---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-073133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTZ"
cik: "0001657853"
company_name: "HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:52:02.894037+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hertz appoints Mark Kosman as Chief Accounting Officer; General Counsel Katherine Lee Martin resigns

## Summary
- On July 31, 2025, Hertz entered into an offer letter with Mark Kosman, former Ford executive, to serve as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, starting by September 1, 2025.
- Kosman will receive a $450,000 base salary, 50% short-term incentive target, 80% long-term equity target, a one-time $300,000 cash award, and $800,000 sign-on RSUs.
- Katherine Lee Martin, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, resigned effective August 15, 2025, to pursue another opportunity; an interim GC will be appointed.
- Kosman also receives $50,000 relocation assistance and a company vehicle, with repayment required if he leaves within two years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-073133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTZ
- cik: 0001657853
- company_name: HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657853/000110465925073133/0001104659-25-073133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47129/000110465925073133/tm2522300d1_8k.htm

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