Budget Group, Inc. Announces Annual Shareholder Meeting

    LISLE, Ill., Feb. 22 Budget Group, Inc. has set
its annual shareholder meeting date for Thursday, May 17, 2001.
    Budget Group, Inc. owns Budget Rent a Car Corporation and Ryder TRS.
Budget is the world's third largest car and truck rental system and Ryder TRS
is the nation's second largest consumer truck rental company.  For more
information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.budget.com .