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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Brown Robert J. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
- ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) Republic Industries, Inc. (RWIN) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) April 10, 1997 ----------------------------------
808 Greensboro Road ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
- ---------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Person to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
High Point, NC 27260 Person (Voluntary) X Director 10% Owner applicable line)
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- Officer Other ----- One Reporting
----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) Form filed by
----- More than One
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 200 D(1)
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*If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses) (8/96)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security
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Date Expira- Amount or (D) or
Exercis- tion Title Number Indirect (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock Option(2) immed. 04/10/2007 Common Stock 100,000 27.375 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Robert J. Brown 04/18/97
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- ------------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. (8/96)
(Print or Type Responses)
(1) Shares owned beneficially by Robert J. Brown and Sallie W. Brown, JTTEN.
Sallie W. Brown is the wife of Robert J. Brown.
(2) The Options were granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1995 Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan and have a term of ten years from date of grant.
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