Background | Background Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. ("Hertz Global" when including its subsidiaries and VIEs and "Hertz Holdings" when excluding its subsidiaries and VIEs) was incorporated in Delaware in 2015 to serve as the top-level holding company for Rental Car Intermediate Holdings, LLC, which wholly owns The Hertz Corporation ("Hertz" and interchangeably with Hertz Global, the "Company"), Hertz Global's primary operating company. Hertz was incorporated in Delaware in 1967 and is a successor to corporations that have been engaged in the vehicle rental and leasing business since 1918. Hertz operates its vehicle rental business globally primarily through the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands from company-owned, licensee and franchisee locations in the United States ("U.S."), Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and New Zealand. The Company also sells vehicles through Hertz Car Sales and operates the Firefly vehicle rental brand and Hertz 24/7 car sharing business in international markets. As disclosed in Note 3, "Divestitures," on March 30, 2021 the Company completed the previously announced sale of substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of its Donlen subsidiary (the "Donlen Sale"), a business which provides vehicle leasing and fleet management services. Voluntary Petitions for Bankruptcy In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In response to COVID-19, local and national governments around the world instituted shelter-in-place and similar orders and travel restrictions, and airline and other travel decreased suddenly and dramatically. As a result of the impact on travel demand, late in the first quarter of 2020, the Company experienced a high level of rental cancellations and a significant decline in forward bookings. In response, the Company began aggressive actions to eliminate costs. However, it faced significant ongoing expenses. On May 22, 2020 (the "Petition Date"), Hertz Global, Hertz and certain of their direct and indirect subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada (collectively the "Debtors" and the "Debtors-in-Possession") filed voluntary petitions for relief (collectively, the "Petitions") under chapter 11 of title 11 ("Chapter 11") of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court"). The Chapter 11 cases (the "Chapter 11 Cases") are being jointly administered for procedural purposes only under the caption In re The Hertz Corporation, et al., Case No. 20-11218 (MFW) . The Debtors filed with the Bankruptcy Court a proposed Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors, dated as of March 1, 2021, and a related proposed Disclosure Statement. The Debtors subsequently filed with the Bankruptcy Court a proposed First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors and a related proposed Disclosure Statement, in each case dated as of March 29, 2021; a proposed Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors and a related proposed Disclosure Statement, in each case dated as of April 3, 2021; a proposed Modified Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors and a related proposed Disclosure Statement, in each case dated as of April 10, 2021; a proposed Second Modified Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors and a related proposed Disclosure Statement, dated as of April 14, 2021 and April 15, 2021, respectively; a proposed Third Modified Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors and a related proposed Disclosure Statement, in each case dated as of April 16, 2021; and a proposed Fourth Modified Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors and a related proposed Disclosure Statement, in each case dated as of April 21, 2021, which Disclosure Statement the Debtors further updated on April 21, 2021. On April 22, 2021, the Debtors filed the solicitation version of the Fourth Modified Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors (the "Proposed Plan"), and the solicitation version of the Disclosure Statement (the "Disclosure Statement"). The Disclosure Statement describes, among other things, the events leading to the Chapter 11 Cases; the Debtors contemplated financial restructuring (the “Restructuring”); the proposed plan of reorganization; certain events that have occurred or are anticipated to occur during the Chapter 11 Cases, including the solicitation of votes to approve the Proposed Plan from certain of the Debtors’ stakeholders; certain risk factors related to the Plan, certain tax considerations, and certain other aspects of the Restructuring. The Disclosure Statement and solicitation procedures with respect to the Proposed Plan was approved by the Bankruptcy Court at a hearing held on April 21, 2021 and an order to that effect was entered on April 22, 2021. The Proposed Plan is now subject to a vote by the Debtors' stakeholders and a subsequent confirmation hearing of the Bankruptcy Court, currently scheduled for June 10, 2021. In addition to approval by the Bankruptcy Court, consummation of the Proposed Plan remains subject to the satisfaction of other conditions. Under the Proposed Plan, Centerbridge Partners, L.P., Warburg Pincus LLC, and Dundon Capital Partners, LLC (collectively, the "PE Sponsors") and certain holders of over 85% of the Debtors' unsecured notes (the "Supporting Noteholders," and together with the PE Sponsors the "Plan Sponsors") have committed to provide equity capital to fund the Debtors' exit from Chapter 11 as reflected in definitive executed documents, including (1) an Equity Purchase and Commitment Agreement (the "EPCA"), (2) a Plan Support Agreement and (3) a Bridge Financing Commitment for Hertz International Ltd. (collectively, along with the Proposed Plan and the Disclosure Statement, the "Transaction Documents"). Under the Proposed Plan, the Debtors anticipate exiting from Chapter 11 with approximately $2.2 billion of global liquidity (inclusive of capacity under the anticipated exit revolving credit facility) and only $1.3 billion in non-vehicle debt (exclusive of ABS facilities and a revolving credit facility). The Proposed Plan is supported by the Supporting Noteholders, which comprise the vast majority of creditors in the largest class of claims that are voting on the Proposed Plan and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases. As set forth in the Transaction Documents: • the Proposed Plan will raise approximately $3.9 billion in cash proceeds, comprised of: ◦ $565 million from the purchase of common stock in the reorganized entity by the Plan Sponsors; ◦ $1.6 billion from the purchase of common stock pursuant to the rights offering contemplated by the Proposed Plan, which the Plan Sponsors have committed to ensure is fully funded pursuant to the terms of the EPCA; ◦ $385 million from the purchase of preferred stock by plan sponsors Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and Warburg Pincus LLC; and ◦ $1.3 billion in proceeds from the Company's anticipated new exit term loan facility. • Such cash proceeds will be used, in part, to provide the following distributions to the Company's stakeholders pursuant to the terms of the Proposed Plan: ◦ administrative priority and secured claims will be paid in cash in full; ◦ the holders of the Company's €725 million European Vehicle Notes will be paid in cash in full; ◦ the holders of claims with respect to the unsecured Senior Notes and holders of claims with respect to the Alternative Letter of Credit Facility will receive approximately 48.2% of the equity in the reorganized entity and the right to purchase an additional $1.6 billion of equity in the reorganized entity; ◦ the holders of general unsecured claims will receive cash payments of not more than $550 million in the aggregate, which the Company estimates will provide a recovery of approximately 100 percent; and ◦ the Company's existing equity will be cancelled and existing equity holders will receive new six-year warrants to purchase, in the aggregate 4%, of the reorganized entity's common stock, subject to certain conditions, with an exercise price to be determined based on an equity value of the reorganized entity of $6.1 billion. In light of continuing interest from an alternative potential plan sponsorship group, consisting of Certares Opportunities LLC (“Certares”), Knighthead Capital Management, LLC (“Knighthead”), Apollo Capital Management, LP (“Apollo”), and certain of each of their affiliates (together with Certares, Knighthead, and Apollo the “Alternative Sponsor Group”), on April 28, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Bid Procedures Order”), among other things, establishing bidding and auction procedures relating to the submission of alternative plan proposals. On May 2, 2021, the Alternative Sponsor Group submitted an alternative plan proposal to the Debtors (the “Alternative Plan Proposal”). On May 4, 2021, the Company determined that the Alternative Plan Proposal constitutes a “Superior Proposal” as that term is defined under the Debtors’ EPCA with the Plan Sponsors dated as of April 3, 2021 and approved by the Bankruptcy Court on April 22, 2021. Pursuant to the Bid Procedures Order, the Plan Sponsors will have until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 7, 2021 to indicate if they intend to counter the Alternative Plan Proposal. If the Plan Sponsors determine to counter the Alternative Plan Proposal, an auction (the “Auction”) will be conducted on May 10, 2021. A hearing before the Bankruptcy Court to approve the results of the Auction along with supplemental solicitation materials, if any, will be conducted on May 14, 2021. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is not a solicitation of votes to accept or reject the Proposed Plan. Information contained in the Proposed Plan and the Disclosure Statement is subject to change, whether as a result of additional amendments or supplements to the Proposed Plan or Disclosure Statement or otherwise. The documents and other information available via website or elsewhere are not part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and shall not be deemed incorporated herein. Debtors-In-Possession The Debtors are currently operating as debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court. In general, as debtors-in-possession under the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors are authorized to continue to operate as an ongoing business but may not engage in transactions outside the ordinary course of business without the prior approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Automatic Stay Subject to certain specific exceptions under the Bankruptcy Code, the Petitions automatically stayed most judicial or administrative actions against the Debtors and efforts by creditors to collect on or otherwise exercise rights or remedies with respect to obligations of the Debtors incurred prior to the Petition Date ("Pre-petition"). Substantially all of the Debtors’ Pre-petition liabilities are subject to resolution as provided in the Bankruptcy Code. Potential Claims The Debtors have filed with the Bankruptcy Court schedules and statements setting forth, among other things, the assets and liabilities of each of the Debtors, subject to the assumptions filed in connection therewith. These schedules and statements may be subject to further amendment or modification after filing. As part of the Chapter 11 Cases, parties believing that they have claims or causes of action against the Debtors may file proofs of claim evidencing such claims. Certain holders of Pre-petition claims that are not governmental units were required to file proofs of claim by the deadline for general claims, which was on October 21, 2020 (the “Bar Date”). The Debtors' have received approximately 15,000 proofs of claim for an amount of approximately $104.9 billion. Such amount includes duplicate claims across multiple debtor legal entities. These claims are in the process of being reconciled to amounts recorded in the Company's accounting records. Differences in amounts recorded and claims filed by creditors will be investigated and resolved, including through the filing of objections with the Bankruptcy Court, where appropriate. The Company may ask the Bankruptcy Court to disallow claims that the Company believes are duplicative, have been later amended or superseded, are without merit, are overstated or should be disallowed for other reasons. As a result of this process, the Company may identify additional liabilities that will need to be recorded or reclassified to liabilities subject to compromise. As of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s assessment of the validity of claims received has not been completed, but the Company does not anticipate that the amount of such claims will exceed the $550 million in cash, plus the net proceeds of certain claims of the Company, currently contemplated under the Proposed Plan. In light of the substantial number of claims filed, and expected to be filed, the claims resolution process may take considerable time to complete and likely will continue after the Debtors emerge from bankruptcy. For additional information on the anticipated claims settlement process, please refer to the Disclosure Statement. Borrowing Capacity and Availability The filing of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted defaults, termination events and/or amortization events with respect to certain of the Company's existing debt obligations. As a result of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the remaining capacity under almost all of the Company's revolving credit facilities was terminated, as disclosed in Note 6, "Debt." Consequently, the proceeds of sales of vehicles which serve as collateral for such vehicle finance facilities must be applied to the payment of the related indebtedness of the Non-Debtor Financing Subsidiaries (as defined in Note 6, "Debt") and are not otherwise available to fund the Company’s operations. Additionally, the Company is precluded from accessing any of its subordinated investment in the vehicle collateral until the related defaults are waived or the third party funding under those facilities has been retired, either through the monetization of the underlying collateral or the refinancing of the related indebtedness. Additionally, proceeds from vehicle receivables, excluding manufacturer rebates, as of March 31, 2021 and ongoing vehicle sales must be applied to vehicle debt in amortization. The Company had waivers related to the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases under its European ABS and U.K. Financing Facility which, in April 2021, have been superseded by a comprehensive restructuring of each the European ABS and U.K. Financing Facility, as disclosed in Note 6, "Debt." The Company's inability to retain any proceeds from the sale of vehicles under its U.S. ABS programs means that its sources of liquidity are primarily its unrestricted cash and unrestricted cash equivalents on hand, cash generated from its operations and up to $800 million from its debtor-in-possession financing facility (the "DIP Credit Agreement"). As of March 31, 2021, the Company had total liquidity of $1.7 billion comprised of $900 million of remaining, committed availability under the DIP Credit Agreement and $812 million of unrestricted cash and unrestricted cash equivalents, net of the $275 million minimum liquidity requirement under the DIP Credit Agreement, which the Company believes will be sufficient to fund its operations through approximately March 31, 2022, assuming it does not experience any unforeseen liquidity needs before then, which could result in the utilization of the liquidity in advance of March 31, 2022. On January 13, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order authorizing the Debtors to enter into a Canadian fleet financing facility up to CAD$400 million. On January 27, 2021, TCL Funding Limited Partnership, a bankruptcy remote, indirect, wholly-owned, special purpose subsidiary of Hertz, entered into the Funding LP Series 2021-A which provides for aggregate maximum borrowings of CAD$350 million on a revolving basis. Subject to initial availability, the initial draw of CAD$120 million was used to pay the outstanding obligations under the Funding LP Series 2015-A Notes, including any unpaid default interest. On January 20, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court authorized an extension (the "Second Lease Order") of the July 24, 2020 order related to the Company's Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013 G1) (the "Operating Lease"), which extends the forbearance period related to Operating Lease to September 30, 2021, provided that the Debtors dispose of 121,510 lease vehicles, at least 113,381 of which will be non-program vehicles, and reach a minimum cumulative vehicle disposition proceeds of $2.0 billion by September 30, 2021. Additionally, the Second Lease Order directed the Debtors to (i) have no more than 157,262 lease vehicles by September 30, 2021 and (ii) make $756 million of base rent payments under the Operating Lease to the Hertz Vehicle Financing ("HVF") trustee in the amount of nine equal monthly payments of $84 million commencing in the period January 2021 through September 2021. Of the 121,510 lease vehicles that the Debtors are obligated to dispose of, as of March 31, 2021 the Debtors have disposed approximately 14,000 lease vehicles, of which 9,000 were non-program vehicles. In the first quarter of 2021, the Bankruptcy Court authorized the rejection of certain unexpired leases (the "Lease Rejection Orders") comprised of 278 off airport and 26 airport locations in the Company's U.S. RAC segment. See Note 7, "Leases," for further details. Going Concern The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and contemplate the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is contingent upon its ability to successfully implement a plan of reorganization, among other factors, and the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities are subject to uncertainty. Further, any plan of reorganization could materially change the amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern or as a consequence of the Chapter 11 Cases. As a result of the Company's financial condition, defaults under certain debt agreements as disclosed in Note 6, "Debt," and the risks and uncertainties surrounding the Chapter 11 Cases, substantial doubt exists that the Company will be able to continue as a going concern for one year from the issuance date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. |