Bankrupt Car Rental Firm Hertz to Offer Up to $1 Billion in Shares

Bankrupt Car Rental Firm Hertz to Offer Up to $1 Billion in Shares
A Hertz rental car sign is placed outside a rental lot near Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich., on May 9, 2011. Rebecca Cook/Reuters
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Car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc said it would sell up to $1 billion in shares, cashing in on a huge speculative rise in its share price since filing for bankruptcy late last month.

Since filing for bankruptcy on May 22, Hertz’s shares have risen more than threefold in value. The stock jumped 157 percent in the week ended June 5, their biggest weekly percentage gain on record.