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Carey International Offers 2,162,000 Shares of Common Stock at $22 Each

8 May 1998

Carey International Offering of 2,162,000 Shares of Common Stock at $ 22 Per Share

    WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Carey International,  Inc.
announced  today that  the  public  offering  of 2,162,000
shares of its Common Stock at $ 22 per share.   Of  the total  shares offered,
1,350,000 will be sold by the Company  and 812,000 will be sold by certain
selling stockholders.
    A  Prospectus relating to these securities may be  obtained from
NationsBanc  Montgomery  Securities  LLC,  600  Montgomery Street, San
Francisco, CA 94111, which together with Wheat  First Union, a division of
Wheat First Securities, Inc., underwrote the offering.
    Carey   International  is  one  of  the  world's   largest chauffeured
vehicle  services companies.  The  Company  provides limousine,  sedan,  van
and minibus service through  a  worldwide network of owned and operated
companies, licensees and affiliates serving 420 cities in 65 countries.

SOURCE  Carey International, Inc.