Budget Group Increases Purchase Price
17 June 1998
Budget Group Increases Purchase Price to be Paid in Connection With its Cash Tender Offer and Solicitation of Consents With Respect to Outstanding Debt of Ryder TRSDAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 16 -- Budget Group, Inc. has increased the purchase price to be paid pursuant to its cash tender offer and solicitation of consents relating to the outstanding 10% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 of Ryder TRS, Inc., dated June 5, 1998. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the tender offer, the Total Consideration payable to holders will be calculated using a Spread of 50 basis points rather than the 75 basis points described in the tender offer materials. Based on a recent price for the Treasury reference security, the amount payable, including the consent payment, would be approximately US$1,162 per each US$1,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, assuming payment on July 8, 1998. A portion of the Total Consideration, the consent payment of US$20 per US$1,000 in principal amount of Notes, will be paid only for tendered Notes for which consents have been validly delivered by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the later of June 18, 1998 (if on such date Budget Group has received the requisite consents) or the first date thereafter on which Budget Group receives the requisite consents. The cash tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 2, 1998, unless extended. Any questions concerning the offer to purchase or consent solicitation should be directed to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent or MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the Information Agent at the telephone numbers set forth below. Credit Suisse First Boston MacKenzie Partners, Inc. 212-325-3290 212-929-5500 800-221-1037 800-322-2885 Budget Group, through subsidiary companies and their franchisees, operates Budget Car and Truck Rental, the third largest worldwide car and truck rental system. In addition, the company owns Premier Car Rental, which serves the insurance replacement market. Budget Group also owns Budget Car Sales, one of the largest independent retailers of late model vehicles in the United States, and Cruise America, the largest recreational vehicle rental and sales company in North America. The company also operates airport parking facilities at certain locations and, through Van Pool Services, leases vans for van pooling operations. Ryder TRS rents trucks to both individual consumers and businesses. Ryder TRS is the second largest provider of truck rentals and related moving supplies and services to consumers and light commercial users in the United States, with a fleet of approximately 29,000 trucks as of December 31, 1997.