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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001364479-26-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRI"
cik: "0001364479"
company_name: "HERC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:19:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:01:15.490075+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Herc Holdings annual meeting elects all 8 director nominees, approves say-on-pay, ratifies PwC

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with majority support; Rakesh Sachdev received lowest votes at 26,993,742 (89.2% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 29,517,952 votes for (97.7% of votes cast).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for 2026 approved with 31,950,347 votes for (99.7% of votes cast).
- Broker non-votes: 1,806,794 on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001364479-26-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRI
- cik: 0001364479
- company_name: HERC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:19:06+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000103/0001364479-26-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000103/hri-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HERC HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of Independent Public Accountants at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Ratification of the Selection of Independent Public Accountants. Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026, with the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 31,950,347 77,724 8,113 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000103/0001364479-26-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HERC HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. Stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 29,517,952 695,489 15,949 1,806,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000103/0001364479-26-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HERC HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Election of Directors. The eight director nominees identified below were elected to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Voting results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Patrick D. Campbell 29,325,556 729,258 174,576 1,806,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000103/0001364479-26-000103-index.htm

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