Avis Rent a Car, Inc.
Ticker:AVI 900 Old Country Road
Exchange:New York Stock Exchange Garden City, NY 11530
Industry:Service (SIC Code 7514) (516) 222-3000

Offering Information
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:6/6/97
U.S. Shares:15,600,000 Offer Date:9/23/97
Non-U.S. Shares:3,900,000 Filing Range:$15.00 - $17.00
Primary Shares:19,500,000 Offer Price:$17.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.98
Offering Amount: $312,000,000 Selling:$0.60
Expenses: - Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After: -
Spin out parent firm: HFS Incorporated

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.Lead Manager (212) 272-4850
Goldman, Sachs & Co.Co-manager (212) 902-5959
Lehman Brothers IncorporatedCo-manager (212) 526-8100

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Bank's Law Firm: Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
3 Month Ending Financials
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 3/31/97 3/31/96 3/31/97
Revenue:$1,867.52$456.01$418.12Assets:$3,008.86
Net Income:$5.76$3.37$0.85Curr Assets:
EPS:Liabilities:$2,929.59
Prior EPS:$79.77$85.70Curr Liabilities:
Cash Flow/Oper:Equity:$79.27
Cash Flow/Fin:Cash:
Cash Flow/Inv:

Business Description
The company operates the second largest general used car rental car business in the world, based on total revenue and volume of rental transactions. The company rents vehicles to business and leisure travelers through approximately 540 rental locations in both airport and non-airport markets in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Argentina and New Zealand. During 1996, company completed nearly 13 million rental transactions with a fleet that averaged 174,000 vehicles and generated total revenue of approximately $1.9 billion, of which approximately 87% was derived form its operations in the United States. The domestic vehicle rental industry has experienced significant growth over the past five years. According to information provided by major U.S. airports, vehicles rental industry revenues have increased at a compound annual rate of approximately 11% since 1992.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to prepay outstanding indebtedness and for general corporate purposes, including possible acquisitions.

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