Hertz, Enterprise Holdings Inc. and Avis Budget Group Inc. together control about 75 percent of the

More than two years after its original bid, it agreed Sunday to buy Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. for about $2.3 billion, giving it more ways to attract travelers and expand its international presence. It will also give the company keystone springdale travel trailers a leg up against competition from an increasing number keystone springdale travel trailers of smaller competitors.
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Hertz, Enterprise Holdings Inc. and Avis Budget Group Inc. together control about 75 percent of the market, with Dollar keystone springdale travel trailers Thrifty keystone springdale travel trailers at 5 percent, according to a February report from IBISWorld. No other competitor has more than 1 percent market share, IBISWorld said.
Both Hertz and Dollar Thrifty have grown stronger and more valuable in the years since they first considered teaming up. Both stocks have almost doubled in value, and they ve reported robust quarterly financial results as the volume of car rentals soared. But still-fierce competition has prevented the industry from raising prices, which has dragged on revenue. Fewer big competitors mean a better chance of higher rates.
Avis dropped its bid nearly keystone springdale travel trailers a year ago, citing market conditions. Then, in October, Hertz dropped its bid, too. But Dollar Thrifty didn t trust that the years of attempts were over. In February, it extended its shareholder rights plan known as a poison pill — a maneuver designed to deter any unsolicited attempts to take over the company — through May 2013.
In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, Hertz Chairman and CEO Mark P. Frissora said this deal will help it fight against a growing number of small regional rental companies popping up in airports across the country. He said those competitors, along with European rivals like Germany s Sixt doing more U.S. business, will likely cause the rate wars to continue for now.
Both Hertz and Dollar Thrifty s boards have unanimously approved the deal, which still needs antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission. Hertz said it has stayed in close contact with the FTC to secure clearance and Dollar Thrifty will fully cooperate with the process.
Frissora said he is confident the two companies will be able to get the deal swiftly approved by regulators. He said the deal is more of a certainty this time around because of the massive preparation Hertz undertook before the deal was announced.
Hertz is also selling its Advantage business to rental car company Franchise Services of North America and Macquarie Capital for undisclosed terms. The Advantage keystone springdale travel trailers deal depends upon Hertz completing the Dollar Thrifty buyout.
The combined company would have reported $10.2 billion in sales and $1.8 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization over the last 12 months, according to the companies.
keystone springdale travel trailers "Dollar Thrifty is the last acquirable rental-car company of size," said Fred Lowrance, a Nashville, Tenn.-based analyst at Avondale Partners. "We may see some other, smaller things happen, but nothing that will change the composition of the industry in any material way.'
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