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FORM 4
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person to|
| Kirk James L. | NationsRent, Inc. ("NRI") | Issuer (Check all applicable) |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement For | [X] Director [X] 10% Owner |
| | Number of Reporting | Month/Year | [X] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify|
| | Person, if an Entity | | title below) below) |
| | (Voluntary) | | Chairman of the Board and |
| 450 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 | | 12/00 | Chief Executive Officer |
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| (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Date of Original| (Check applicable line) |
| | | (Month/Year) | [X] Form Filed by One |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | | -- | Reporting Person |
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| [ ] Form Filed by More Than |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | | One Reporting Person |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Transaction |3. Transac- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se- |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| (Instr. 3) | Date | tion Code | or Disposed of (D) | curities Benefi-| ship | of In- |
| | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct |
| | Year) | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-|
| | | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial |
| | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- |
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or| Price| | (I) | ship |
| | | | | | (D) | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.|
| | | | | | | | | | 4) |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
| Common Stock | 12/1/00 | G | V | 70,000 | D | N/A | 11,929,265 | (I) | (1) |
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person. See Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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|1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price |
| Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of |
| (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- |
| | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A) | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative |
| | Deriv- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secur- |
| | ative | Year) | | or (D) | Year) | | ity |
| | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)|
| | | | | 4, and 5) |-----------------|--------------------| |
| | | | | | Date |Expira- | | Amount or| |
| | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| |
| | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | |
|-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|
| Options | $8.00/sh. | (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | (2) | 8/6/08 |Common |250,000 shs. -- |
| | | | | | | | | |Stock | | |
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| Options | $5.5625/sh. | (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | (3) |6/29/09 |Common |300,000 shs. -- |
| | | | | | | | | |Stock | | |
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| Options | $4.625/sh. | (4) | -- | -- | -- | -- | (4) |3/22/10 |Common |350,000 shs. -- |
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| 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| Beneficially | Security: | Ownership |
| Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| of Month | or Indirect (I) | |
| (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | |
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| 250,000 | (D) | N/A |
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| 300,000 | (D) | N/A |
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| 350,000 | (D) | N/A |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These shares of Common Stock are held by Kirk Holdings Limited Partnership,
of which the sole general partner is Kirk Holdings, Inc. and the sole
limited partner is the reporting person. The reporting person is the sole
stockholder of Kirk Holdings, Inc.
(2) These options were granted on 8/6/98 and vest in four equal annual installments
beginning on 8/6/99.
(3) These options were granted on 6/29/99 and vest in four equal annual installments
beginning on 6/29/00.
(4) These options were granted on 3/22/00 and vest in four equal annual installments
beginning on 3/22/01.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal /s/ James L. Kirk 1/10/01
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- ----------
Signature of Reporting Person** Date
James L. Kirk
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.
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