Herc Holdings Inc. filings document the operating results, governance, capital structure and material events of a North American equipment rental company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under HRI. Periodic 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual results, earnings presentation materials, guidance-related disclosures, and pro forma financial information connected to acquired rental operations.
Regulatory filings also cover proxy governance matters, board and executive compensation disclosures, registered common stock, and debt financing activity. Recent capital-structure filings describe senior unsecured notes due 2031 and 2034, subsidiary guarantees including Herc Rentals Inc., and the redemption of prior senior notes, alongside risk and covenant-related disclosure typical of public debt issuance.
Herc Holdings President & CEO Lawrence Harris, also a director, reported several stock transactions dated February 3, 2026. He received 21,100 RSUs that vest in equal parts on February 3 of 2027, 2028 and 2029, and 12,811 PSUs earned under the 2018 Omnibus Plan that will vest at the end of three-year performance periods ending in February 2027 and February 2028. He also received 12,003 shares issued from previously earned PSUs whose performance period had ended. To cover taxes on PSU and RSU vesting, 4,361 and 1,334 shares of common stock were withheld at $154.03 per share. After these transactions, Harris directly owned 221,120 shares of Herc Holdings common stock.
Herc Holdings Inc. announced that director John M. Engquist has informed the Board that he will not stand for re-election at the company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. The company states that his decision is not due to any disagreement regarding its operations, policies, or practices.
FMR LLC and Abigail P. Johnson report significant ownership of Herc Holdings Inc. common stock. As of 12/31/2025, they report beneficial ownership of 3,665,603.31 shares of common stock, representing 11.0 % of the class. FMR LLC, organized in Delaware, has sole voting power over 3,649,624.00 shares and sole dispositive power over 3,665,603.31 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power.
Abigail P. Johnson, a U.S. person, reports sole dispositive power over the same 3,665,603.31 shares and no voting power. The filing notes that one or more other persons have rights to receive dividends or sale proceeds from these shares, but no such person holds more than five percent of the outstanding common stock. The reporting persons certify the holdings are in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Herc Holdings.
Herc Holdings Inc. reported that one of its directors received an award of phantom stock on 01/01/2026. The filing shows the grant of 320 phantom stock units, which are each economically equivalent to one share of Herc Holdings common stock and were acquired at a price of $0.
According to the terms, the value of these phantom stock units will be paid out in shares of common stock after the director ceases to serve on the company’s Board of Directors, as long as that happens on or after the company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, or earlier if there is a change of control. This structure effectively defers the director’s compensation into stock-linked units that settle when board service ends.
Herc Holdings Inc. director files initial ownership report showing no holdings
A director of Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) filed an initial beneficial ownership statement as of 01/01/2026. The filing identifies the reporting person’s relationship to the company as a director and indicates that the form is filed by one reporting person. In the remarks, the report states that no securities are beneficially owned, meaning the director reports no ownership of Herc Holdings stock or derivative securities at the time of this filing.
Herc Holdings Inc. reported an equity award to one of its directors. On 01/01/2026, the director received 320 shares of common stock at a price of $0, shown as an acquisition in the filing and bringing the director’s beneficial ownership to 320 directly held shares.
An explanation notes this is an award of 320 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Herc Holdings common stock. These units are scheduled to vest on the date of the company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, and the director must remain on the Board of Directors through that date for the award to vest.
Herc Holdings Inc. filed an initial ownership report for a director with an event date of 01/01/2026. The filing states that no securities of Herc Holdings Inc. are beneficially owned by the reporting person at this time. The form is filed by one reporting person and includes a power of attorney authorizing the signature on the report.
Herc Holdings Inc. issued $600 million of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2031 and $600 million of 6.000% senior unsecured notes due 2034. Interest is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15, starting March 15, 2026, and the notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by its domestic subsidiaries.
The company used the net proceeds, together with other borrowings, to redeem all $1,200 million of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2027 at 100.00% of principal plus accrued interest, and the related indenture was discharged. Herc also amended its Credit Agreement effective December 10, 2025, reducing the interest rate margin to 1.75% for Term SOFR Term Loans and 0.75% for Base Rate Term Loans on $750,000,000.00 of outstanding loans.
Herc Holdings Inc. announced the pricing of two new senior unsecured note offerings totaling $1.2 billion. The company is issuing $600 million of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2031 and $600 million of 6.000% senior unsecured notes due 2034, each guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, subject to limited exceptions, by its current and future domestic subsidiaries, including Herc Rentals Inc.
Following this notes offering, Herc Holdings expects to redeem all $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.50% Senior Notes due 2027 and to pay related fees and expenses. The new notes are being offered in a private placement under Rule 144A and Regulation S and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
Herc Holdings Inc. announced a proposed private offering of senior unsecured notes that will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, subject to limited exceptions, by its current and future domestic subsidiaries, including Herc Rentals Inc. The notes will be offered to qualified investors under Rule 144A and Regulation S and will not be registered under the Securities Act.
Following this offering, the company expects to redeem all $1,200 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2027 and pay related fees and expenses, effectively refinancing a large portion of its outstanding debt. In connection with the proposed notes offering and its June 2, 2025 acquisition of H&E Equipment Services, Inc., Herc prepared updated unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 to show how the combined business would have looked over those periods.