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Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 33-62489
Republic Industries, Inc.
AMENDED SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 DATED AUGUST 16, 1996 TO PROSPECTUS
DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 AS SUPPLEMENTED BY SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
DATED JUNE 11, 1996 AND SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DATED FEBRUARY 13, 1996
In order to reflect certain transfers and sales of Common Stock by
certain Selling Stockholders, the table of Selling Stockholders in the Selling
Stockholders Section of the Prospectus is hereby supplemented as follows:
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<CAPTION> SHARES BENEFICIALLY SHARES TO BE OFFERED
OWNED PRIOR TO FOR THE SELLING
SELLING STOCKHOLDER THE OFFERING STOCKHOLDER'S ACCOUNT
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Andre Agassi................................................. 25,000 25,000
Andre Agassi, Key Trust...................................... 25,000 25,000
Allen Capital L.P............................................ 75,000 75,000
Allen Capital (International) L.P............................ 10,000 10,000
Michael Brauser(1)........................................... 623,900 623,900
Sandra and Seymour Ginsberg.................................. 2,000 2,000
R. Craig Hoenshell........................................... 2,000 2,000
The Raptor Global Fund, L.P.................................. 170,900 38,900
The Raptor Global Fund, Ltd.................................. 220,100 61,700
Dr. Michael K. and Bonnie Rosenberg.......................... 2,000 2,000
Tudor Arbitrage Partners, L.P................................ 77,400 15,800
Tudor BVI Futures, Ltd....................................... 545,100 97,100
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(1) Michael Brauser served as an officer of Kertz Security Systems, Inc.
and/or Kertz Security Systems II, Inc. (together "Kertz") for more than
three years prior to the Company's acquisition of Kertz on August 28,
1995. Since August 28, 1995, Michael Brauser has served as President of
Kertz, a subsidiary of the Company.
