** Rental car firm Hertz Global's HTZ.O shares down 22% premarket on Weds to $3.95 as it looks to raise capital and warns on current-qtr core profit

** Estero, Florida-based HTZ announces private offering of $300 mln exchangeable PIK notes due 2030; a portion of the interest to be paid in cash and in form of PIK ("payment-in-kind") interest

** PIK provides financial flexibility for a company to defer cash interest payments, but can add to debt balances

** HTZ intends to use net proceeds from the notes offering for general corp purposes, including debt repayment

** In addition, HTZ commences separate public offering of $100 mln shares with JP Morgan and Barclays as underwriters

** HTZ will not receive any proceeds from the share offering. It will lend the shares to JP Morgan to facilitate hedging transactions by investors in the exchangeable notes

** Alongside the offerings, HTZ said in a filing unexpected softness in the used car market caused it to realize losses on vehicle sales in May compared to gains in Apr, and now sees adj EBITDA of $50-$80 mln, near the lower end of previous Q2 guidance

** Through Tues close, HTZ shares down 1.6% YTD and 21% over the past 12 months

** 6 analysts rate the stock "hold", the other 3 rate "sell"; median PT $5, per LSEG data