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Rent-A-Wreck Announces Record Growth Under KAB Associates'

10 August 1999

Rent-A-Wreck Announces Record Growth Under KAB Associates' Management

    OWINGS MILLS, Md.--Aug. 9, 1999--

Selected Financial Data

    Rent-A-Wreck releases selected financial data with respect to the consolidated statements of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries for each of the six years in the period ended March 31, and with respect to the balance sheets thereof at March 31 in each of those years.
    The selected financial data have been derived from the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto and other financial information appearing elsewhere herein. The selected financial data is not required by Form 10-KSB and has been included herein to provide an overview of the Company's operations.


                                    Year ended March 31,
                               (In thousands except per share
                                 and number of franchises)

                    1994     1995     1996     1997     1998    1999
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Franchisees' Results
 (Unaudited)

Franchisees' 
 Revenue (1)       $25,522  $26,482  $29,864  $34,661  $40,018 $45,358

Number of Franchises   365      384      429      457      558     629  

Company's Results 
 of Operations

Total Revenue      $ 3,224  $ 3,003  $ 3,455  $ 3,785  $ 4,677 $ 5,601

Costs and expenses 
 and Other           3,511    2,655    3,029    3,252    3,983   4,564

Income (loss) before 
 income taxes         (262)     416      489      600      756   1,113

Net income (loss)     (236)     383      459      537      548     858

Earnings (loss) per 
 common share

   Diluted           (0.10)    0.06     0.07     0.08     0.09    0.15        

(1) The franchisees' revenue data have been derived from unaudited
license fee reports provided by franchisees.