and ability to return capital to stockholders.

Financial Performance and CEO Pay

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Note: CEO pay excludes Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. The components of CEO pay reflect the figures in the Summary Compensation Table and may not reflect realized compensation.

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Determining What We Pay—Role of the Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee reviews and establishes the compensation program for our senior executives. To assist it in doing so, the Compensation Committee has the authority to retain outside advisors as it deems appropriate. Since July 2008, the Compensation Committee has engaged Semler Brossy as its compensation consultant to provide advice and information. Semler Brossy's responsibilities include:

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providing recommendations and criteria regarding our Survey Group (as defined below);

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reviewing and advising on total executive compensation, including salaries, short- and long-term incentive programs and relevant performance goals;

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advising on industry trends, important legislation and best practices in executive compensation;

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advising on how to best align pay with performance and with our business needs; and

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assisting the Compensation Committee with any other matters related to executive compensation arrangements, including senior executive employment agreements.

The Compensation Committee reviews our compensation programs in light of Semler Brossy's recommendations and adjusts compensation as the Compensation Committee sees fit. However, the decisions made by the Compensation Committee are the responsibility of the Compensation Committee, and may reflect factors other than the recommendations and information provided by Semler Brossy. Semler Brossy does not perform any services for the Corporation other than its role as advisor to the Compensation Committee. After taking into account Semler Brossy's (i) absence of significant relationships with management of the Corporation and the members of the Compensation Committee, (ii) internal policies and (iii) other relevant information provided, the Compensation Committee believes that Semler Brossy's work did not raise any conflicts of interest and Semler Brossy is independent.

In determining the appropriate levels of our compensation programs, our CEO provides input to the Compensation Committee on topics that he believes are important, such as the appropriate salary for senior executives (other than himself), performance criteria, numerical performance goals and appropriate target performance levels. As part of this process, our CEO obtains data from and has discussions with our Chief Human Resources Officer. Our CEO conducts performance reviews with respect to the other senior executives of the Corporation, the results of which may affect our senior executives' salaries and annual bonus levels. In addition, the Independent Lead Director, who is a member of the Compensation Committee, regularly discusses with the Chair of the Compensation Committee various aspects of the CEO's performance and his compensation. The Independent Lead Director also confers with other independent members of the Board and members of the Compensation Committee as part of the process of setting our CEO's compensation. Our Compensation Committee may give weight to our CEO's input in its discretion, but in all cases, the final determinations over compensation reside with the Compensation Committee or, if requested by the Board, in the case of our CEO, with the independent members of our Board.

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Determining What We Pay—Elements of our Compensation Programs

Compensation Elements—Pay Mix

We designed our compensation programs so that a significant portion of our senior executives' pay is in the form of performance-based cash and equity compensation. The charts below illustrate that, for our CEO, 80.9% of his total compensation is directly influenced by our Corporation's financial and operating performance and for the average of the other named executive officers, 70.1% of their compensation is directly influenced by our Corporation's financial and operating performance.

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Note: CEO and NEO pay excludes Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Only NEOs who were employed for the entire 2013 fiscal year are contained in the above chart.

Determining What We Pay—Survey Group

When determining our compensation programs, we compare the compensation for our senior executives to the compensation of comparable positions at a group of companies (the "Survey Group"). The Compensation Committee selected the Survey Group in consultation with Semler Brossy. Because the number of our direct industry competitors in the global market is limited, we do not limit the Survey Group to our direct competitors, but also include similarly-sized companies that are in the consumer discretionary (excluding media companies), consumer staples and industrials (excluding capital goods companies) sectors. These industries were selected because successful companies within these industries frequently bear substantial similarities to the Corporation's business model, insofar as they (i) are asset-intensive, (ii) require frequent customer contact and (iii) involve the need to maintain favorable brand recognition. The companies in the Survey Group had annual revenues of approximately $5 to $20 billion, as compared to the Corporation's 2013 revenue of $10.8 billion. We include a relatively large number (45) of companies in the Survey Group, in part because we believe that

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doing so helps to reduce the influence of outliers. Of the 45 companies in the Survey Group, 43 were in the 2012 Survey Group. The following are the companies that comprised our Survey Group in 2013:

When making compensation decisions for our senior executives, our management and our Compensation Committee consider the compensation levels of the Survey Group, as well as industry factors, general business developments, corporate, business unit and individual performance and our overall "pay for performance" compensation philosophy. We typically review the salaries, annual bonus levels and long-term equity awards of our named executive officers and other senior executives every 12 months, and we periodically (but not on a set schedule) review the other elements of their compensation.

Determining What We Pay—Response to Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

In 2013, our advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by the following vote:

This represented an 81% level of approval.

After reviewing the results of the 2013 vote, our Compensation Committee believes that the structure and features of our compensation program were consistent with our business strategy and pay for performance philosophy and elected to retain the features of the current program used to compensate our named executive officers.

Annual Cash Compensation

Salary

For the named executive officers, the Compensation Committee determines salary and any increases after reviewing individual performance, conducting internal compensation comparisons and reviewing compensation in the Survey Group. We also take into account other factors such as an individual's prior experience, total mix of job responsibilities versus market comparables and internal equity when setting base salaries for our senior executives. The Compensation Committee consults with our CEO (except as to his own compensation)

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regarding salary decisions for senior executives. We review salaries upon promotion or other changes in job responsibility.

As the result of our regular, cyclical review of salaries, the annual base salaries for our named executive officers were established for 2013 as set forth below.

Senior Executive Bonus Plan

Our named executive officers' compensation includes an annual cash bonus payable pursuant to the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan ("Senior Executive Bonus Plan"), which was approved by our stockholders at the 2010 annual meeting. Payments under the Senior Executive Bonus Plan are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). Under the terms of the Senior Executive Bonus Plan, the maximum amount of a payment is limited to 1% of

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our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for a performance period for our CEO and 0.5% of our EBITDA for a performance period for other participants. Although our Compensation Committee exercises discretion to reduce annual incentives under the Senior Executive Bonus Plan, it may not increase the payments. When using its discretion to appropriately size annual incentives for 2013, our Compensation Committee took into account each named executive officer's performance under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan ("EICP").

Annual Cash Incentive Program (EICP)

How We Determined the 2013 EICP Awards

To determine the EICP awards, our Compensation Committee reviewed our performance against the established performance criteria, reviewed individual performance and approved the EICP award payments for the named executive officers (other than the CEO), and recommended to the Board for approval the CEO's award payment. To arrive at the annual award, the Target Award was multiplied by modifiers noted in the table below:

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(1)

The Corporate Performance Modifier is designed to reward our Corporation's overall financial performance and is based on the weighted average of our Corporation's Adjusted Pre-Tax Income, EVA® (a registered trademark of Stern Stewart and Co.) and Revenue.

(2)

The Business Unit Modifier is designed to reward the performance of individual business units and for corporate employees, the weighted average of each individual business unit's performance.

(3)

The Individual Performance Modifier is designed to reward the individual performance of our senior executives.

Target Awards for 2013

The Target Award for 2013 was a percentage of the named executive officer's 2013 salary. In general, the Compensation Committee considers the experience, responsibilities, title and historical performance of each particular senior executive when determining Target Awards.

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Each named executive officer's 2013 Target Award as a percentage of base salary as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:

Corporate Performance Modifier for 2013

The chart below summarizes the financial performance elements of the 2013 Corporate Performance Modifier. The financial performance elements are the same as those used in the 2012 Corporate Performance Modifier.

The Compensation Committee set goals for each of adjusted pre-tax income, EVA® and revenue. The Compensation Committee then measured our Corporation's performance against each of the goals to determine a modifier for each financial performance element and an overall Corporate Performance Modifier. The target level was based upon our business plan, in the case of adjusted pre-tax income and revenue, and expected economic growth in the case of EVA®.

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Calculation of the Corporate Performance Modifier—Targets and Results

The following were the fiscal 2013 financial performance criteria targets set by the Compensation Committee and our disclosed actual performance as compared to such targets (dollars in millions):

For financial performance criteria, linear interpolation was used to determine the multiplier for results that were between the threshold and target and target and high performance level. However, for adjusted pre-tax income and revenue, if our performance had exceeded the high performance level, then the slope of the payout curve above the high performance level would have been half of the slope of the payout curve between the threshold and high performance level, and for EVA®, if our performance level had exceeded the high performance level, the slope of the payout curve above the high performance level would have been equal to the slope of the curve between the threshold and high performance level.

We disclosed our actual adjusted pre-tax income, as well as detailed reconciliations of this non-GAAP measure, in our quarterly earnings releases.

We calculate EVA® as follows:

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For 2013, when calculating the capital charge figure:

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our cost of capital was 10.2%;

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non-fleet debt equaled our average "Corporate Debt" as defined in our periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K less 73.5% of the net book value of Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation rental fleet (this figure we deemed to be covered by fleet debt for our EVA® calculation); and

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we took the following special adjustments into account:

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adjustments between pre-tax income and adjusted pre-tax income with the exception of non-cash interest and purchase accounting were capitalized and multiplied by 1 minus our marginal tax rate of 35%;



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any difference between cash operating taxes (taxes paid plus the tax benefit from the interest expense associated with corporate debt plus taxes saved (paid) due to non-recurring losses (gains)) and economic taxes (adjusted pre-tax income, plus purchase accounting, excluding non-fleet interest and the finance portion of our pension expense plus purchase accounting, multiplied by our marginal tax rate of 35%); and



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adjustments to normalize short-term fluctuations in capital related to acquisitions and divestitures.

Business Unit Modifier for 2013

Based upon management's recommendation, our Compensation Committee determined that it was important to continue to incentivize our senior executives to achieve strategic initiatives for our Hertz Rent-A-Car Americas, Hertz Rent-A-Car International and Hertz Equipment Rental business units for 2013. The business units used in the EICP differ slightly from the reporting segments the Corporation uses for its financial statements because (i) the accounting guidance used for segment reporting purposes does not preclude the Corporation from defining its business units for executive compensation matters and (ii) the Compensation Committee desires to use business units which reflect the overall geographic and functional roles the relevant executive officers are responsible for. Senior executives reporting to a specific business unit had their EICP awards adjusted by the Business Unit Modifier relating to that business unit. Senior executives in our corporate centers had their EICP awards adjusted by a weighted average of the Business Unit Modifiers, as follows: Hertz Rent-A-Car Americas: 50%, Hertz Rent-A-Car International: 25% and Hertz Equipment Rental: 25%. For 2013, the Compensation Committee determined a target for each strategic objective and then measured the 2013 results against the target to determine an overall performance figure. The Compensation Committee then used its discretion to adjust the final payout relative to the target in order to adjust for uncertainties following the acquisition and subsequent integration of Dollar Thrifty.

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For 2013, the Compensation Committee determined the Business Unit Modifiers using the strategic goals set forth below, each of which was weighted at 100% of the overall respective business unit score.

For the Hertz Equipment Rental business unit, the strategic goals approved by our Compensation Committee were: dollar utilization, fleet efficiencies and employee satisfaction. Each strategic goal was weighted at 33¹/3% of the overall score.

For 2013, the Compensation Committee determined that, pursuant to the payout guidelines described above, the Business Unit Modifier for Hertz Equipment Rental was as follows:

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The Corporate-weighted Business Unit Modifier used for our senior executives who do not report to a specific business unit was determined as follows:

Below is a chart that indicates, for each named executive officer, (i) the specific business unit to which each named executive officer reports, or in the case of the corporate center executives, the Corporate- weighted average of all of the business units, and (ii) the Business Unit Modifier for the business unit or Corporate-weighted average as set forth above.

Individual Performance Modifier for 2013

Annually, each named executive officer's performance (other than Mr. Frissora) is subjectively evaluated by Mr. Frissora using performance factors established earlier in the year by Mr. Frissora in consultation with each named executive officer. In early 2014, Mr. Frissora recommended to the Compensation Committee for its approval an Individual Performance Modifier for each of our named executive officers based on this evaluation. Our Board provided the Compensation Committee with a subjective evaluation of Mr. Frissora's performance after reviewing Mr. Frissora's self-assessment (facilitated by our Independent Lead Director) and the Compensation Committee approved his Individual Performance Modifier and reported its findings to the Board. The Compensation Committee used its discretion in approving the Individual Performance Modifier, placing primary emphasis on Mr. Frissora's individual review of our named executive officers and the Board's review of Mr. Frissora.

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2013 Senior Executive Bonus Plan Payouts

The chart below shows how each named executive officer's 2013 Senior Executive Bonus Plan award was calculated:

2014 Annual Cash Incentives (EICP)

During 2013, our Compensation Committee evaluated our EICP for potential improvements. Based on management's evaluation and recommendations, and Semler Brossy's subsequent input, our Compensation Committee determined that performance targets for 2014 should continue to emphasize our Corporation's financial and operating results to ensure strong alignment of management's interests with stockholders' interests. For 2014, the EICP will use the same general structure as in 2013, with (i) adjusted pre-tax income, return on invested capital and revenue as the Corporate Performance Modifier elements, (ii) Business Unit Modifiers which reflect the goals of each particular business unit for 2013 and (iii) an individual component to encourage superior individual performance.

Long-Term Equity Incentives

Long-term equity incentive compensation comprises a significant part of our total compensation for senior executives and in 2013 was awarded under the 2008 Omnibus Plan. Under the 2008 Omnibus Plan, the Compensation Committee has the flexibility to make equity awards, including time- and performance-based awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock units and deferred stock units. The plan also permits us to settle awards in shares or cash. [•] shares of stock are available for awards under the 2008 Omnibus Plan as of April [•], 2014.

Summary of 2013 Award Structure

In 2013, the Compensation Committee reassessed the structure of equity grants used in the Corporation's Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). Specifically, the Compensation Committee reviewed the use and mix of performance stock units as well as the performance factors used in the performance stock units, and considered whether any changes were required, including as a result of the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty. After

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considering award alternatives and in consultation with Semler Brossy, the Compensation Committee made the following changes, summarized below.

In general, the Compensation Committee considers the experience, responsibilities, title and historical performance of each particular senior executive as well as internal equity considerations when determining grants of long-term equity awards.

Granting Performance Stock Units

In March 2013, we granted performance stock units to our named executive officers as part of their annual long-term equity incentive award. Performance stock units represent the right to receive a share of our common stock if certain performance goals are achieved and time periods have passed. The Compensation Committee determined that awarding long-term equity incentive awards comprised of 70% performance stock units based on Corporate EBITDA and 30% based on Corporate EBITDA margin was appropriate because performance stock units directly encourage our senior executives to improve and enhance our financial performance, while helping retain their services through the vesting period. In general, earning performance stock units requires continued employment.

Corporate EBITDA Performance Stock Units

        Performance Goal

The Compensation Committee selected Corporate EBITDA as the performance goal for 70% of the performance stock units granted in 2013. The Compensation Committee chose Corporate EBITDA as a performance metric because it is one of the primary metrics we use to facilitate our analysis of investment decisions, profitability and performance trends. Corporate EBITDA means "EBITDA" as that term is defined under Hertz's senior credit facilities, which is generally consolidated net income before net interest expense (other than interest expense relating to certain car rental fleet financing), consolidated income taxes, consolidated depreciation (other than depreciation related to the car rental fleet) and amortization and before certain other items, in each case as more fully defined in the agreements governing Hertz's senior credit facilities. We disclosed our Corporate EBITDA, as well as detailed reconciliations of this non-GAAP measure, in our quarterly earnings releases.

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Corporate EBITDA Performance Stock Awards and Long-Term Performance

In 2013, the Compensation Committee reaffirmed its long-term equity incentive award design by continuing to use performance goals based on Corporate EBITDA over a multi-year period. For purposes of the performance stock awards, management recommended, and the Compensation Committee approved, two goals. The first goal has baseline business targets for 2013 and combined 2013-2014 (the "Strategic Plan"). The second goal is a stretch plan with more difficult business targets for 2013 and combined 2013-2014 (the "Stretch Plan") to drive increased performance with a corresponding higher payout factor.

2013 Performance Period—Heightened Goals with Lock-In Feature:    To earn target (100%) or maximum (150%) awards for 2013, the senior executives need to meet Corporate EBITDA targets that exceed the 2013 Strategic Plan. Achieving 100% of the Strategic Plan will only result in a 80% payout. Based on 2013 results, the senior executives will be eligible to earn, or "lock-in" the 2013 payout factor, but would have a chance to improve upon their payout factor through meeting 2013-2014 Corporate EBITDA performance goals.

2013-2014 Performance Period—Driving Two-Year Performance:    To account for the heightened difficulty in achieving the 2013 targets, the plan uses combined 2013-2014 Corporate EBITDA goals to encourage our senior executives to increase our financial performance and therefore the amount of performance stock units earned. For 2013-2014, to earn target (100%) awards, the senior executives must achieve 100% of the combined 2013-2014 Strategic Plan. To earn the maximum awards, the senior executives must achieve 100% of the combined 2013-2014 Stretch Plan. Accordingly, if the senior executives did not reach the maximum Corporate EBITDA goals in 2013, they would still have the opportunity to earn additional awards by achieving results in 2014 that provide for combined 2013 and 2014 performance in excess of the 2013 results, subject to the maximum awards. As a result, the senior executives are incentivized to drive both the 2013 Corporate EBITDA results and the combined 2013-2014 Corporate EBITDA results. The below chart summarizes the structure.

The amount of performance stock units eligible to vest varies based upon actual performance as follows:

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With respect to each of 2013 results and combined 2013-2014 results, straight line interpolation is used to determine the payout for Corporate EBITDA results that are between the various levels.

Actual Corporate EBITDA for 2013 was $2,043.7 million, resulting in the named executive officers becoming eligible to receive 66.0% of the performance stock units eligible to be earned for 2013. Unless the senior executives improve upon 66.0% Corporate EBITDA performance for the 2013-2014 performance period, they will only be eligible to earn this payout.

Of this 66.0% payout, 33¹/3% of the performance stock units earned in 2013 vested when the Compensation Committee certified 2013 performance for the named executive officers. An additional 33¹/3% of the performance stock unit award (subject to increase if combined 2013-2014 performance exceeds the 2013 performance) are scheduled to vest on the second and third anniversary of the grant date if the named executive officer is still an employee on each of these dates. Each senior executive may earn more than the 66.0% award level if Corporate EBIDTA achieves a performance level exceeding 66.0% as measured under the 2013-2014 performance plan.

Corporate EBITDA Margin Performance Stock Units

Performance Goal

In 2013, the Compensation Committee, as part of its assessment of the Corporation's long-term equity compensation programs, replaced price-vested stock units, which were granted in 2012, with performance stock units based on Corporate EBITDA margin. As noted in "—Long-Term Equity Incentives", the Compensation Committee assessed the overall mix of equity awards and believed that (i) awarding 30% of the total performance stock units to be based on Corporate EBITDA would provide appropriate incentives to promote our Corporation's performance and enhance retention of our senior executives and (ii) the use of Corporate EBITDA margin would provide incentives to our senior executives to increase the Corporation's Corporate EBITDA (which forms the other 70% portion of our Corporation's equity awards) in a responsible and sustainable way.

To earn Corporate EBITDA margin performance stock units, the senior executives must achieve a Corporate EBITDA margin level which is at least 75% of the Corporate EBITDA margin level in 2012. Corporate EBITDA margin is calculated as the ratio of Corporate EBITDA to total revenues. The Compensation Committee selected this goal in order to preserve a minimum level of financial performance while encouraging the overall increase in Corporate EBITDA.

Based on the Corporate EBITDA margins in 2012, the senior executives must achieve a Corporate EBITDA margin equal to or exceeding 13.6% in 2013 to earn these performance stock units. If Corporate EBITDA margin for 2013 equals or exceeds 13.6%, then the senior executives are eligible to earn the entire award. If the Corporate EBITDA margin for 2013 does not equal or exceed 13.6%, then the senior executives will not earn any of the award. The Compensation Committee believes that this "all or nothing" framework reinforces our pay for performance compensation philosophy and provides appropriate incentives in light of the form and amount of the other equity awards granted in 2013.

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In the Spring of 2013, the Compensation Committee granted all of our senior executives Corporate EBITDA margin performance stock units which vest 33¹/3% each year in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The performance conditions and vesting schedule is further summarized in the table below.

In addition, in the Spring of 2013, the Compensation Committee granted a select number of our senior executives, including several of our named executive officers, additional performance stock units based on Corporate EBITDA margin in order to reward such senior executives for their roles in consummating the Dollar Thrifty transaction. These Corporate EBITDA margin performance stock units are identical in every respect to the awards described above, except that these awards vest 50% in 2014 and 50% in 2015. The performance conditions and vesting schedule is further summarized in the table below.

All of these awards are summarized in the "2013 Grants of Plan-Based Awards" table.

Corporate EBITDA Margin Results

Actual Corporate EBITDA margin for 2013 was 19.0%, resulting in the named executive officers earning the entire amount of Corporate EBITDA margin performance stock units.

Equity Grants in 2012—Performance Results for 2012-2013 Combined EBITDA

In 2012, the former CN&G Committee made grants of performance stock units which would be awarded based on 2012 Corporate EBITDA results and combined 2012-2013 Corporate EBITDA results. Actual Corporate EBITDA for 2012 was $1,635.6 million, resulting in the named executive officers becoming eligible to receive 95.1% of the performance stock units eligible to be earned for 2012. However, depending on combined 2012-2013 Corporate EBITDA, our senior executives were eligible to earn more than the 95.1% award level if combined Corporate EBITDA exceeded the 95.1% level for 2012-2013 combined.

For combined 2012-2013 Corporate EBITDA, as a result of the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty and divestiture of Advantage, the Compensation Committee was required to modify the performance targets and results. After consideration of the impact of the business combinations, in February of 2013, the Compensation Committee used its discretion to increase the targets for the combined 2012-2013 Corporate EBITDA targets. The Compensation Committee added the results for Dollar Thrifty from the date of the acquisition (November 19, 2012) and did not include the results from the divestiture of Advantage.

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The amount of performance stock units eligible to vest would vary based upon actual performance, as adjusted for the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty and divestiture of Advantage, as follows:

With respect to combined 2012-2013 results, straight line interpolation is used to determine the payout for Corporate EBITDA results that are between the various levels.

Actual Corporate EBITDA for 2012-2013 was $3,670.2 million, resulting in the named executive officers becoming eligible to receive 98.4% of the performance stock units eligible to be earned for combined 2012-2013.

Of this amount, 33¹/3% of the award earned in 2012 vested on the first anniversary of the grant date. On the second anniversary of the grant date, because the named executive officers' performance exceeded 95.1% for the combined 2012-2013 performance period, additional shares vested to reflect the improved performance in addition to the 33¹/3% of award that was due to vest. The additional shares vested ²/3 on the second anniversary of the grant and ¹/3 on the third anniversary of grant. The remaining shares will vest on the third anniversary of grant.

2014 Long-Term Equity Awards

In November 2013, the Compensation Committee reviewed the structure and balance of equity grants used in the Corporation's Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan. After consideration of various award alternatives and in consultation with Semler Brossy, the Compensation Committee determined to continue the same award structure in 2014 as in 2013.

Policies On Timing of Equity Awards

It is our general practice not to issue equity awards with a grant date that occurs during regularly scheduled blackout periods. It is also our policy not to determine the exercise price or the number of equity awards to be granted based on market conditions prior to the date on which such equity awards were granted.

Other Compensation Elements

Retirement Benefits

We maintain retirement and savings plans for our employees. Two of these plans are tax-qualified and are broadly available to all of our employees. In addition, we maintain three non-qualified, unfunded pension plans for certain of our U.S.-based senior executives, including our named executive officers. These three plans are the Hertz Corporation Supplemental Retirement and Savings Plan, or "SERP" (which no named executive officer participates in), the Hertz Corporation Benefit Equalization Plan, or "BEP," and the Hertz Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, or "SERP II." We believe these plans promote retention of our key senior executives and other participants by providing a reasonable level of retirement income reflecting their careers with us. We believe such plans are customary in the industries in which we operate, although we did not in 2013 conduct a formal review of the comparability of the terms of these plans with our Survey Group. We

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generally have not considered these benefits when setting base salary and annual bonus amounts. The material terms of these plans are summarized below under "—Pension Benefits."

We also maintain a post-retirement assigned car benefit plan under which we provide certain senior executives who, at the time of retirement, are at least 58 years old and have been an employee of the Corporation for at least 20 years, with a car from our fleet and insurance on the car for the participant's benefit. The assigned car benefit is available for 15 years post-retirement or until the participant reaches the age of 80, whichever occurs last. As of December 31, 2013, Mr. Frissora had satisfied the minimum age, but not the minimum service requirement, Messrs. Taride and Sider had satisfied the minimum service, but not the minimum age, requirement and Messrs. Kennedy and Zimmerman had satisfied neither the minimum service nor the minimum age requirement. Ms. Douglas did not qualify for this benefit at the time of her separation.

Perquisite Policy

We provide perquisites and other personal benefits to our named executive officers that we and our Compensation Committee believe are reasonable and consistent with our overall compensation program to better enable us to attract and retain superior employees for key positions. The named executive officers are provided use of company- or third party manufacturer-provided cars, financial planning and tax preparation assistance, annual physicals and, in the case of Mr. Frissora, a country club membership. In addition, our CEO, for security purposes, uses corporate aircraft for personal and business related air travel and is provided with the services of a driver employed by us. Attributed costs of these personal benefits for the named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 are included in the "All Other Compensation" column of the Summary Compensation Table. The Compensation Committee periodically reviews our perquisite policies as required. We generally have not considered these perquisites when setting base salary and annual bonus amounts.

We also maintain a relocation policy that provides for the payment of relocation expenses in certain instances, including the relocation of our senior executives to Florida as part of the relocation of our global headquarters from New Jersey to Florida.

We use corporate aircraft for the purpose of encouraging and facilitating business travel by our senior executives (primarily our CEO) and directors, generally for travel in the United States and, less frequently, internationally. Under our aircraft policy, our CEO uses our aircraft for travel. We believe that this policy provides several business benefits to us. Our policy is intended to facilitate our CEO's access to our locations around the world and maximize his time available for our business. In addition, our policy is intended to ensure the personal safety of our CEO, who maintains a significant public role as the leader of our Corporation. Our Compensation Committee regularly reviews aircraft usage by the named executive officers and the expenses associated with such usage.

Corporate Headquarters Relocation

In 2013, we announced that we planned to move our corporate headquarters from Park Ridge, New Jersey to Estero, Florida over a two-year period. In furtherance of our goal of retaining our experienced employees, we adopted a relocation program for all of our employees agreeing to relocate to Florida from New Jersey.

The relocation program, which we developed with an experienced, third-party provider of relocation services, provides logistical, financial and administrative support for our employees and their family members during this transition period. We believe that the relocation program is consistent with other programs at similarly-situated companies and includes relocation expense allowances, home/rental finding trips and moving and storage fees for all employees. In addition, we are providing career assistance and counseling for employees who decide not to relocate to Florida. The relocation program includes, with respect to senior executives, renter/home sale

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assistance, financial assistance for home sale losses, reasonable and customary expense reimbursement on new home closing costs and reimbursement for the final move to Florida. To alleviate the tax burden to our employees, we are providing tax assistance to affected employees participating in the relocation program. The relocation program provides that all employees must reimburse us for 100% of all of the assistance described above if the employee voluntarily departs within one year after relocation. In addition, for members of our management, they must reimburse us for 50% of the assistance under the relocation program if they voluntarily depart between one and two years after relocation.

We believe that the relocation program is critical to our goal of maintaining our role as of one of the world's leading car and equipment rental companies. For more information about the relocation policy for our named executive officers, see "2013 Summary Compensation Table—All Other Compensation" and "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions" below.

Employment and Severance Arrangements

We have entered into change in control agreements ("Change in Control Agreements") and a severance plan covering all of our named executive officers, other than Mr. Frissora, whose employment agreement covers these issues. When we entered into these arrangements, we received advice from its compensation consultant at that time, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., as to market practices for these arrangements. In adopting these arrangements, it was our intention to provide our senior executives with severance arrangements that they would view as appropriate in light of their existing arrangements, while at the same time considering the terms of arrangements provided by our peer companies.

These arrangements consist of (i) individual Change in Control Agreements with Messrs. Kennedy, Sider, Taride and Zimmerman and Ms. Douglas, and (ii) a severance plan (the "Severance Plan for Senior Executives"). Prior to entering into these arrangements, Mr. Taride had been party to change in control agreements with Hertz and Ford. The purpose of the individual Change in Control Agreements is to provide payments and benefits to the covered executives in the event of certain qualifying terminations of their employment following a change in control of us, and the purpose of the Severance Plan for Senior Executives is to provide payments and benefits to the covered executives in the event of certain other qualifying terminations of their employment. The terms of the Change in Control Agreements and Severance Plan for Senior Executives are described in "Employment and Change in Control Agreements."

Stock Ownership Guidelines and Hedging Policy

Stock Ownership Guidelines

In May 2010, our Board adopted stock ownership guidelines for our senior executives and non-employee directors. The guidelines establish the following target ownership levels:

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Equity equal to five times base salary for our CEO;

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Equity equal to three times base salary for our CFO and business unit heads;

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Equity equal to one times base salary for our other senior executives; and

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Equity equal to three times annual cash retainer for non-employee directors.

Senior executives and non-employee directors have five years to reach the target ownership levels. Senior executives subject to the guidelines are permitted to count towards the target ownership levels shares owned outright or in trust, shares owned through our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the approximate after-tax value of unvested restricted stock units (i.e., 50% of unvested restricted stock units) and the approximate after-tax value of performance stock units if the performance criteria has been met, even if the service requirement has

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not been met (i.e., 50% of performance stock units if performance criteria is met). Non-employee directors subject to the guidelines are permitted to count towards the target ownership levels shares owned outright or in trust and the approximate after-tax value of phantom shares (i.e., 50% of phantom shares). Each of our named executive officers serving as a senior executive as of January 1, 2014 met the stock ownership guidelines other than Mr. Kennedy, who was hired in December of 2013. Mr. Kennedy purchased 41,000 shares (approximately $1 million at the time of purchase) of our common stock in December of 2013 in part to align his interests with the interests of the Corporation's stockholders.

Hedging Policy

In February of 2013, the Corporation modified its policy regarding trading in the Corporation's securities to prohibit employees from entering into any type of arrangement, contract or transaction which has the effect of pledging shares or hedging the value of our common stock.

Policy on Recovering Bonuses in the Event of a Restatement

Our "claw-back" policy applies to all of our employees who are at the director level and above, including our named executive officers, and covers:

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all annual incentives,

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long-term incentives,

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equity-based awards, and

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other performance-based compensation arrangements.

The policy provides that a repayment obligation is triggered if the Compensation Committee determines that the employee's gross negligence, fraud or misconduct caused or contributed to the need for a restatement of our financial statements within three years of the issuance of such financial statements. Our "claw-back" policy will be revised, to the extent necessary, to comply with any rules promulgated by the SEC pursuant to Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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Tax and Accounting Considerations

Section 162(m) of the Code operates to disallow public companies from taking a federal tax deduction for compensation in excess of $1 million paid to certain of its executive officers, excluding performance-based compensation that meets requirements mandated by the statute. As part of its role, our Compensation Committee reviews and considers the deductibility of executive compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. Our stockholders approved our 2008 Omnibus Plan so that awards granted under the plan may qualify as performance-based compensation. In addition, EICP payments for 2013 were generally paid to executive officers under the Senior Executive Bonus Plan, which was approved by our stockholders at the 2010 annual meeting and is designed to qualify as tax-deductible to us under Section 162(m) of the Code. When appropriate, our Compensation Committee intends to preserve deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code of compensation paid to our named executive officers. However, in certain situations, our Compensation Committee may approve compensation that will not meet these requirements in order to ensure the total compensation for our executive officers is consistent with the policies described above, particularly with regard to our CEO's salary. Accordingly, our Compensation Committee approved a base salary above $1 million for our CEO in 2013, some portion of which may not qualify as performance-based compensation, based on the determination that the benefit of providing compensation to our CEO at a level that we believe necessary to retain and reward his talents outweighs the cost of any lost tax deductibility.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in this proxy statement with members of management. Based on that review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the proxy statement.

THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Barry H. Beracha, Chair
Carl T. Berquist
Carolyn N. Everson
Linda Fayne Levinson
George W. Tamke

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2013 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

The following table, or the "Summary Compensation Table," summarizes the compensation earned in 2013 by our named executive officers.

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(2)

2013 amounts reflect amounts under the Senior Executive Bonus Plan for 2013 performance that were paid in 2014.

(3)

Amounts include annual changes in the actuarial present value of accumulated pension benefits. The present value was determined using the same assumptions applicable for valuing pension benefits for purposes of our financial statements. See the note entitled "Employee Retirement Benefits" in the notes to the Corporation's consolidated financial statements in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Due to a freeze of the Hertz UK 1972 Pension Plan and the Hertz UK Supplementary Unapproved Pension Scheme in 2011, Mr. Taride did not report an increase in pension value in 2011. The change in his pension value was $(249,332) (translated in accordance with footnote 5 of this table) for 2011.

(4)

Includes the following for 2013:

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2013 Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table sets forth, for each named executive officer, possible payouts under all non-equity incentive plan awards granted in 2013, all grants of performance stock units in 2013 and the grant date fair value of all such awards.

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2013 Outstanding Equity Awards at Year-End

The following table sets forth, for each named executive officer, details of all equity awards outstanding on December 31, 2013.

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2013 Option Exercises and Stock Vested

The following table sets forth, for each named executive officer, details of any awarded stock options that were exercised and any stock awards that were vested in 2013.

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2013 Pension Plan Table

The following table sets forth, for each named executive officer, the plans in which he or she participated in 2013, the number of years of credited service in each such plan he or she had at December 31, 2013 the present value of the accumulated benefit in each such plan at December 31, 2013, and the payments received from such plan during 2013:

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Pension Benefits

Our retirement plan for U.S.-based employees, The Hertz Corporation Account Balance Defined Benefit Pension Plan (the "Pension Plan"), is a tax-qualified pension plan for which we pay the entire cost. Full and part-time employees who work more than 1,000 hours in a 12-month period, and who have completed one year of continuous employment with the Corporation, including the named executive officers, with the exception of Mr. Taride and Mr. Kennedy, earn the right to receive benefits upon retirement at the normal retirement age of 65 or upon early retirement at or after age 55 and the completion of three years of vesting service. The benefit an employee receives is based on a combination of the following factors:

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A percentage of final average compensation (using the highest five consecutive of the last ten years of eligible compensation);

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Years of credited service up to July 1, 1987; and

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The accrued value of a cash account after July 1, 1987, which gets credited each year at a predetermined percentage of eligible compensation.

We maintain three non-qualified, unfunded pension plans for certain of our U.S.-based executives: the BEP, the SERP II and the SERP. None of our named executive officers participates in the SERP and Mr. Taride and Mr. Kennedy do not participate in any of these plans. These plans provide benefits in excess of the qualified plans as follows:

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The BEP provides equalization benefits in lieu of benefits that cannot be provided under the Hertz Retirement Plan due to limitations on tax-qualified retirement plans imposed by the Code. Eligibility for the BEP is limited to members of a select group of management or highly compensated employees whose benefits under the Hertz Retirement Plan are limited by the Code and who do not participate in the SERP. Messrs. Frissora, Sider, Zimmerman and Rosenberg and Ms. Douglas participate or participated in the BEP. Benefits under the BEP are fully vested after the earlier of three years of vesting service or at age 65.

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The SERP II provides benefits to participants that, when combined with benefits paid to them under the Hertz Retirement Plan, the BEP and the SERP would cause them to receive overall benefits generally similar to those that would have been provided if the pre-July 1, 1987 benefit formula for the Hertz Retirement Plan had remained in effect until their normal retirement date, but had the Hertz Retirement Plan computed their final average compensation on the basis of the highest five in the last ten years of eligible compensation, whether or not those five years were consecutive. Eligibility for the SERP II is discretionary. Messrs. Frissora, Sider and Zimmerman and Ms. Douglas participate or participated in the SERP II. Benefits under the SERP II are generally payable only to participants who, upon the termination of their employment, have been credited with five vesting years of service under the pension plan and whose employment terminates due to death or disability or after attainment of age 55. Those benefits are also payable to participants who have not attained age 55 if their employment is terminated (other than voluntarily or for cause) with respect to, certain changes in control of Hertz or its subsidiaries.

Mr. Taride participates in two retirement plans applicable to certain of our employees in Europe, the Hertz UK 1972 Pension Plan and the Hertz UK Supplementary Unapproved Pension Scheme, or the "Hertz UK Supplementary Plan." These two plans are similar defined benefit plans that provide for, in the case of Mr. Taride, 1/30th of his final salary for each year of service in the plans subject to a maximum of two-thirds of his final salary at the time of his retirement. Under these plans, Mr. Taride has a right to retire at age 60.

On June 30, 2011, we transitioned from the two defined benefit plans mentioned above to a defined contribution plan, the Hertz Group Personal Pension, for Mr. Taride and all U.K.-based employees. As a result, Mr. Taride, in addition to all other U.K.-based employees, are still entitled to the benefits under the plans, but we will make no further contributions on their behalf to either plan and all accrued benefits will be paid when the beneficiaries are eligible for such benefits.

We also maintain a tax-qualified defined contribution plan in which the named executive officers, except for Mr. Taride, are eligible to participate.

We also maintain a post-retirement assigned car benefit plan under which we provide certain executives who, at the time of retirement, are at least 58 years old and have been an employee of the Corporation for at least 20 years, with a car from our fleet and insurance on the car for the participant's benefit. The assigned car benefit is available for 15 years post-retirement or until the participant reaches the age of 80, whichever occurs last. As of December 31, 2013, Mr. Frissora had satisfied the minimum age, but not the minimum service requirement, Messrs. Taride and Sider had satisfied the minimum service, but not the minimum age, requirement and Messrs. Kennedy and Zimmerman had satisfied neither the minimum service nor the minimum age requirement. Ms. Douglas did not qualify for this benefit at the time of her separation.

Employment and Change in Control Agreements

The Corporation and its subsidiaries have entered into employment agreements and Change in Control Agreements with certain key employees, including certain of the named executive officers, to promote stability and continuity of senior management. Information about such agreements is set forth below.

Employment Agreement with Mark P. Frissora

We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Frissora in July 2006, which agreement was amended and restated in December 2008. The agreement with Mr. Frissora provides for an annual base salary of not less than $950,000 and an annual bonus opportunity of 100% of such base salary. In addition, Mr. Frissora is entitled to receive the benefits and perquisites we provide to our senior executives.

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In addition, the agreement provides that if Mr. Frissora's employment terminates because of his death, "Disability" or "Retirement," (as those terms are defined in the employment agreement) he will be entitled to receive his base salary through the date of termination plus a pro rata bonus for the year of termination based on the achievement of performance goals for that year. If his employment is terminated by the Corporation "Without Cause" or by Mr. Frissora for "Good Reason" (as those terms are defined in the employment agreement), Mr. Frissora is, if he executes a release of claims against us, entitled to severance. Severance in this case would be equal to two and a half times his then-current base salary and the bonus awarded for the preceding year, continuation of health care coverage for two years, and a pro rata bonus for the year in which his termination occurs, based on actual performance. If Mr. Frissora's employment is terminated for Cause, he is only entitled to his base salary through the date of termination. If Mr. Frissora's employment is terminated by Mr. Frissora without Good Reason, he is entitled to his base salary through the date of termination and his earned but unpaid annual bonus for the year preceding the year in which the date of termination occurs. Upon termination of Mr. Frissora's employment for any reason, he will be subject to non-competition and non-solicitation provisions for two years following the termination. In the event that Mr. Frissora's severance benefits constitute "excess parachute payments" (as defined by Section 280G of the Code), he will be entitled to a gross-up for any excise tax, more commonly known as golden parachute tax, imposed on him by Section 4999 of the Code in connection with his severance benefits. Mr. Frissora's employment agreement does not address what happens to his equity awards, so they are treated pursuant to the terms of the equity plan and award agreements, all of which have double-trigger provisions.

Other Named Executive Officers

Separation Agreement with Elyse Douglas

On September 23, 2013, we entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release with Elyse Douglas, our former Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Douglas' role as Chief Financial Officer concluded on October 1, 2013 and her employment with us ended on December 31, 2013. As part of her Separation Agreement and General Release, Ms. Douglas was paid 1.5 times her base salary plus her average bonus for the prior three years, for a total of $1,965,165, with such amount to be paid over an 18-month period. Ms. Douglas was also eligible to be paid her EICP bonus as calculated in accordance with the process outlined in "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Annual Cash Compensation—Annual Cash Incentive Program (EICP)" above and Ms. Douglas' outstanding stock options that would have vested on or before March 31, 2014 if Ms. Douglas had remained employed through that date vested. Ms. Douglas' performance stock units which would have otherwise vested by March 31, 2014 had Ms. Douglas remained employed, vested on the date when the Compensation Committee certified the performance criteria for the vesting of such performance stock units. Ms. Douglas will be provided car privileges through December 31, 2014 and continued health and other certain benefits under Hertz's benefits plans for the same cost 18 months after her separation. In exchange, Ms. Douglas agreed to a waiver and release of claims against us, not to compete against us or solicit any Hertz employees for 18 months after her termination and not to disparage us.

Change in Control Agreements

The named executive officers, other than Messrs. Frissora and Rosenberg, have entered into Change in Control Agreements. The Change in Control Agreements will continue to automatically renew for one-year extensions unless we give 15-months' notice. In the event of a change in control during the term of the Change in Control Agreements, the agreement will remain in effect for two years following the change in control.

The Change in Control Agreements are "double trigger" agreements, meaning that any payments and benefits are paid only if (i) there is a change in control and (ii) the covered executive is terminated by us without

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"cause" or by the covered executive with "good reason", in either case within two years following the change in control. If this occurs the covered executive will be entitled to the following payments and benefits:

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a lump sum cash payment reflecting accrued but unpaid compensation equal to the sum of (i) the executive's annual base salary earned but not paid through the date of termination, (ii) one-twelfth of the target annual bonus payable to the executive, multiplied by the number of full and partial months from the beginning of the calendar year during which the termination occurs, and (iii) all other amounts to which the executive is entitled under any compensation plan applicable to the executive, payable within 30 days of the executive's termination;

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a lump sum cash payment equal to a multiple (the "severance multiple") of the sum of the executive's annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the termination and the average actual bonuses paid to the covered executive for the three years prior to the year in which the termination occurs, or, for executives without a three-year bonus history, by reference to target levels. The severance multiples are: for Mr. Taride, 2.5, for Messrs. Kennedy and Sider, 2.0 and for Mr. Zimmerman, 1.5;

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credit of an additional number of years equal to the severance multiple to the executive's years of age and "Years of Service" for all purposes under our SERP II (described at "Pension Benefits") and, to the extent such covered executive does not have at least 5 "years of service", the covered executive shall be fully vested in the benefit under our SERP II as increased pursuant to the credit referred to above;

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continuation of all life, medical, dental and other welfare benefit plans (other than disability plans) until the earlier of the end of a number of years following the executive's termination of employment equal to the severance multiple and the date on which the executive becomes eligible to participate in welfare plans of another employer;

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within the period of time from the date of the executive's termination through the end of the year following the date of termination, outplacement assistance up to a maximum of $25,000; and

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with respect to Mr. Taride, eligibility to immediately participate in the retiree car plan (described at "Retiree Car Plan").

The foregoing are intended to be in lieu of any other payments and benefits to be made in connection with a covered executive's termination of employment while the agreements are in effect. Covered executives must execute a general release of claims to receive the foregoing severance payments and benefits. After a change in control, in the event the covered executive's employment is terminated by reason of death, "Disability," or "Retirement" (as those terms are defined in the Change in Control Agreement) then the executive will be entitled to his or her benefits in accordance with the retirement or benefit plans of the Corporation in effect. After a change in control, in the event the covered executive's employment is terminated by reason of "Cause" or by the executive without "Good Reason" (as those terms are defined in the Change in Control Agreement) then the Corporation shall pay the executive his or her full base salary at the rate in effect at the time notice of termination was given and shall pay any other amounts according to any other compensation plans or programs in effect.

In the event that compensation provided for in the agreement or in any other plan or arrangement covering the named executive is subject to the golden parachute excise tax, all named executive officers other than Messrs. Sider, Kennedy and Taride will be entitled to receive a gross-up payment in an amount such that after payment by the executive of all taxes on the gross-up payment, the executive shall retain a portion of the gross-up payment equal to the excise tax. However, to the extent compensation paid to the executive in connection with the change in control does not exceed 110% of the specified statutory threshold amount giving rise to excise tax, then no additional payment will be paid and the compensation will be reduced below such statutory threshold.

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Messrs. Sider and Kennedy entered into a revised form of the Change in Control Agreement that does not contain a tax gross-up and accordingly they are not entitled to the aforementioned benefit.

The agreement also contains a confidentiality covenant that extends indefinitely following the executive's termination of employment and noncompetition and nonsolicitation covenants that extend for 12 months following the executive's termination of employment. In the event that the executive breaches these covenants, the Corporation is entitled to stop making payments to the executive and seek injunctive relief in certain circumstances.

In addition, Hertz Europe Limited and Mr. Taride have entered into a non-compete agreement which provides that for the 12 months after the termination of his employment with us, Mr. Taride will not (i) compete with us in the countries in which we operated or actively made arrangements to plan to operate during the 12 months preceding such termination of employment or (ii) solicit or entice away any key employees from us. Hertz Europe Limited would be required to give Mr. Taride 12-months' notice to terminate his employment for any reason other than misconduct.

Severance Plan for Senior Executives

We have a severance plan for senior executives. The severance plan provides benefits to senior executives whose employment is terminated other than terminations of employment that qualify for benefits under the Change in Control Agreements. Messrs. Kennedy, Sider, Zimmerman and Taride were designated as participants in the plan. If any covered executive is terminated for death, "Cause," "Permanent Disability" or "Retirement" (as those terms are defined in the severance plan) the executive will not be entitled to any benefits under the severance plan. However, if the covered executive is terminated for any other reason (other than described in the preceding sentence), the executive will be or was entitled to the following payments and benefits:

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a pro rata portion of the annual bonus that would have been payable to the participant;

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cash payments in the aggregate equal to a multiple (the "severance multiple"), based on the executive's position, of the executive's annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination and the average of the annual bonuses payable to the executive, with respect to the three calendar years preceding the year in which the termination occurs; or, for executives without a three-year bonus history, by reference to target levels; or, if an executive has not had an opportunity to earn or be awarded one full year's bonus as of his or her termination of employment, the executive's target bonus for the year of termination, payable in equal installments over a period of whole and/or partial years equal to the severance multiple. The severance multiples are: for Messrs. Sider and Taride, 2.0 and Messrs. Kennedy and Zimmerman, 1.5;

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continuation of all medical, dental and other welfare benefit plans (other than disability plans) until the earlier of the end of a number of years following the executive's termination of employment equal to the severance multiple and the date on which the executive becomes eligible to participate in welfare plans of another employer; and

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within the period of time from the date of executive's termination through the end of the year following the date of termination, outplacement assistance up to a maximum of $25,000.

Executives must execute a general release of claims to receive the foregoing severance payments and benefits. The severance plan also contains a confidentiality covenant that extends for 24 months following the executive's termination of employment and non-competition and non-solicitation covenants that extend for a period of years following the executive's termination of employment equal to the severance multiple. If an executive is entitled to

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severance payments and benefits under the severance plan and a Change in Control Agreement, payments and benefits will be made under the Change in Control Agreement rather than the severance plan.

The severance plan is administered by one or more individuals appointed by our Compensation Committee or (in the absence of an appointment) by the Chief Human Resources Officer. The severance plan may be amended or terminated at any time other than with respect to executives then receiving payments and benefits under the plan.

Treatment of EICP Payments and Equity Compensation upon a Termination or a Change in Control

The following chart generally summarizes the treatment of EICP payments and Equity Compensation for each of our named executive officers under the Senior Executive Bonus Plan, the Hertz Global Holdings Stock Incentive Plan ("SIP") and the 2008 Omnibus Plan.

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Supplemental Retirement Benefits upon a Termination or Change in Control

Messrs. Frissora, Sider and Zimmerman participated in the SERP II in 2013. The SERP II is described above under "Pension Benefits." Under the SERP II, if any of these executives' employment is terminated other than for cause or a voluntary resignation with respect to a change in control, then the executive will become immediately vested in the entire benefit accumulated under the SERP II even if he or she has not attained age 55 at the time of termination.

Retiree Car Benefit

As described at "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Other Compensation Elements—Retirement Benefits," we also maintain a post-retirement assigned car benefit plan under which we provide certain executives who, at the time of retirement, are at least 58 years old and have been an employee of the Corporation for at least 20 years, with a car from our fleet and insurance on the car for the participant's benefit. In the event of a termination following a change in control as described in "Change in Control Agreements", Mr. Taride will be entitled to the retiree car benefit as set forth above.

Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

The following tables outline the value of payments and benefits that each named executive officer, other than Ms. Douglas, would receive under the various termination scenarios described above based on if (i) the termination occurred on December 31, 2013, (ii) all stock awards were paid out at $28.62, the closing price of our Corporation's common stock on December 31, 2013, (iii) for the applicable change in control, the termination occurred following the change in control ("double trigger"), (iv) no replacement awards were granted by our Compensation Committee and (v) the Compensation Committee took no further actions for any given award except as set forth under the applicable plan. In addition, the value of pension benefits that are reported under the 2013 Pension Benefits table are excluded from the below tables, except to the extent that there are any enhancements as a result of the applicable termination event.

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Mark P. Frissora

David J. Rosenberg

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Thomas C. Kennedy

Scott P. Sider

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Michel Taride

J. Jeffrey Zimmerman

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PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL, BY A NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE,
OF THE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS' COMPENSATION

We are offering you a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the related narrative and tabular disclosures, also known as a "Say on Pay" vote.

As detailed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, our compensation strategy is "pay for performance." We have designed our compensation programs to: (i) properly incentivize our senior executives to accomplish our short- and long-term objectives, (ii) be in line with similar pay practices and overall compensation levels at other, similarly-situated companies, (iii) reward our senior executives for not only their individual performance, but the performance of their business unit and the Corporation overall and (iv) retain our senior executives, who are highly sought after for their business acumen. In addition, as further detailed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, we continually revise our pay practices to be in line with market practices and compensation norms.

Accordingly, you may cast an advisory vote on the following resolution at the 2014 annual meeting:

"RESOLVED, that the compensation awarded to the named executive officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Summary Compensation Table and related tabular and narrative disclosures in this proxy statement is hereby APPROVED."

Effect of Proposal

The effect of the Say on Pay vote is advisory only and non-binding. However, the Board will consider the results of the vote in determining the compensation of our named executive officers and our compensation programs generally. The Board values the opinions of our stockholders and is committed to considering their opinions in making decisions. If any stockholder wishes to communicate with the Board regarding executive compensation, the Board can be contacted using the procedures outlined in "Stockholder Communications with the Board" set forth in this proxy statement.

Required Vote to Approve the Proposal

A majority of shares present and entitled to vote is required to approve the proposal. Under applicable Delaware law, abstentions are counted as shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting and therefore will have the same effect as a vote "against" this proposal. Broker non-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of this proposal.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the named executive officers' compensation.

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PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Background On Proposal

Since our initial public offering in 2006, our Board has been divided into three classes, with each class of directors elected for a three-year term. As part of our regular discussions on corporate governance issues, and as part of our feedback from our stockholders, our Board evaluated the classified board structure and took into account arguments both for and against the continuation of a classified board.

In particular, classified boards ensure that, at any given time, a significant number of directors have substantial experience as directors of the Corporation. Classified boards also provide the Corporation with time to solicit additional bids in hostile takeover situations.

Nevertheless, the Board is aware that many institutional investors perceive annually elected boards as increasing accountability to stockholders. Our Board is also cognizant that many other public companies of our size have eliminated their classified board structures in recent years.

After weighing these considerations, and after taking into account the views and feedback of our stockholders, our Board has determined that the elimination of its classified board structure is in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders. The Board has approved and is submitting for stockholder approval an amendment to Article Fifth of the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter Amendment") that would provide for the annual election of directors after a phase-in period described below.

Effect of the Charter Amendment

If the proposed Charter Amendment is adopted, each director elected or appointed at or before the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders would continue to serve out his or her three-year term, but each of the directors elected by stockholders at or after the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders will be elected to a one-year term that will expire at the next annual meeting of stockholders. Accordingly, if the Charter Amendment is approved, all directors will be elected on an annual basis beginning at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders and the Board will be fully declassified.

Furthermore, Article Fifth of the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors may be removed only for cause, and then upon the affirmative vote of 50% of the Corporation's stockholders entitled to vote thereon. However, Delaware law provides that the directors of a corporation without a classified board may be removed with or without cause. In order to conform to Delaware law, the proposed Charter Amendment provides that all directors may be removed with or without cause beginning at the 2017 annual meeting upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Corporation's stockholders entitled to vote thereon.

The text of the proposed Charter Amendment, which would amend Article Fifth of the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement.

Required Vote to Approve the Charter Amendment

Approval of the Charter Amendment requires an affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the votes to which all the stockholders of the Corporation would be entitled to cast at the annual meeting. Under applicable Delaware law, abstentions are counted as shares present and entitled to vote at the annual meeting and therefore will have the same effect as a vote "against" this proposal. Similarly, broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote "against" this proposal. If this proposal is approved by the required stockholder vote, the Board will take the necessary steps to amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as set forth in Annex A. If the Charter Amendment does not receive this level of stockholder approval, the Charter Amendment will not be implemented and the Corporation's current classified board structure will remain in place.

The Board recommends a vote FOR Approval of an Amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the Annual Election of Directors

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PROPOSAL 4: APPROVAL OF A POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT AND AUTHORIZE
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SELECT THE RATIO OF THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT AS SET
FORTH IN THE AMENDMENT

Background and Purpose of the Potential Reverse Stock Split

Earlier this year, we announced that we were in the process of exploring a separation of our worldwide equipment rental business (a "Strategic Transaction"), which is primarily conducted through our Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation ("HERC") subsidiary. As part of the evaluation of a Strategic Transaction, we are evaluating a number of options regarding HERC, including, but not limited to, a potential reverse spin-off (a "Reverse Spin"). Based on discussions with our financial advisers, we believe that if we were to complete a Reverse Spin, the trading price of Hertz Holdings' common stock after the Reverse Spin may be significantly lower than the current market price due to the fact that rental car business will no longer be a part of the Corporation.

We intend for our common stock to remain attractive to investors that may have limitations on owning lower-priced stocks. Many brokerage houses and institutional investors have internal policies and practices that either prohibit them from investing in lower-priced stocks or tend to discourage individual brokers from recommending lower-priced stocks to their customers or clients. In addition, some of those policies and practices may function to make the processing of trades in lower-priced stocks economically unattractive to brokers. Moreover, because brokers' commissions on lower-priced stocks generally represent a higher percentage of the stock price than commissions on higher-priced stocks, a lower average price per share of common stock can result in individual stockholders paying transaction costs representing a higher percentage of their total share value than would be the case if the share price were substantially higher. We believe that if we engage in a Reverse Spin, the reverse stock split will make our common stock a more attractive and cost effective investment for many investors, which is expected to enhance liquidity for the holders of our common stock.

We believe that approval of a number of alternative ratios of the reverse stock split as opposed to one specific ratio of the reverse stock split provides the Board with the flexibility to achieve the purposes of the reverse stock split based on the expected value and trading ranges of our common stock at a point in time closer to completion of the Reverse Spin, if it occurs, and allows us to evaluate all options with respect to the terms and form of a Strategic Transaction other than a Reverse Spin.

Board Discretion to Implement the Reverse Stock Split

Approval of this proposal authorizes the Board to select among a range of reverse stock split ratios within the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is set forth in Annex B to this proxy statement. The Board expects to implement the reverse stock split only in connection with a Reverse Spin where the reverse stock split would be in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders. While the results of the stockholder vote on this proposal will not affect the Board's decision to continue our evaluation of any Strategic Transaction, if a Strategic Transaction does not occur, the Board will not implement the reverse stock split.

No further action on the part of stockholders will be required to either implement or abandon the reverse stock split. If the proposal is approved by stockholders and the Board determines to implement the reverse stock split, we would communicate to the public, prior to the effective date of the reverse stock split, additional details regarding the reverse stock split (including the final reverse stock split ratio, as determined by the Board). The Board reserves its right to elect not to proceed with the reverse stock split if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the proposal is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders.

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Risks Associated with the Reverse Stock Split

Reducing the number of outstanding shares of our common stock through the reverse stock split is intended, absent other factors, to increase the per share market price of our common stock. However, other factors, such as our financial results, market conditions and the market perception of our business may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. As a result, there can be no assurance that the reverse stock split, if completed, will result in the intended benefits described above, that the market price of our common stock will increase following the reverse stock split or that the market price of our common stock will not decrease in the future. Additionally, we cannot assure you that the market price per share of our common stock after a reverse stock split will increase in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of our common stock outstanding before the reverse stock split. Accordingly, the total market capitalization of our common stock after the reverse stock split may be lower than the total market capitalization before the reverse stock split.

Impact of the Proposed Reverse Stock Split If Implemented

The reverse stock split would affect all of our stockholders uniformly and would not affect any stockholder's percentage ownership interests or proportionate voting power, except to the extent that the reverse stock split could result in any of our stockholders receiving cash in lieu of a fractional share. As described below, stockholders otherwise entitled to fractional shares as a result of the reverse stock split will receive cash payments in lieu of such fractional shares. These cash payments will reduce the number of post-reverse stock split stockholders to the extent there are presently stockholders who would otherwise receive less than one share of our common stock after the reverse stock split. The other principal effects of the reverse stock split will be that:

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the number of issued and outstanding and treasury shares of our common stock will be reduced proportionately based on the final reverse stock split ratio of an integral ratio between 1-for-2 to 1-for-10 inclusive, as determined by the Board;

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based on the final reverse stock split ratio, the per share exercise price of all outstanding option awards will be increased proportionately and the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding option awards and the vesting of all unvested stock units (including restricted stock units and performance stock units) will be reduced proportionately. These adjustments will result in approximately the same aggregate exercise price being required to be paid for all outstanding option awards upon exercise, although the aggregate number of shares issuable upon the exercise of such option awards will be reduced proportionately following the reverse stock split;

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the number of shares reserved for issuance and any maximum number of shares with respect to which equity awards may be granted to any participant under the Corporation's equity-based compensation plans will be reduced proportionately based on the final reverse stock split ratio; and

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in addition, the reverse stock split will likely increase the number of stockholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares). Stockholders who hold odd lots may experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and may have greater difficulty in executing sales.

Authorized Shares of Common Stock

The reverse stock split will not change the number of authorized shares of our common stock under our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Because the number of shares of issued common stock, including shares held in the Corporation's treasury, will decrease as a result of the reverse stock split, the number of shares of common stock available for issuance will increase. Under our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our authorized capital stock consists of 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01, and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01.

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Fractional Shares

Our stockholders will not receive fractional shares in connection with the reverse stock split. Instead, our transfer agent will aggregate all fractional shares and sell them as soon as practicable after at the then prevailing prices on the open market on behalf of those stockholders who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share. We expect that the transfer agent would conduct the sale in an orderly fashion at a reasonable pace and that it may take several days to sell all of the aggregated fractional shares of our common stock. After the transfer agent's completion of such sale, stockholders would receive a cash payment from the transfer agent in an amount equal to their respective pro rata shares of the total net proceeds of that sale.

No transaction costs will be assessed on stockholders for the cash payment. Stockholders will not be entitled to receive interest for the period of time between the effective time of the reverse stock split and the date payment is made for their fractional share interest in our common stock.

Shares of common stock held in registered form (that is, stock held by you in your own name in the stock register records maintained by our transfer agent) and stock held in "street name" (that is, stock held by you through a bank, broker or other nominee) for the same investor would be considered held in separate accounts and will not be aggregated when effecting the reverse stock split. Banks, brokers or other nominees may apply their own specific procedures for processing the reverse stock split. If you hold your shares in street name through a bank, broker or other nominee, and if you have any questions in this regard, we encourage you to contact your nominee.

Effect on Stockholders

All of our stockholders hold their shares electronically in book-entry form. Therefore, no action is required on the part of any stockholder to receive their post-reverse stock split shares of our common stock or their cash payment in lieu of any fractional interest, if applicable.

Accounting Matters

The amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, will not affect the par value of our common stock per share, which will remain $0.01 par value per share. As a result, as of the effective time of the reverse stock split, the stated capital attributable to common stock and the additional paid-in capital account on our balance sheet will not change due to the reverse stock split. Reported per share net income or loss will be higher because there will be fewer shares of common stock outstanding.

Required Vote to Approve the Reverse Stock Split

Approval of the reverse stock split requires an affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the votes to which all of the stockholders of the Corporation would be entitled to cast at the annual meeting. Under applicable Delaware law, abstentions are counted as shares present and entitled to vote the annual meeting and therefore will have the same effect as a vote "against" this proposal. Similarly, broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote "against" this proposal.

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reverse Stock Split

The following summary describes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the reverse stock split to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of our common stock.

This discussion is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), Treasury regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect on the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change or to different interpretation, possibly with retroactive effect. This discussion does not address all of the U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to specific holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax law (such as banks or other financial institutions, insurance companies, dealers in securities or other persons that generally mark their securities to market for U.S.

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federal income tax purposes, tax-exempt entities, retirement plans, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, former citizens or residents of the U.S., partnerships or other pass-through entities (or investors therein), persons that hold our common stock as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion or other integrated transaction, non-U.S. trusts and estates that have U.S. beneficiaries, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, U.S. Holders that have a "functional currency" other than the U.S. dollar, "controlled foreign corporations," or "passive foreign investment companies"). This discussion does not address any U.S. state or local or non-U.S. tax considerations or any U.S. federal tax considerations other than U.S. federal income tax considerations (such as gift tax considerations).

This summary is for general information only. This summary is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court. We have not sought, and do not intend to seek, any tax opinion from counsel or ruling from the IRS with respect to any of the statements made in this summary, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a position contrary to these statements, or that a contrary position taken by the IRS would not be sustained by a court.

HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT IN LIGHT OF THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

As used in this discussion, the term "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of common stock that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S., (ii) a corporation (or any other entity or arrangement treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust (x) with respect to which a court within the U.S. is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or (y) that has in effect a valid election under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

If an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes is the beneficial owner of our common stock, the tax treatment of a partner will depend in part upon the status and activities of the entity and of the particular partner. Any such entity should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to it and its partners relating to the reverse stock split.

Other than the cash payments for fractional shares discussed below, no gain or loss should be recognized by a U.S. Holder upon the exchange of pre-reverse stock split shares for post-reverse stock split shares. The aggregate tax basis of the post-reverse stock split shares will be equal to the aggregate tax basis of the pre-reverse stock split shares exchanged therefor, reduced by any amount allocable to a fractional share for which cash is received. A U.S. Holder's holding period in the post-reverse stock split shares will include the period during which the U.S. Holder held the pre-reverse stock split shares exchanged therefor.

In general, the receipt of cash by a U.S. Holder instead of a fractional share interest in the post-reverse stock split shares will result in a taxable gain or loss to such U.S. Holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of the taxable gain or loss to the U.S. Holder will be determined based upon the difference between the amount of cash received by such U.S. Holder and such holder's basis in its applicable pre-reverse stock split share or shares. The gain or loss recognized will constitute capital gain or loss, and will constitute long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder's holding period is greater than one year as of the effective date of the reverse stock split. There are limitations on the deductibility of capital losses under the Code.

The Board recommends a vote FOR approval of a potential amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split and authorize our Board of Directors to select the ratio of the reverse stock split as set forth in the amendment.

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PROPOSAL 5: RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF THE CORPORATION'S
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Our Audit Committee has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the Corporation for 2014. Our Audit Committee believes that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is well-qualified.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has served as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Corporation since 2005 and for Hertz since 1987. We are not required to have our stockholders ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, but we are doing so because we believe it is a good corporate practice. The Audit Committee will consider, but is not obligated to abide by, the outcome of this vote in determining whether to engage PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2015 or another independent registered public accounting firm without submitting the matter to our stockholders. A representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will be present at the annual meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and to respond to appropriate questions.

Required Vote to Approve the Proposal

A majority of shares present and entitled to vote is required to approve the proposal. Under applicable Delaware law, abstentions are counted as shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting and therefore will have the same effect as a vote "against" this proposal. Broker non-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of this proposal.

The Board recommends a vote FOR ratification of the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public
accounting firm for the Corporation in 2014.

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES

The Corporation's fees for services performed by its principal accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, during fiscal years 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

Our Audit Committee's charter requires the Audit Committee to pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm; however, the Audit Committee is permitted to delegate pre-approval authority to the Chair of the Audit Committee, who must then provide a report to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All audit and non-audit fees were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in 2013. In February of 2014, the Audit Committee adopted a revised pre-approval policy setting forth the types of services and amounts subject to pre-approval for the 2014 fiscal year.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management of the Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Corporation, the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the "Audited Financial Statements").

The Audit Committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended, as in effect on the date of this proxy statement.

The Audit Committee has: (i) considered whether non-audit services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are compatible with its independence; (ii) received the written disclosures and the letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence; and (iii) discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP its independence.

Based on the reviews and discussions described above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors of the Corporation that the Audited Financial Statements be included in the 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 for filing with the SEC.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

The following table sets forth information as of March 15, 2014, unless another date is specified below, with respect to the ownership of the common stock of the Corporation by:

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Each person known to own beneficially more than 5% of the common stock of the Corporation;

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Each of the directors of the Corporation;

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Each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table below; and

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All of the Corporation's executive officers and directors as a group.

The amounts and percentages of shares beneficially owned are reported on the basis of SEC regulations governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under SEC rules, a person is deemed to be a "beneficial owner" of a security if that person has or shares voting power or investment power, which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Securities that can be so acquired are deemed to be outstanding for purposes of computing such person's ownership percentage, but not for purposes of computing any other person's percentage. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities as to which such person has no economic interest. As of March 14, 2014 we had 447,671,219 shares of our common stock outstanding.

Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, each of the beneficial owners listed has, to the Corporation's knowledge, sole voting and investment power with respect to the indicated shares of common stock. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each individual listed below is c/o Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., 999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL 34108.

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS
AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

During 2013, Messrs. Beracha, Berquist and Tamke and Mses. Everson and Fayne Levinson served as members of our former CN&G Committee and Compensation Committee. None of these individuals: (i) served as an officer or employee of the Corporation during 2013 or (ii) was formerly an officer of the Corporation, with the exception of Mr. Tamke, who was an officer of the Corporation prior to our initial public offering in 2006.

During the year 2013: (i) none of our executive officers served as a member of a compensation committee (or other body performing a similar role) of another entity, any of whose executive officers served on our CN&G or Compensation Committee; (ii) none of our executive officers served as a director of another entity, any of whose executive officers served on our CN&G or Compensation Committee and (iii) none of our executive officers served as a member of the compensation committee (or other body performing a similar role) of another entity, any of whose executive officers served as one of our directors.

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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Based on a review of reports filed by the Corporation's directors, executive officers and beneficial holders of 10% or more of our outstanding shares, and upon representations from those persons, all reports required to be filed by the Corporation's reporting persons during 2013 were filed on time, except that due to either inadvertent errors in timely reporting information to the Corporation or administrative error, Philippe P. Laffont, Naren Srinivasan and Henry C. Wolf filed late Form 4s.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Corporation has not adopted formal policies and procedures specifically designed to address the review and approval of transactions with related parties. However, the Board has adopted the written Directors' Code of Conduct applicable to the Board and the Corporation has adopted the written Standards of Business Conduct, which require all employees, officers and directors to avoid conflicts of interests.

The Directors' Code of Conduct is applicable to all Board members and provides guidance for handling unforeseen situations which may arise, including conflicts of interest. Pursuant to the Directors' Code of Conduct, a conflict of interest may arise when a Board member's private interest interferes in any way—or even appears to interfere—with the interests of the Corporation as a whole. The Directors' Code of Conduct specifies that a conflict of interest may include, among other things, the following:

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When a Board member or a member of his or her family takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult for the Board member to make decisions on behalf of the Corporation objectively and effectively;

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Where a Board member or a member of his or her family has a financial interest in, or is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the management of an organization that deals with the Corporation as a supplier, contractor, purchaser or distributor of the Corporation's products or services, or is a competitor; and

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Where a Board member renders services to another organization or individual as an employee, agent, consultant or director if the organization or individual is doing or seeking to do business with the Corporation or is a competitor.

Pursuant to the Directors' Code of Conduct, any member of our Board who believes he or she has an actual or potential conflict of interest with us is obligated to notify the Chair of the Nominating Committee as promptly as practicable. That member should not participate in any decision by our Board, or any committee of our Board, that in any way relates to the matter that gives rise to the conflict or potential conflict of interest until the issue has been resolved to the satisfaction of the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee or the Board.

The Standards of Business Conduct are applicable to all employees, officers and directors of the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The Standards of Business Conduct generally prohibit employees from maintaining outside business or financial interests or engaging in outside business or financial activity that conflicts with the interests of the Corporation.

The following is a description of certain relationships and transactions that existed or that we have entered into with our directors, major stockholders and certain other related persons since the beginning of 2013, as well as certain other transactions.

Stockholders' Agreement; Registration Rights Agreement

The Corporation was party to a Stockholders' Agreement (the "Stockholders' Agreement") which contained agreements that entitled investment funds associated with or designated by the Sponsors the ability to nominate directors to the Corporation's Board. The Corporation was also party to a registration rights agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") with investment funds associated with or designated by the Sponsors. The Registration Rights Agreement granted to certain of these investment funds the right to cause the Corporation, at its own expense, to use its best efforts to register such securities held by the investment funds for public resale, subject to certain limitations. In connection with the secondary offering of common stock in May of 2013, which resulted in the Sponsors holding de minimis amounts of our common stock, the Corporation entered into a termination letter agreement with the Sponsors, pursuant to which,

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effective as of May 9, 2013, the Stockholders' Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement were terminated, except that certain indemnification obligations set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement survived termination.

Indemnification Agreements

The Corporation, along with Hertz, is a party to customary indemnification agreements with the Sponsors and stockholders of the Corporation that are affiliated with the Sponsors, pursuant to which the Corporation 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 claims and liabilities, including liabilities arising out of financing arrangements and securities offerings.

The Corporation is a party to indemnification agreements with each of its directors. The indemnification agreements provide the directors with contractual rights to the indemnification and expense advancement rights provided under the Corporation's By-Laws, as well as contractual rights to additional indemnification as provided in the indemnification agreements.

Financing Arrangements with Related Parties

Affiliates of Merrill Lynch (which owned over 5% of our common stock until March 12, 2013), including Bank of America, N.A. and certain of its affiliates, 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 those terms are defined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013). As of December 31, 2013 none of our outstanding debt was with related parties.

Relocation Program

As discussed under "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Other Compensation Elements—Corporate Headquarters Relocation", we provided relocation assistance to our employees in connection with the relocation of our corporate headquarters from Park Ridge, New Jersey to Estero, Florida. In connection with the relocation program, we entered into an agreement with a third-party provider of relocation services, part of which included purchases of the current residences of eligible employees on our behalf. Consistent with the practices of other, similarly-situated companies that undergo relocations, the purchase price of each of the residences was determined by obtaining multiple appraisals, which were averaged for the third-party's purchase price. The total amount that we spent under the program during 2013 was $3.1 million for the executive officers. The Compensation Committee approved the program.

Other Relationships

In connection with our car and equipment rental businesses, we enter into millions of rental transactions every year involving millions of customers. In order to conduct those businesses, we also procure goods and services from thousands of vendors. Some of those customers and vendors may be affiliated with the Sponsors or members of our Board. We believe that all such rental and procurement transactions have been conducted on an arms-length basis and involved terms no less favorable to us than those that we believe we would have obtained in the absence of such affiliation. It is our management's policy to bring to the attention of our Board any transaction with a related party, even if the transaction arises in the ordinary course of business, if the terms of the transaction would be less favorable to us than those to which we would agree to in normal commercial circumstances. For additional information regarding our transactions with companies of which certain of our independent directors are executive officers, see "Board Independence."

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OTHER BUSINESS

Our Board is not aware of any other matters to be presented at the annual meeting. If any other matter proper for action at the meeting is properly presented, the holders of the accompanying proxy will have discretion to vote the shares represented by the proxy on such matter in accordance with their best judgment. If any matter not proper for action at the meeting should be presented, the holders of the proxy will vote against consideration of the matter or the proposed action.

PROPOSALS FOR 2015

The Corporation will review for inclusion in next year's proxy statement stockholder proposals received by [•]. Proposals should be sent to J. Jeffrey Zimmerman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation at 999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL 34108.

Stockholder proposals, including nominations for directors, not included in next year's proxy statement may be brought before the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who has given a written notice to the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation containing certain information specified in the By-Laws and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice was given. Such notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the address in the preceding paragraph no earlier than January 14, 2015 and no later than February 13, 2015, except that if the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders is held before April 14, 2015 or after July 25, 2015, such notice must be delivered at the address in the preceding paragraph no earlier than 120 days prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the ninetieth day prior to the date of such annual meeting or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which a public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made.

Our By-Laws require that stockholder recommendations for nominees to the Board must include the name of the nominee or nominees, information regarding the nominee or nominees that would be required to be included in a proxy statement for the election of directors and a consent signed by the nominee or nominees evidencing consent to be named in the proxy statement and willingness to serve on the Board of Directors, if elected.

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2013

The Corporation's annual report to stockholders for the year 2013 is being made available on April [•], 2014 to persons who were stockholders of record as of March 21, 2014, the record date for the annual meeting. These materials do not form part of the material for the solicitation of proxies.

Park Ridge, New Jersey
April [•], 2014

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Annex A

TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Article FIFTH is proposed to be amended as follows, with additions underlined and deletions marked by strikethroughs:

Article FIFTH

(a)   The directors of the Corporation, subject to any rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, until the election of directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, shall be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office into three classes of directors, Class I, Class II and Class III as nearly equal in number as possible. One class's initial term will expire at the first Directors in Class III shall have a term expiring at the 2015 annual meeting of the stockholders following the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, another class's initial term will expire at the second, the directors in Class I shall have a term expiring at the 2016 annual meeting of the stockholders following the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and another class's initial term will expire at the third stockholders and the directors in Class II shall have a term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, with directors of each class to hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified, provided that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of a successor and be subject to such director's earlier death, resignation or removal. At each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation beginningcommencing with the first2015 annual meeting of stockholders following the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, subject, successors to any rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the successors of the the class of directors whose term expires terms expire at that annual meeting of stockholders shall be elected for a one-year term, with directors of each class to hold office for a term expiring at the until their successors are duly elected and qualified, provided that the term of each director shall be subject to such director's earlier death, resignation or removal. From and after the election of directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election. In the case of any increase or decrease, from time to time, in the number of directors of the Corporation, the number of directors in each class shall be apportioned as nearly equal a possible, the Board of Directors shall cease to be classified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(d)   Subject to any rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, a director may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the votes to which all the stockholders of the Corporation would be entitled to cast in any election of directors or class of directors, provided that until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, each director may only be removed for cause in this manner.

(e)   Subject to any rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, and except as otherwise provided by law, any vacancy in the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors, from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification, removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director., provided that prior to the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, any director elected to fill a newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors shall be elected for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, and any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.

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Annex B

TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

Section (a) of Article FOURTH is proposed to be amended by adding a second paragraph which reads as follows:

"Reverse Stock Split. Effective upon the effective time of this Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Split Effective Time"), the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Split Effective Time and the shares of Common Stock issued and held in the treasury of the Corporation immediately prior to the Split Effective Time are reclassified into a smaller number of shares such that each [two] [three] [four] [five] [six] [seven] [eight] [nine] [ten] shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the Split Effective Time shall be automatically reclassified into one share of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, no fractional shares shall be issued in the reclassification and, in lieu thereof any person who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the reclassification, following the Split Effective Time, shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the fair value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Split Effective Time, represented shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Split Effective Time shall, from and after the Split Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent that number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate shall have been reclassified (as well as the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock after the Split Effective Time)."

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