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Hertz Board Committee Retains Outside Advisors

    PARK RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation
(NYSE: HRZ) announced that the Special Committee of its Board of Directors has
retained Lazard and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as financial advisor and
special counsel, respectively, to assist the Special Committee as it evaluates
Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) previously announced proposal to acquire,
through a merger, all outstanding shares of Hertz Class A common stock that
are not currently owned by Ford at a cash price of $30 per share.  Ford
currently owns 81.5% of Hertz Class A common stock.
    Hertz is the world's largest car rental company and a leading industrial
and construction equipment rental business.  Headquartered in Park Ridge,
N.J., Hertz operates from approximately 6,500 locations in over 140 countries.


SOURCE Hertz Corporation




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