Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC [HTZ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/11/2008

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10080

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	12/11/2008		S		17 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 3.765	39,156,381 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Common Stock	12/16/2008		P		17 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 3.40	39,156,398 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Common Stock	12/16/2008		S		443 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 3.2582	39,155,955 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock	12/17/2008		P		443 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 3.5248	39,156,398 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Common Stock	12/17/2008		P		107 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 3.5491	39,156,505 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁹⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁹⁾
Common Stock	12/18/2008		S		107 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 3.30	39,156,398 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Common Stock	12/22/2008		P		23 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 3.7168	39,156,421 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Common Stock	12/23/2008		S		23 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 3.62	39,156,398 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER NEW YORK, NY 10080	X	X

Signatures

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. By: Frank Marinaro		01/05/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Transaction executed by the error correction section of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPFS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML&Co., Inc."), to correct errors made in connection with trades made on behalf of clients.
(2)	The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. In connection with all of the transactions reported on this Form, the Reporting Person has agreed to voluntarily remit appropriate profits, if any, to Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. The Reporting Person disclaims that the transactions reported on this Form are subject to reporting under Section 16(a) or disgorgement under Section 16(b), and this report shall not be deemed an admission that those sections apply to these transactions.
(3)	32,160,660 shares are owned directly by ML Global Private Equity Fund, L.P. ("MLGPE"), a partnership of which MLGPE Ltd. is the general partner, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML Global Private Equity Partners, L.P., the general partner of which is Merrill Lynch GP, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.
(4)	3,872,549 shares are owned directly by Merrill Lynch Ventures L.P. 2001, a partnership of which Merrill Lynch Ventures, LLC is the general partner, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.
(5)	3,101,137 shares are owned directly by ML Hertz Co-Investor, L.P., a partnership of which ML Hertz Co-Investor GP, L.L.C. is the general partner, the sole managing member of which is MLGPE.
(6)	22,035 shares are owned directly by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.
(7)	22,052 shares are owned directly by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.
(8)	21,609 shares are owned directly by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.
(9)	22,159 shares are owned directly by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.
(10)	22,075 shares are owned directly by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ML&Co., Inc.

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