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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Financial: Lauren S. Babus
(201) 307-2100
Press: Lauren E. Garvey
(201) 307-2448
THE HERTZ CORPORATION DECLARES
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
PARK RIDGE, NJ, AUGUST 2, 2000 - The Board of Directors of The Hertz
Corporation (NYSE:HRZ), the world's largest car rental company and a leading
construction and industrial equipment rental business, has declared a quarterly
dividend of $0.05 per share on the company's Class A and Class B Common Stock
payable on September 11, 2000 to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2000.
The Hertz Corporation, headquartered in Park Ridge, N.J., operates from
approximately 6,500 locations in the U.S. and over 140 foreign countries.
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