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Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 33-63735
Republic Industries, Inc.
SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 DATED AUGUST 16, 1996 TO PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1995
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 deleted and replaced in its
entirety by the following table, which contains information as of August 16,
1996:
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SHARES BENEFICIALLY SHARES TO BE OFFERED
OWNED PRIOR TO FOR THE SELLING
SELLING STOCKHOLDER THE OFFERING STOCKHOLDER'S ACCOUNT
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Boone Investors Group, LLC(1)................................. 315,000 315,000
Charles Bowen, Jr.(2)......................................... 620,000 620,000
F. Coll Bowen, III(2)......................................... 590,000 590,000
Thomas C. Bowen(2)............................................ 490,000 490,000
CFP, LTD(3)................................................... 233,334 233,334
Felix A. Crawford(4).......................................... 251,080 251,080
Robert L. Crawford TTEE (or the then-acting trustee(s) of
the Robert L. Crawford Family Trust U/A dtd 12/16/96,
as amended and restated..................................... 46,328 46,328
Charles S. Cullens(5)......................................... 56,900 56,900
Barbara Drake................................................. 32,040 32,040
FAC Investment Partnership(6)................................. 2,536,418 2,536,418
James R. Gregg(2)............................................. 143,104 143,104
Joseph I. McConnell(2)........................................ 143,104 143,104
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(1) Thomas C. Bowen is the Manager of Boone Investors Group, LLC, a Georgia
limited liability company.
(2) Charles Bowen, Jr., F. Coll Bowen, III, Thomas C. Bowen, James R. Gregg
and Joseph I. McConnell served as officers of United Waste Service, Inc.
("United") prior to the Company's acquisition of United on October 11,
1995.
(3) Felix A. Crawford is the General Partner of CFP, Ltd.
(4) Felix A. Crawford served as an officer of Southland Environmental Services,
Inc. ("Southland") prior to the Company's acquisition of Southland on
October 17, 1995.
(5) Charles S. Cullens served as an officer of Reliable Sanitation, Inc.
("Reliable") prior to the Company's acquisition of Reliable on October 2,
1995.
(6) Felix A. Crawford, individually and as a trustee of the Felix A. Crawford
Revocable Trust, and Antonia C. Crawford are the General Partners of FAC
Investment Partnership, a Nevada general partnership.
