SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 13)

Herc Holdings Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01

(Title of Class of Securities)

                                                                            ________42704L104_________

David Goldman

GAMCO Investors, Inc.

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1435

(914) 921-5000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

______________________ November 6, 2018________________________

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box .

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This Amendment No. 13 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock of Herc Holdings Inc. (the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule 13D") which was originally filed on August 10, 2016.  Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 2 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mario Gabelli") and various entities which he

directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer.  These entities, except for LICT Corporation ("LICT), CIBL, Inc. ("CIBL") and ICTC Group, Inc. ("ICTC"), engage in various aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and individual clients, including registered investment companies and pension plans, and as general partner or the equivalent of various private investment partnerships or private funds.  Certain of these entities may also make investments for their own accounts.

The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a particular issuer.  Although several of the foregoing persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely passive.  In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.

(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of the following persons: GGCP, Inc.  ("GGCP"), GGCP Holdings LLC ("GGCP Holdings"), GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GBL"), Associated Capital Group, Inc. ("AC"), Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"), GAMCO Asset Management Inc. ("GAMCO"), Teton Advisors, Inc. ("Teton Advisors"), Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc. ("GCIA"), G.research, LLC ("G.research"), MJG Associates, Inc. ("MJG Associates"), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"), Mario Gabelli, LICT, CIBL and ICTC.  Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereinafter referred to as the "Reporting Persons".

GGCP makes investments for its own account and is the manager and a member of GGCP Holdings which is the controlling shareholder of GBL and AC.  GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those named below.  AC, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those listed below.

GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act").  GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations and others.

GCIA, a wholly owned subsidiary of AC, is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act and serves as a general partner or investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies and other accounts.  As a part of its business, GCIA may purchase or sell securities for its own account.  GCIA is a general partner or investment manager of a number of funds or partnerships, including Gabelli Associates Fund, L.P., Gabelli Associates Fund II, L.P., Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Limited II E, ALCE Partners, L.P., Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund LP, Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund Limited, Gabelli Intermediate Credit Fund L.P., GAMA Select Energy + L.P., GAMCO Medical Opportunities L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P.

G.research, a wholly owned subsidiary of GCIA, is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("1934 Act"), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.

Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act which provides advisory services for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The GAMCO Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., The Gabelli Value 25 Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The GAMCO Global Content & Connectivity Fund, The Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Rising Income & Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, The GAMCO International Growth Fund, Inc., The GAMCO Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund, The Gabelli Focus Five Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund, The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, The GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources, & Income Trust, The GAMCO Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust, The GDL Fund, Gabelli Enterprise Mergers & Acquisitions Fund, The Gabelli ESG Fund, Inc., The Gabelli International Small Cap Fund, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness ^Rx Trust, The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust, Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust, Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust Plc,  The Gabelli Global Financial Services Fund, The Gabelli Global Mini Mites Fund, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, The Gabelli U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, Bancroft Fund Ltd. and Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd. (collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered investment companies.  Gabelli Funds is also the investment adviser to the Gabelli Media Mogul NextShares^TM, the Gabelli Food of All Nations NextShares^TM, the RBI NextShares^TM, and the Gabelli Pet Parents' Fund NextShares^TM, and The GAMCO International SICAV (sub-funds GAMCO Merger Arbitrage and GAMCO All Cap Value), a UCITS III vehicle.

Teton Advisors, an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, provides discretionary advisory services to The TETON Westwood Mighty Mites^sm Fund, The TETON Westwood Income Fund, The TETON Westwood SmallCap Equity Fund, TETON Westwood Intermediate Bond Fund, and The TETON Westwood Mid-Cap Equity Fund.

MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment partnerships and offshore funds.  Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder, director and employee of MJG Associates.   MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of Gabelli International Limited and Gabelli Fund, LDC.  Mario J. Gabelli is the general partner of Gabelli Performance Partnership, LP.

The Foundation is a private foundation.  Mario Gabelli is the Chairman, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation. Elisa M. Wilson is the President of the Foundation.

LICT is a holding company with operating subsidiaries engaged primarily in the rural telephone industry. LICT actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. LICT makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is the Chief Executive Officer, a director, and substantial shareholder of LICT.

ICTC is a holding company with subsidiaries in voice, broadband and other telecommunications services, primarily in the rural telephone industry. ICTC makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of ICTC.

CIBL is a holding company with interests in telecommunications operations, primarily in the rural telephone industry. CIBL actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. CIBL makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of CIBL.

Mario Gabelli is the controlling stockholder, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GGCP and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GBL. He is the Executive Chairman of AC.  Mario Gabelli is also a member of GGCP Holdings. Mario Gabelli is the controlling shareholder of Teton.

The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.

GAMCO is a New York corporation and GBL, AC, GCIA, and Teton Advisors are Delaware corporations, each having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. GGCP is a Wyoming corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.   GGCP Holdings is a Delaware limited liability corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.  G.research is a Delaware limited liability company having its principal officers at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  MJG Associates is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.  The Foundation is a Nevada corporation having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.  LICT is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580. CIBL, Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 165 West Liberty Street, Suite 220, Reno, NV 89501.  ICTC Group Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 556 Main Street, Nome, North Dakota 58062.

For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"), reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) – Not applicable.

(e) – Not applicable.

Item 3 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

The Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately $10,165,578 to purchase the additional Securities reported as beneficially owned in Item 5 since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D.  GAMCO and Gabelli Funds used approximately $7,043,753 and $3,096,174 respectively, of funds that were provided through the accounts of certain of their investment advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in order to purchase the additional Securities for such clients.  GCIA used approximately $24,504 of client funds to purchase the additional Securities reported by it. AC used $1,147 of working capital to purchase the additional Securities reported by it.

Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

 (a) The aggregate number of Securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is 5,167,137 shares, representing 18.14% of the 28,479,173 shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018.  The Reporting Persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:

Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons.  GCIA is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by G.research.  AC, GBL and GGCP are deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Mario Gabelli and the Foundation.

(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that (i) GAMCO does not have the authority to vote 221,700 of the reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by the Funds so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in the Issuer and, in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each Fund shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, (iii) at any time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such fund under special  circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and (iv) the power of Mario Gabelli, AC, GBL, and GGCP is indirect with respect to Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.

(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities which were effected during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 (e) Not applicable.

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: November 7, 2018

GGCP, INC.

MARIO J. GABELLI

MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.

GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.

By:/s/ David Goldman

     David Goldman

     Attorney-in-Fact

TETON ADVISORS, INC.

GABELLI FUNDS, LLC

     David Goldman

     General Counsel – Gabelli Funds, LLC

    Counsel-Teton Advisors, Inc.

  GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.

     Kevin Handwerker

                General Counsel & Secretary – GAMCO Investors, Inc.

ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

GABELLI & COMPANY INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.

     Douglas R. Jamieson

                    President & Chief Executive Officer – Associated Capital

Group, Inc.

      President – GAMCO Asset Management Inc.

      President – Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc.

                                                                                             SCHEDULE I

     Information with Respect to Executive

Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

 

 

 

 

                                                 SCHEDULE II

                            INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO

                 TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR

                 SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)

                                   SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE

                        DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)

 COMMON STOCK-HERC HOLDINGS INC.

         GABELLI & COMPANY INVESTMENT ADVISERS,INC.

                      10/25/18              100            32.7900

                      10/11/18              500            42.4500

         GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

                      11/06/18              200-           32.8000

                      11/06/18            2,100            33.0719

                      11/05/18              700            32.6943

                      11/05/18           10,000            32.9830

                      11/05/18              300-             *DO

                      11/05/18              400            32.8000

                      11/02/18            1,000            33.0000

                      11/01/18              600            32.7417

                      11/01/18              400            32.7500

                      10/31/18            1,000            32.5689

                      10/31/18            3,900            32.4633

                      10/31/18           67,681            32.5260

                      10/31/18              700            32.5700

                      10/31/18            1,000            32.4599

                      10/30/18            4,000            31.3321

                      10/30/18            1,000            30.7600

                      10/30/18              600-             *DO

                      10/29/18            7,712            31.9154

                      10/29/18              700            31.6500

                      10/29/18              500            31.7800

                      10/29/18              500-           32.1180

                      10/26/18            4,000            31.8352

                      10/26/18            5,000-             *DO

                      10/26/18            6,300-           31.4312

                      10/26/18            6,000            31.8352

                      10/26/18            3,000            31.5000

                      10/26/18              200            32.3250

                      10/26/18            3,288            31.5000

                      10/26/18            3,200            31.3705

                      10/25/18              400            33.0220

                      10/24/18            2,300            32.9348

                      10/24/18              192-             *DO

                      10/24/18              383              *DI

                      10/24/18               80            31.4399

                      10/24/18              192-             *DO

                      10/24/18            4,000            31.9643

                      10/24/18              800            31.4270

                      10/23/18           24,000            34.4417

                      10/23/18              100-           34.3889

                      10/23/18            2,000            34.3320

                      10/23/18            3,000            34.3120

                      10/22/18            1,800            34.8278

                      10/22/18              100            34.7300

                      10/19/18            4,000            36.2500

                      10/19/18              300            36.3055

                      10/19/18            2,000            35.6325

                      10/19/18            1,000            35.2955

                      10/19/18            1,000            35.0920

                      10/19/18            1,000            35.0898

                      10/19/18            2,000            35.6325

                      10/19/18            5,040            35.4752

                      10/19/18            5,000            36.6318

                      10/19/18              600            34.7320

                      10/18/18            3,000            35.4835

                      10/18/18               58            36.1250

                      10/18/18               11            36.1245

                      10/18/18              152            36.1243

                      10/18/18            1,000            39.6563

                      10/18/18            4,000            39.1364

                      10/18/18              194            36.1242

                      10/18/18               34            36.1241

                      10/18/18               80            36.1240

                      10/18/18               24            36.1238

                      10/18/18               32            36.0400

                      10/18/18               27            36.1244

                      10/18/18            2,000            38.3422

                      10/18/18            3,500            36.5079

                      10/17/18            2,467-             *DO

                      10/17/18              533-             *DO

                      10/17/18              168            41.3363

                      10/17/18               61            41.3362

                      10/17/18              500            41.1230

                      10/17/18            4,000-             *DO

                      10/16/18            4,000            41.2690

                      10/16/18              200-           40.0000

                      10/15/18            2,500            39.9771

                      10/15/18            2,000            39.8540

                      10/15/18              200            39.9365

                      10/12/18            1,500            39.7633

                      10/12/18              100            40.0500

                      10/12/18            2,300            39.9957

                      10/11/18              100            42.1900

                      10/11/18              111            40.6264

                      10/11/18               30            40.6260

                      10/11/18              245            40.6262

                      10/11/18            2,300            42.1652

                      10/11/18              126            40.6261

                      10/11/18               99            40.6263

                      10/11/18               17            40.6265

                      10/11/18                7            40.6257

                      10/11/18               70            40.9100

                      10/11/18               24            40.6258

                      10/11/18               36            40.6267

           GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.

               GABELLI FOCUS FIVE FUND

                      11/06/18            5,000            33.2057

                      10/26/18            5,000            31.7328

                      10/24/18            5,000            32.0140

                      10/18/18            5,000            37.0072

                      10/17/18            5,000            41.0850

                      10/15/18            5,000            39.9376

                      10/11/18           10,000            41.2736

               GABELLI RBI NEXTSHARES

                      10/18/18              100            40.0800

                      10/11/18              200            40.7100

               GABELLI GO ANYWHERE TRUST

                      10/31/18            1,000            32.2500

               GABELLI EQUITY TRUST

                      10/26/18            7,500            31.7425

                      10/19/18           10,000            35.4697

                      10/18/18           15,000            37.0849

                      10/15/18           10,000            39.9217

               GABELLI CAPITAL ASSET FUND

                      10/24/18              500            31.7400

          ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

                      10/18/18               30            38.2300

(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED

    ON THE NYSE.

(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.

(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.