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                                                                   Exhibit 10.36

                                NATIONSRENT, INC.

              SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, $.01 Par Value

                       PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


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                                                                   Exhibit 10.36

         PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") dated August 2, 2000,
by and among NationsRent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
those purchasers whose names are set forth in EXHIBIT A (collectively the
"Purchasers").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, the Company proposes that the Company issue to the Purchasers
and the Purchasers agree to purchase, shares of the Company's Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series B, par value $.01 per share, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. AUTHORIZATION OF STOCK. The Company will authorize the issue and
sale of 100,000 shares (the "Shares", such term to include any such shares
issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 8) of its Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, to be designated as its "Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock" (the "Stock" or the "Preferred Stock"). The
relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Stock, including, without
limitation, the right to convert Shares into shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), will be as set forth in
the form of the Certificate of Designation of the Stock of the Company attached
as EXHIBIT B hereto (the "Certificate of Designation"). Certain capitalized
terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 9; references to a
"Schedule" or an "Exhibit" are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an
Exhibit attached to this Agreement and references to a "Section" are, unless
otherwise specified, to one of the Sections of this Agreement.

         2.       SALE AND PURCHASE OF STOCK.

                  2.1 Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees that it will issue to the Purchasers at the First Closing an
aggregate of 52,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the "First Preferred Shares") for
a purchase price of $1,000 per share or an aggregate of $52,000,000 (the "First
Purchase Price"). Each Purchaser agrees that it will purchase at the First
Closing the number of shares of Preferred Stock set forth in the first column
beside its name on EXHIBIT A, for a purchase price of $1,000 per share, and the
Company agrees that it will issue the shares to the Purchasers at such Closing
in such numbers.

                  2.2 Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees that it will issue to the Purchasers at the Second Closing an
aggregate of 48,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the "Second Preferred Shares" and
together with the First Preferred Shares, the "Shares") for a purchase price of
$1,000 per share or an aggregate of $48,000,000 (the "Second Purchase Price" and
together with the First Purchase Price, the "Purchase Price"). Each Purchaser
agrees that it will purchase at the Second Closing the number of shares of
Preferred Stock set forth in the second

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column beside its name on EXHIBIT A, for a purchase price of $1,000 per share,
and the Company agrees that it will issue the shares to the Purchasers at such
Closing in such numbers.

         3.       CLOSINGS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.

                  3.1 The sale of the First Preferred Shares to be purchased by
the Purchasers shall take place at the offices of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson,
P.A., 350 East Las Olas Boulevard, 16th Floor, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301,
at 10:00 a.m., local time, at a closing (the "First Closing") on August 2, 2000,
provided the conditions to closing set forth in Section 4 (other than Section
4.13 which shall be satisfied at the Second Closing) have been satisfied or
waived by the party entitled to waive such condition or on such other Business
Day thereafter or prior to such date as may be agreed upon by the Company and
the Purchasers.

                  3.2 The sale of the Second Preferred Shares to be purchased by
the Purchasers shall take place at the offices of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson,
P.A., 350 East Las Olas Boulevard, 16th Floor, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 at
10:00 a.m., local time, at a closing (the "Second Closing" and together with the
First Closing, the "Closings") on the third Business Day after the conditions to
the Second Closing set forth in Section 4 have been satisfied or waived by the
party entitled to waive such conditions or on such other Business Day thereafter
or prior to such date as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers.

                  3.3 The names in which the Company will register the shares of
the Stock to be purchased at the Closings are as set forth in EXHIBIT A. At each
of the Closings, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Shares to be
purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single certificate (or such greater
number of certificates representing such Shares as such Purchaser may request)
dated the date of the Closing, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly,
agrees to deliver to the Company or its order cash in immediately available
funds in the amount of the purchase price for the Shares being purchased by such
Purchaser to an account designated by the Company. If at a Closing the Company
shall fail to tender to the Purchasers the Shares to be purchased by the
Purchasers, as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions
specified in the first paragraph of Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled,
each Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations
under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any other rights such Purchaser
may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment; provided, however,
that if the First Closing has already occurred, then only the obligation to
proceed with the Second Closing may be relieved, and all other obligations of
the parties hereunder shall remain in effect with respect to the Shares issued
to the Purchasers at the First Closing. If at a Closing, (i) any of the
Purchasers shall fail to tender to the Company the purchase price for the
Shares, as provided above in this Section 3, other than on account of any of the
conditions specified in the first paragraph of Section 4 not having been
fulfilled or on account of the breach by the Company of any of its obligations
under this Agreement, or (ii) if the representations and warranties of any of
the Purchasers contained in Section 6 shall not be true and correct, then the
Company shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under
this Agreement, without thereby waiving any other rights the Company may have by
reason of such failure; provided, however, that if the First Closing has already
occurred, then only the obligation to proceed with the Second Closing may be
relieved, and all other obligations of the parties hereunder shall remain in
effect with respect to the Shares issued to the Purchasers at the First Closing.
If the stockholders of the Company vote on but do not approve the issue and sale
of the Shares to the Purchasers, then the Company shall, at its election, be
relieved of the obligation to proceed with the Second Closing, in which case all
other obligations of the parties

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hereunder shall remain in effect with respect to the Shares issued to the
Purchasers at the First Closing.

         4. CONDITIONS TO EACH CLOSING. Each of the Purchasers' obligation to
purchase and pay for the Shares to be sold to such Purchaser at each Closing is
subject to the fulfillment, prior to or concurrently with such Closing, of the
following conditions. The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the First
Preferred Shares at the First Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of all of the conditions set forth below except for the condition in
Section 4.13. The Company's obligation to issue and sell the Shares to the
Purchasers at the First Closing is subject to (i) NR Holdings Limited, a Cayman
Islands company, and NR Investments Limited, a Cayman Islands company, having
executed and delivered to the Company voting agreements in the form of EXHIBIT C
and (ii) DB Capital Investors, L.P. and J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation filing a
notification within the meaning of such term in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, 16 C.F.R.
Parts 801-803 (the "HSR Act"), in connection with this Agreement and any
applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating to this Agreement having
expired or been terminated. The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the
Second Preferred Shares at the Second Closing shall be subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and
4.13.

                  4.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 5.6 of this Agreement shall be
true and correct when made and at the time of the Closing, except that any
inaccuracy in a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed 100,000
shares shall not be deemed to be a breach of the representations contained in
Section 5.6. The other representations and warranties of the Company contained
in this Agreement shall be true and correct when made and at the time of the
Closing, except as affected by the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and except where the failure of such representations and
warranties to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as
to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" set forth therein) would not
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  4.2 PERFORMANCE. The Company shall have performed and complied
with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be
performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing.

                  4.3 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. The Company shall have delivered
to the Purchasers an Officers' Certificate, dated the date of the Closing,
certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 have been
fulfilled.

                  4.4 OPINION OF COUNSEL. The Purchasers shall have received the
favorable opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., counsel for the
Company, substantially in the form set forth in EXHIBIT D and dated the date of
the Closing.

                  4.5 CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION. The Certificate of Designation
shall have been duly filed under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended by
the Certificate of Designation, shall be in full force and effect, and shall not
have been otherwise amended or modified.

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                  4.6 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. The Purchasers shall have
received a fully executed counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement
substantially in the form set out in EXHIBIT E (the "Registration Rights
Agreement"), such agreement shall be in full force and effect and no term or
condition thereof shall have been amended, modified or waived.

                  4.7 NO ACTIONS PENDING. There shall be no suit, action,
investigation, inquiry or other proceeding by any Governmental Authority or any
other Person or any other legal or administrative proceeding pending or to the
knowledge of the Company threatened which questions the validity or legality of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeks damages in connection
therewith.

                  4.8 COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. The offering and sale by
the Company, at or prior to the Closing, of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement shall have been made in compliance with all applicable requirements of
federal and state securities laws and the Purchasers shall have received
evidence thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchasers.

                  4.9 PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS. All corporate and other
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers shall have
received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such
documents as the Purchasers or their counsel may reasonably request.

                  4.10 RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. The shares of Common Stock
initially issuable upon conversion of the Stock shall have been duly authorized
and reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Stock.

                  4.11 AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Company, Deutsche Bank
Securities, Inc., FleetBoston Robertson Stephens, Inc. and the other lending
institutions and parties thereto shall have executed the Fifth Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement substantially in the form of
the draft furnished by the Company to the Purchasers on July 24, 2000, with such
changes that the Company, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and FleetBoston
Robertson Stephens, Inc. may have agreed upon, which, to the extent such changes
are material, shall be reasonably satisfactory to each of the Purchasers, and
such agreement shall be in full force and effect.

                  4.12 VOTING AGREEMENTS. Persons having aggregate voting power
with respect to a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall have executed and delivered to the Purchasers voting
agreements in the form of EXHIBIT C (along with the voting agreements executed
pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4, the "Voting Agreements") and such
agreements shall not have been rescinded, amended or modified and shall be in
full force and effect.

                  4.13 STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. In connection with the Second
Closing only, the stockholders of the Company shall have approved the
transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the requirements of the New
York Stock Exchange.

                  4.14 HSR FILING. The Company shall have filed a notification
within the meaning of such term in the HSR Act in connection with this Agreement
and any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating to this Agreement
shall have expired or been terminated.

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                  4.15 SECOND QUARTER RESULTS. The Purchasers shall be
reasonably satisfied that the Company's results for the quarter ended June 30,
2000 when publicly announced will be consistent with the estimated results
previously disclosed to the Purchasers' representatives.

                  4.16 SATISFACTION OF PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. The holders of the
Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and NR2 Holdings Limited shall
have executed a letter entitled Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Preemptive
Rights in the form of EXHIBIT F.

         5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby
represents and warrants that:

                  5.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING, ETC. The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and
operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, to enter into and perform all of its obligations under
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, to issue and sell the
Shares to be issued and sold at the Closing (except that the issue and sale of
the Second Preferred Shares shall require the approval of the stockholders of
the Company) and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

                  5.2 SUBSIDIARIES. SCHEDULE 5.2 lists as to each Subsidiary of
the Company on the date of this Agreement (a) its name, (b) the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization and (c) the percentage of its issued and
outstanding shares or other ownership interests owned by the Company or by
another Subsidiary of the Company (specifying such other Subsidiary), as the
case may be. Each Subsidiary of the Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
all such shares indicated in SCHEDULE 5.2 as owned by the Company or by a
Subsidiary of the Company are so owned beneficially and of record by the Company
or by such Subsidiary, as the case may be, free and clear of any Lien except as
indicated in SCHEDULE 5.2.

                  5.3 QUALIFICATION. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation authorized to do
business in each jurisdiction (other than the jurisdiction of its incorporation)
in which the nature of its activities or the character of the properties it owns
or leases makes such qualification necessary and in which the failure so to
qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect. A "Material Adverse Effect" shall
mean any effect that is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the
properties, business, results of operations or financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

                  5.4 BUSINESS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company has delivered
to the Purchasers complete and correct copies of the audited consolidated
balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
December 31, 1998, and the related audited consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the
years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998. Such audited financial statements are
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referred to as the "Financial Statements." The Financial Statements are
accompanied by the report of Arthur Andersen LLP, which states that the
Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999
and 1998, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years
ended December 31, 1999 and 1998 in conformity with GAAP, and that the audit by
such accountants of the Financial Statements has been made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards. The Company has also delivered to the
Purchasers complete and correct copies of the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000, and the related
unaudited consolidated statement of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three month period ended on such
date. Such unaudited financial statements are hereinafter referred to as the
"Unaudited Statements." The Financial Statements and the Unaudited Statements
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the
periods involved (except as otherwise specified therein) and present fairly the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective
dates specified, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
the respective periods specified. The Company's results for the quarter ended
June 30, 2000 will be consistent with the estimated results previously disclosed
to the Purchasers' representatives.

                  5.5 CHANGES, ETC. Since December 31, 1999, except as disclosed
in Commission Documents and except as set forth on SCHEDULE 5.5, neither the
Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with
its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree which would be material to the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, otherwise than as reserved for as disclosed in the Company's
financial statements; and except as disclosed in Commission Documents and except
as set forth on SCHEDULE 5.5, there has not been any change in the capital stock
of the Company or increase in the long-term debt (other than accretion or
scheduled repayments thereof) of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, or any change which has had a Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.6 CAPITAL STOCK AND RELATED MATTERS. The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock and
5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share. As of the date
hereof, there are (i) 100,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
issued and outstanding, (ii) 58,352,704 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding, (iii) 14,285,714 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (iv) 18,960,074 shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants and upon
the conversion or exchange of outstanding convertible or exchangeable
securities, excluding the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (v) an aggregate
of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company's
Second Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Option Plan, of which 3,676,263 shares
remain available for the grant of options and (vi) 367,500 shares of capital
stock of the Company held in the treasury of the Company. All issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free
of preemptive rights. The Shares, when issued to the Purchasers in accordance
with this Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights (except that the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock's preemptive rights will have been exercised as set
forth in EXHIBIT F). Except as set forth above and on SCHEDULE 5.6, as of the
date hereof, there are no outstanding securities convertible into or
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Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any outstanding rights (either preemptive
or other) to subscribe for or to purchase, or any outstanding options for the
purchase of, or any agreements providing for the issuance (contingent or
otherwise) of, or any outstanding calls, commitments or claims of any character
relating to, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 5.6, as
of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject
to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire
or retire any shares of its capital stock or any convertible securities, rights
or options of the type described in the preceding sentence. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has knowledge of, any agreement
restricting the transfer of any shares of the Company's capital stock which
would affect the transferability of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Stock. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 5.6, as of the date hereof, the
Company is not a party to or bound by any agreement or commitment pursuant to
which the Company is or could be required to register any securities under the
Securities Act of 1933.

                  5.7 TAX RETURNS AND PAYMENTS. The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries have filed all material federal, state, local and foreign income,
payroll, franchise and other tax returns required to be filed (after giving
effect to extensions) and have paid all taxes shown as due thereon, all such tax
returns are true, complete and accurate in all material respects, and there is
no tax deficiency that has been, or to the knowledge of the Company is likely to
be, asserted against the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of their
properties or assets that would result in a Material Adverse Effect, except for
taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which the Company has established adequate reserves in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

                  5.8 INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY. SCHEDULE 5.8 correctly
describes all secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than intercompany items) outstanding, or for which the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries has commitments, which is individually in
excess of $5,000,000 ("Significant Indebtedness") (excluding operating leases),
as of the date set forth on SCHEDULE 5.8. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default with respect to any Indebtedness or any instrument or
agreement relating thereto, nor has any event occurred (i) that with the giving
of notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, or
(ii) that has given or that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both would give rise to a right of termination, amendment, cancellation or
acceleration of any right or obligation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries thereunder, or to a loss of any material benefit to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled thereunder, except for any
default, termination, amendment, cancellation, acceleration or loss of material
benefit related to Indebtedness other than Significant Indebtedness as would
not, either in any case or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.9 TITLE TO PROPERTIES; LIENS. The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property (other than
property which is leased) material to the conduct of the business of the Company
and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and good and marketable title to all
personal property (other than property which is leased) material to the conduct
of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each
case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
described on SCHEDULE 5.9 or such as do not in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under

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lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries, material to the conduct of the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are
described on SCHEDULE 5.9 and except for such other exceptions as do not have a
Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.10 LITIGATION, ETC. There is no action, proceeding or
investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Company) threatened (or any
basis therefor known to the Company) which questions the validity of this
Agreement, the Shares or any action taken or to be taken pursuant to this
Agreement, the Shares or the Registration Rights Agreement. Other than as set
forth on SCHEDULE 5.10 and as disclosed in Commission Documents, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or the
Subsidiaries is the subject, which if determined adversely to the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect; and, to the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings which would
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect are threatened or contemplated
by governmental authorities or threatened by others.

                  5.11 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of its
certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational
document, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of
any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound or any term of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority or any term of any applicable order, judgment or decree
of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, the consequences of which
violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except
as set forth on SCHEDULE 5.11, the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, the issuance by the Company of the Common Stock
upon the conversion of the Shares, and the compliance with the terms of the
Certificate of Designation will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an
event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would
constitute a default) under, or give rise to a right of termination, amendment,
cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries under, or give rise to a loss of any material benefit to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled under, or require any
consent, approval or authorization under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, or constitute a Repayment Event
thereunder, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of
the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their properties except in each case as would not,
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
forth on SCHEDULE 5.11, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not subject the
Company to or accelerate any obligation to make payments to any Person.

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                  5.12 GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS, ETC. Except with respect to any
filings, approvals or authorizations required under the HSR Act, no consent,
approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, any Governmental
Authority on the part of the Company is required for the valid execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the valid offer, issue, sale and delivery of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement or the valid issue and delivery of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Stock. Except for (a) applicable
state securities or blue sky laws, and (b) consents, approvals, filings or
notices that will be given or made at or prior to the time of the Closing,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any
consent, approval or authorization of, or to make any declaration or filing
with, any Governmental Authority as a condition to the valid execution, delivery
or performance of the Registration Rights Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby.

                  5.13 OFFERING OF SECURITIES. Neither the Company nor any
Person acting on its behalf has offered the Stock or any similar securities of
the Company to, or solicited any offers to buy any thereof from, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with respect thereto with, any Person or Persons other
than the Purchasers in such manner as would subject the offering, issuance or
sale of any of the Stock to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has taken or
will take any action which would subject the offering, issuance or sale of any
of the Stock to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act.

                  5.14 CERTAIN FEES. Except for fees payable to the Purchasers
or their designees pursuant to SECTION 10 of this Agreement, no broker's or
finder's fees or commissions will be payable by the Company with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement, and the Company hereby agrees to indemnify the Purchasers against and
agrees that it will hold the Purchasers harmless from any claim, demand or
liability for broker's or finder's fees alleged to have been incurred at the
instance of the Company or any Person acting on behalf of or at the request of
the Company or any agent of the Company in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement, and from any expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising in
connection with any such claim, demand or liability.

                  5.15 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. The Company is not an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

                  5.16 DISCLOSURE. None of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, each document filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999 or the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 1999, contains
(in each case, as of its date) any untrue statement of a material fact or omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading.

                  5.17 ENFORCEABILITY. This Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement have been duly authorized and when validly executed and
delivered by the Company (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the other parties thereto) will constitute the valid

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and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating
to or affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally, or by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).

                  5.18 INTEGRATION. Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as
such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act) has, directly or
through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise
negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which
is or will be integrated with the sale of the Shares, in a manner that would
require the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act.

                  5.19 MANIPULATION. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 5.19, prior
to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has taken any
action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might have been
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company in connection with the sale of the Shares.

                  5.20 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The Company and the Subsidiaries
own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent
rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and
other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other
intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary to carry
on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement
of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual
Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual
Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of
any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly
or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.21 GOVERNMENT LICENSES. The Company and the Subsidiaries
possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them, except where the failure to so possess such
Government Licenses would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect,
except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such
Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have, singly or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of
the Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.22 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Except as described on SCHEDULE 5.22
or except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect: (a) neither the Company

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nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or
foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of
common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including
any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to
pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations
relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or
petroleum products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), (b)
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is lacking any permits,
authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws or
are in violation of the requirements of such Environmental Laws, (c) there are
no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative,
regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens,
notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to
any Environmental Law against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and (d) to
the knowledge of the Company there are no events or circumstances that might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or
remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or
governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

                  5.23 INSURANCE. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received notice from any insurer providing insurance coverage for the Company
and the Subsidiaries or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other
expenditures will have to be made in order to continue present insurance
coverage, except such as could not reasonably be expected, singularly or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  5.24 INTERNAL CONTROLS. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with
management's general or specific authorization; (b) transactions are recorded as
necessary (i) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and (ii) to maintain accountability for
assets; (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization; and (d) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any material differences; except as described on
SCHEDULE 5.24 and except where the failure to so maintain such system could not
reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

                  5.25 ERISA. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
has violated any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. If any plan subject to ERISA is adopted, the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the sale of the Shares will not involve any
non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

                  5.26 NO LIABILITIES. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations (direct or indirect, contingent
or absolute, matured or unmatured) of any

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nature whatsoever, whether arising out of contract, tort, statute or otherwise
("Liabilities"), except (i) as reflected in the notes to the Financial
Statements for the year ended December 31, 1999 and not heretofore discharged,
(ii) as reflected or reserved against in the unaudited balance sheet of the
Company at March 31, 2000 included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2000 and not heretofore discharged, (iii) Liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business since March 31, 2000, (iv) contractual
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) Liabilities
incurred in connection with any acquisition of another business entity made by
the Company after the date hereof, (vi) other Liabilities that do not, singly or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (vii) as disclosed in
Commission Documents or (viii) as set forth in SCHEDULE 5.26.

         6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS. Each Purchaser
hereby severally and not jointly represents and warrants as to itself and not as
to the other Purchasers as follows:

                  6.1      INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS.

                            (a) Each Purchaser understands that neither the
         Shares nor any Common Stock issuable upon conversion, if any, of the
         Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and that the
         certificates for the Shares and such Common Stock will bear a legend to
         that effect, based in part upon its representations contained in this
         Agreement.

                            (b) NR2 Holdings Limited is acquiring the Shares for
         its own account and/or for the account of Affiliates of Investcorp S.A.
         ("Investcorp") and certain other international investors with whom
         Investcorp has administrative relationships and who have acquired or
         may acquire equity interests in such Purchaser. Each other Purchaser is
         acquiring the Shares for its account and/or for the account of its
         Affiliates. None of the Purchasers is acquiring the Shares with a view
         toward distribution in a manner which would violate the Securities Act.
         None of the Purchasers, nor Investcorp, nor any Person acting on their
         behalf has taken or will take any action in connection with the
         transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the offering, sale or
         issuance of any equity interests in any Purchaser which would subject
         the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares to the provisions of
         Section 5 of the Securities Act.

                            (c) NR2 Holdings Limited represents that by reason
         of the business or financial experience of Investcorp and its
         Affiliates, and the business or financial experience of each of the
         other international investors who have acquired or may acquire equity
         interests in such Purchaser, such Purchaser and its shareholders have
         the capacity to protect their own interests in connection with the
         transaction contemplated in this Agreement. Each other Purchaser
         represents that by reason of its and its Affiliates' business or
         financial experience, such Purchaser and its shareholders, if any, have
         the capacity to protect their own interests in connection with the
         transaction contemplated in this Agreement.

                            (d) Each Purchaser has been given access to all
         Company documents, records, and other information, and has had adequate
         opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the
         Company's officers, employees, agents, accountants, and
         representatives, concerning the Company's business, operations,
         financial condition, assets, liabilities, and other matters considered
         by it as relevant to its investment in the Shares.


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                  6.2 NO BROKERS. Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the
Company that no broker's or finder's fees or commissions will be payable by such
Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement, and each Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold the Company harmless from any claim, demand or liability for broker's
or finder's fees alleged to have been incurred at the instance of such
Purchaser, its Affiliates or agents or any Person acting on behalf of or at the
request of such Purchaser, its Affiliates or agents.

                  6.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each Purchaser will comply with all
filing and other reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 16(a) of the
Exchange Act which shall be applicable to such Purchaser with respect to the
Shares and to the Common Stock issuable or issued on conversion of the Shares,
it being understood that this Section shall be deemed satisfied if such
Purchaser acts in good faith and with the advice of legal counsel with respect
to such filings and reporting.

                  6.4 POWER AND AUTHORITY; ENFORCEABILITY. Each of the
Purchasers has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Purchasers has taken all actions
necessary to authorize its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
performance of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by each of the Purchasers and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws). Each Purchaser has sufficient financial means and ability to deliver the
purchase price for the Shares to be purchased by it at each Closing.

                  6.5 HSR ACT. NR2 Holdings Limited warrants and represents that
it is not required to file a notification within the meaning of such term in the
HSR Act, at any time in connection with its execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the conclusion of the transactions contemplated hereby.

                  6.6 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS; NO LIMITATION. Each Purchaser
acknowledges that, in connection with the acquisition of the Shares, no
representations or warranties of any type or description have been made to such
Purchaser by any Person with regard to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any
of their respective businesses, properties or prospects or the acquisition of
the Shares contemplated herein, other than the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 5. Nothing in this Section 6 shall limit the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5 or the
rights of the Purchasers to rely thereon.

         7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. The Company covenants that from and after the
date of this Agreement through the Closing and thereafter, but, in the cases of
Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.10, only so long as the holders of Shares are entitled
under the Certificate of Designation to elect as a class at least one member of
the Company's Board of Directors:

                  7.1 EXCHANGE ACT AND SECURITIES ACT FILINGS. The Company will
deliver to each Purchaser which, together with its Affiliates (or together with
Investcorp and their respective Affiliates in the case of NR2 Holdings Limited),
have voting and dispositive power with respect to at least 20,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, within three Business Days of their filing with the


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Securities and Exchange Commission, all Commission Documents filed by it with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                  7.2 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION. The Company will deliver
to each Purchaser which, together with its Affiliates (or together with
Investcorp and their respective Affiliates in the case of NR2 Holdings Limited),
have voting and dispositive power with respect to at least 20,000 shares of
Preferred Stock: (a) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final reports
submitted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by independent certified
public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or (but only if the
holders of the Shares are then entitled under the Certificate of Designation to
elect as a class at least one member of the Company's Board of Directors)
special audit of the books of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made by
such accountants, including, without limitation, any final comment letter
submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual
audit; (b) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all financial
statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available
generally by the Company to all of its security holders in their capacity as
such or by any Subsidiary of the Company to its security holders; (c) the
monthly financial package of information of the Company internally prepared by
the Company for distribution to its senior management, within five (5) Business
Days after such information has been distributed internally in final form; and
(d) such additional information available from the Company as such Purchaser may
reasonably request from time to time.

                  7.3 BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Company will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to keep proper books of record and account in which entries
in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all
dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.

                  7.4 RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery upon conversion of
the Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable upon
conversion of all shares of the Stock at the time outstanding. All shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Stock shall be duly authorized and,
when issued upon such conversion, shall be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

                  7.5 AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION. The Company will comply with
the reporting requirements of Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and will comply with all other
public information reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (including Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act) from time to time in effect and relating to
the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any
Restricted Securities. The Company will also reasonably cooperate with each
holder of any Restricted Securities in supplying such information as may be
necessary for such holder to complete and file any information reporting forms
presently or hereafter required by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a
condition to the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the
sale of any Restricted Securities.

                  7.6 STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. As soon as practicable following the
date hereof, the Company will take all action necessary in accordance with the
Exchange Act, Delaware law and its certificate of incorporation and by-laws to
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contemplated hereby in accordance with the requirements of the New York Stock
Exchange (the "Stockholder Approval"). Each Purchaser covenants that it shall
cooperate and assist the Company as reasonably required to obtain such
stockholder approval and that it shall vote to approve the transactions
contemplated hereby.

                  7.7 NO CONVERSION PRICE ADJUSTMENT EVENTS PRIOR TO SECOND
CLOSING. The Company shall not take any action prior to the consummation of the
Second Closing which would entitle the holders of the Shares to an adjustment of
the conversion price of the Shares pursuant to the Certificate of Designation.

                  7.8      APPOINTMENT OF PURCHASER DESIGNEES TO THE BOARD.

                            (a) Promptly following the First Closing, the
         Company's Board of Directors will increase the size of the Company's
         Board of Directors from eight to ten and will appoint Robert G. Sharp,
         as the designee of DB Capital Investors, L.P. pursuant to the voting
         agreement contained in the Preferred Stockholders Agreement among the
         Purchasers and the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
         of the Company dated the date hereof (the "Purchasers' Voting
         Agreement") and Simon Moore as the designee of J.P. Morgan Capital
         Corporation pursuant to the Purchasers' Voting Agreement to the
         Company's Board of Directors to fill the vacancies created thereby, to
         serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company
         and until their successors are elected. In the event that either of the
         foregoing directors or any other director elected by the holders of the
         Shares (the "Series B Directors") is unable to attend a meeting of the
         Company's Board of Directors, then the Purchaser or Purchasers who
         designated such director pursuant to the Purchasers' Voting Agreement
         shall have the right to have a representative selected by it or them
         attend such meeting as a guest without voting rights in place of the
         director unable to attend such meeting; provided, however, that any
         such representative shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, that
         such representative shall have signed a confidentiality agreement in a
         form reasonably satisfactory to the Company concerning Company
         information provided in connection with such meeting and that such a
         Purchasers' representative shall not attend any two board of directors
         meetings in succession. At all times during which the holders of the
         Preferred Stock are entitled to elect at least one member of the
         Company's Board of Directors, the Certificate of Incorporation or
         Bylaws of the Company will provide for indemnification of the Company's
         directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. The
         Purchasers shall have the right to designate two directors to the
         Company's Board of Directors for the period following the First Closing
         to the date of the earlier to occur of either the Second Closing or the
         termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, provided
         the Purchasers, Investcorp and their Affiliates have voting or
         dispositive power with respect to at least 52,000 Shares. If at the end
         of such period the Purchasers, Investcorp and their Affiliates do not
         have voting or dispositive power with respect to at least 66,000
         Shares, then the two directors previously designated by the Purchasers
         may be removed by vote of the Board of Directors, after which the
         holders of the Preferred Stock may elect one director if they are
         entitled to do so pursuant to clause 7(ii)(ii) or 7(ii)(iii) of the
         Certificate of Designation.

                            (b) In the event that any of the directors elected
         by NR Holdings Limited and NR Investments Limited pursuant the
         Certificate of Designation, as amended, for the


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         Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Directors") is
         unable to attend a meeting of the Company's Board of Directors, then
         NR2 Holdings Limited shall have the right to have a representative
         selected by it attend such meeting as a guest without voting rights in
         place of the director or directors unable to attend such meeting;
         provided, however, that any such representative shall be reasonably
         acceptable to the Company, that such representative shall have signed a
         confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
         Company concerning Company information provided in connection with such
         meeting and that such a Purchasers' representative shall not attend any
         two board of directors meetings in succession.

                  7.9 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING FIRST CLOSING. The Company
will not take any action prior to the First Closing without the consent of the
Purchasers if such action would require the consent or vote of the Purchasers or
the holders of the Stock pursuant to this Agreement, the Certificate of
Designation or the Registration Rights Agreement if taken after the First
Closing.

                  7.10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Company agrees that it will not
rescind, amend or modify the resolution adopted on July 20, 1999 modifying the
authority of the Executive Committee without the unanimous consent of the
members of the Company's Board of Directors.

                  7.11 VOTING AGREEMENTS. The Company agrees that it will not
permit any shares of Common Stock that are subject to a Voting Agreement to be
transferred, prior to the time the Stockholder Approval is obtained, unless the
transferee has executed and delivered a Voting Agreement to the Purchasers. The
Company further agrees that it will cause all shares that are subject to a
Voting Agreement to be voted pursuant to the proxies given thereby in
accordance with the instructions set forth therein.


                  7.12 PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT. The Company agrees that
it will place on the certificates representing shares of capital stock of the
Company that are subject to the Preferred Stockholders Agreement the legend
required by such agreement.

         8.       REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND SUBSTITUTION OF CERTIFICATES FOR
                  STOCK.

                  8.1      STOCK REGISTER; OWNERSHIP OF STOCK.

                            (a) The Company will keep at its principal office a
         register in which the Company will provide for the registration of the
         Stock and the registration of transfers or conversion of the Stock. The
         Company may treat the Person in whose name any of the Shares or shares
         issued upon conversion of any of the Stock are registered on such
         register as the owner thereof and the Company shall not be affected by
         any notice to the contrary. All references in this Agreement to a
         "holder" of any Shares or shares issued upon conversion of any of the
         Stock shall mean the Person in whose name such Shares or shares issued
         upon conversion of any of the Stock are at the time registered on such
         register.

                            (b) Upon the surrender of any certificate for Stock,
         properly endorsed, for registration of transfer or for conversion at
         the office of the Company maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) of
         this Section 8.1, the Company at its expense will (subject to
         compliance with Section 8.2 hereof, if applicable) execute and deliver
         to or upon the order of the holder thereof (i) a new certificate or
         certificates for the same aggregate number of Shares of Stock less the
         number of Shares of Stock being converted or transferred, if any, in
         the name of such


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         holder or as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any applicable
         transfer taxes) may direct, (ii) a certificate or certificates for the
         number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the
         Shares of Stock so surrendered, if applicable, in the name of such
         holder or as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any applicable
         transfer taxes) may direct, and (iii) a new certificate or certificates
         for the number of Shares of Stock transferred, if applicable, in the
         name of the transferee (upon payment by such holder of any applicable
         transfer taxes).

                  8.2 REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES. Upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any certificate representing shares of Stock or Common Stock
issued upon the conversion of Shares of Stock and, in the case of any such loss,
theft or destruction of any certificate representing shares of Stock or Common
Stock issued upon the conversion of Shares of Stock held by a Person other than
the Purchasers, upon delivery of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Company in form and amount or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon
surrender of such certificate representing shares of Stock or Common Stock
issued upon the conversion of Shares of Stock for cancellation at the office of
the Company maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8.1 hereof, the
Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new
certificate representing shares of Stock or Common Stock of like tenor.

                  8.3 RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. Except as otherwise permitted by this
Section 8, each certificate for Stock (including each certificate for Stock
issued upon the transfer of any certificate for Stock) shall be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

                  "The shares represented by this Certificate and any shares of
                  Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any such shares have
                  not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may
                  not be transferred in the absence of such registration or an
                  exemption therefrom under such Act. Such shares and any such
                  shares of Common Stock may be transferred only in compliance
                  with the conditions specified in the Preferred Stock Purchase
                  Agreement dated August 2, 2000 between NationsRent, Inc. (the
                  "Company") and the purchasers identified therein. A complete
                  and correct copy of such Agreement is available for inspection
                  at the principal office of the Company and will be furnished
                  without charge to the holder of such shares upon written
                  request."

Except as otherwise permitted by this Section 8, each certificate for Common
Stock issued upon the conversion of any of the Stock, and each certificate
issued upon the transfer of any such Common Stock, shall be stamped or otherwise
imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

                  "The shares represented by this certificate have not been
                  registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be
                  transferred in the absence of such registration or an
                  exemption therefrom under such Act. Such shares may be
                  transferred only in compliance with the conditions specified
                  in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated August 2, 2000
                  between NationsRent, Inc. (the "Company") and the purchasers
                  identified therein. A complete and correct copy of such


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                  Agreement is available for inspection at the principal office
                  of the Company and will be furnished without charge to the
                  holder of such shares upon written request."

                  8.4 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TRANSFER; OPINIONS OF COUNSEL. Prior to
any transfer of any Restricted Securities which are not registered under an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, the holder thereof
will give written notice to the Company of such holder's intention to effect
such transfer and to comply in all other respects with this Section 8.4. Each
such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed transfer
and shall be accompanied by an opinion of counsel for such holder, which counsel
and opinion shall each be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that the
proposed transfer may be effected without registration of such shares of
Restricted Securities under the Securities Act. Such holder shall thereupon be
entitled to transfer such shares in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered by such holder to the Company. Each certificate representing such
shares issued upon or in connection with such transfer shall bear the
restrictive legends required by Section 8.3, unless the related restrictions on
transfer shall have ceased and terminated as to such shares pursuant to Section
8.5 hereof.

                  8.5 TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS. The restrictions imposed by
this Section 8 upon the transferability of Restricted Securities shall cease and
terminate as to any particular Restricted Securities when such restrictions are
no longer required in order to insure compliance with the Securities Act.
Whenever such restrictions shall cease and terminate as to any Restricted
Securities, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company,
without expense (other than applicable transfer taxes, if any), new certificates
for such securities of like tenor not bearing the applicable legends required by
Section 8.3 hereof.

         9.       DEFINITIONS.

                  9.1 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement the
following terms have the following respective meanings:

                  Affiliate: Shall have the meaning attributed thereto under
Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

                  Business Day: Any day except a Saturday, a Sunday, or any day
on which banking institutions in New York, New York are required or authorized
by law or other governmental action to be closed.

                  Certificate of Designation: As defined in Section 1 of this
Agreement.

                  Closing: As defined in Section 3 of this Agreement.

                  Closing Date: The date of the Closing.

                  Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.

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                  Commission Document: All registration statements, proxy
statements, reports and other documents (and all amendments thereto) filed by
the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

                  Common Stock: As defined in Section 1 of this Agreement.

                  Company: As defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

                  Exchange Act: At any time, the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

                  Financial Statements: As defined in Section 5.4 of this
Agreement.

                  First Closing: As defined in Section 3 of this Agreement.

                  First Closing Date: The date of the First Closing.

                  First Preferred Shares: As defined in Section 2 of this
Agreement.

                  GAAP: Generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and in statements by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statement by such other entity as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession; and the
requisite that such principles be applied on a consistent basis shall mean that
the accounting principles observed in a current period are comparable in all
material respects to those applied in a preceding period.

                  Governmental Authority: Any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.

                  Indebtedness: With respect to any Person, at a particular time
(a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property, (b) the face amount of all letters of credit issued
for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn
thereunder, (c) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by
such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person's interest in such
property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment thereof, (d) lease obligations of such Person which, in accordance with
GAAP, should be capitalized, and (e) all guarantees by such Person of any such
indebtedness, letters of credit, drafts, liabilities or lease obligations of any
other Person; but excluding trade and other accounts payable in the ordinary
course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and which are not
overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if overdue for more than 60 days,
as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have
been established on the books of such Person. The term "Indebtedness" shall not
include amounts which have not been drawn under credit facilities,
notwithstanding that such amounts when drawn will automatically be secured by an
existing Lien.

                  Lien: Any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
security interest, lien, charge or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of

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any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effects as any of the foregoing, and the filing
of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial
Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).

                  Officers' Certificate: As to the Company, a certificate
executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, and any one of
its Vice Presidents or Chief Financial Officer.

                  Person: An individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization or a government or any department or agency thereof.

                  Registration Rights Agreement: As defined in Section 4.6 of
this Agreement.

                  Repayment Event: Any event or condition which gives the holder
of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting
on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries.

                  Requirement of Law: As to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.

                  Restricted Securities: All of the following: (a) any
certificates for Stock bearing the applicable legend or legends referred to in
Section 8.3 hereof, (b) any shares of Common Stock which have been issued upon
the conversion of any of the Stock and which are evidenced by a certificate or
certificates bearing the applicable legend or legends referred to in such
Section and (c) unless the context otherwise requires, any shares of Common
Stock which are at the time issuable upon the conversion of Stock and which,
when so issued, will be evidenced by a certificate or certificates bearing the
applicable legend or legends referred to in such Section.

                  Second Closing: As defined in Section 3 of this Agreement.

                  Second Closing Date: The date of the Second Closing.

                  Second Preferred Shares: As defined in Section 2 of this
Agreement.

                  Securities Act: At any time, the Securities Act of 1933 as
then in effect or any similar federal statute then in effect, and any reference
to a particular Section of such Act shall be deemed to include a reference to
the comparable Section, if any, in any such similar federal statute.

                  Securities and Exchange Commission: The U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the
particular purpose.

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                  Shares: As defined in Section 1 of this Agreement.

                  Stock: As defined in Section 1 of this Agreement.

                  Subsidiaries: With respect to any Person, any corporation with
respect to which more than 50% of the combined voting power of each class having
ordinary voting power (other than stock having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) is at the time owned by such Person or by one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person.

                  Two-Thirds in Interest: At any time, the holders of at least
two-thirds, by number of shares, of the outstanding Shares and the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion of any Shares, then held
by the Purchasers and their Affiliates; provided, however, that for such purpose
a holder of Shares shall be treated as the holder of the number of shares of
Common Stock into which such Shares are at the time convertible.

                  Any of the above-defined terms may, unless the context
otherwise requires, be used in the singular or plural depending on the
reference.

                  9.2 ACCOUNTING TERMS. As used in this Agreement, and in any
certificate, report or other document made or delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, accounting terms not defined in Section 9.1 and accounting terms
partly defined in said Section 9.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

                  9.3 OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING DEFINITIONS: Unless otherwise
defined therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate, report or other document made or
delivered pursuant to this Agreement. The words "hereof", "herein", and
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement.

         10. EXPENSES, ETC. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be consummated, the Company will pay all of its expenses in
connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments or
waivers (whether or not the same become effective) under or in respect of this
Agreement or the Shares purchased by the Purchasers hereunder, including,
without limitation: (a) the cost and expenses of reproducing this Agreement and
the Shares purchased by the Purchasers, of furnishing all opinions of counsel
for the Company and all certificates on behalf of the Company, and of the
Company's performance of and compliance with all agreements and conditions
contained herein to be performed or complied with by it; and (b) the cost (other
than any applicable stock transfer taxes) of delivering to their principal
office, insured to their satisfaction, the Shares sold to the Purchasers
hereunder and any Shares delivered to the Purchasers upon any substitution of
Shares pursuant to Section 8 and of the Purchasers delivering any Shares,
insured to their satisfaction, upon any such substitution. At the First Closing,
the Company shall pay to each Purchaser or its designee, as specified on EXHIBIT
G, a fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds to the Company of the sale of the
First Preferred Shares purchased by such Purchaser at the First Closing. At the
Second Closing, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser or its designee, as
specified on EXHIBIT G, an additional fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds to
the Company of the sale of the Second Preferred Shares purchased by such
Purchaser at the Second

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Closing. In addition, the Company shall pay all reasonable and itemized
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Purchasers (including without limitation
the reasonable fees and expenses of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel to the
Purchasers, costs and fees related to the preparation and filing of any required
notifications or other filings under the HSR Act and the Purchasers' other
out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of the commitment letter among the Company, NR Holdings
Limited, NR Investments Limited, DB Capital Investors, L.P. and J.P. Morgan
Capital Corporation, dated June 28, 2000 (the "Commitment Letter"), this
Agreement and the other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents
contemplated hereby (and the Purchasers' due diligence efforts in connection
therewith), not to exceed $400,000 in the aggregate, whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, unless the Purchasers fail to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in breach of their obligations
under this Agreement. Reference is made to Section 5 of this Agreement for
certain agreements among the parties regarding the fees, if any, of brokers and
finders.

         11. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND INDEMNIFICATION;
CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. The Company's indemnification obligations and all
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation at any time made by
the Purchasers or on their behalf, and the purchase of the Shares by the
Purchasers under this Agreement and any conversion of any of the Stock or any
disposition of any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any of the
Stock; provided that all such representations and warranties (and the
indemnities in respect thereof with respect to claims not made prior to such
date) shall expire 30 days after the date the Company's audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2000 are publicly filed with
the Commission or delivered to Purchasers, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 5.6 (and the indemnities in respect thereof)
shall survive for a period of two (2) years following the First Closing Date. No
written (except as explicitly stated therein) or oral statements made by or on
behalf of the Company, other than in this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the exhibits hereto and thereto, shall constitute representations
or warranties within the meaning of this Agreement. In no event shall Purchasers
be entitled to the remedy of rescission.

         12. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. Any term of this Agreement may be amended
or modified and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived
(either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and (a) in the case
of any such action prior to the Second Closing, the Purchasers; and (b) in the
case of any other such action, Two-thirds in Interest; provided that the
observance of a term of this Agreement may in any event be waived in writing by
the party that will lose the benefit of such term as a result of the waiver.

         13. NOTICES, ETC. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered, or mailed by first-class mail, postage pre-paid, addressed,
(a) if to the Purchasers or any other holder of Shares or shares of Common Stock
into which the Shares have been converted, at the applicable address set forth
below, or at such other address as the Purchasers or such other holder shall
have furnished to the Company in writing, and (b) if to the Company at the
address of the Company set forth below, to the attention of its Chief Executive
Officer, or at such other address, or to the attention of such other officer, as
the Company shall have furnished to the Purchasers and each such other holder in
writing.

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            If to the Purchasers:     NR2 Holdings Limited
                                      c/o Investcorp Management Services Ltd.
                                      Investcorp House
                                      P.O. Box 5430
                                      Manama, Bahrain
                                      Attention: H. Richard Lukens III
                                      Facsimile: 973-531-927

                                      With a copy to:
                                         NR2 Holdings Limited
                                         c/o Investcorp Management Services Ltd.
                                         c/o Investcorp International Inc.
                                         280 Park Avenue, 37th Floor West
                                         New York, New York  10017
                                         Attention:  Sean Madden
                                         Facsimile:  212-983-7073

                                      DB Capital Investors, L.P.
                                      130 Liberty Street, 25th Floor
                                      New York, NY 10006
                                      Attention: Jon Mattson
                                      Facsimile: 212-250-7651

                                      J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation and
                                      Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P.
                                      60 Wall Street, 14th Floor
                                      New York, NY  10260
                                      Attention: Simon Moore
                                      Facsimile: 212-648-5032

            If to the Company:        NationsRent, Inc.
                                      450 East Las Olas Boulevard
                                      Suite 1400
                                      Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
                                      Attention: Joseph H. Izhakoff, Esq.
                                      Facsimile: 954-759-5838

Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, all deliveries required to be
made by the Company to NR2 Holdings Limited pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 may
be satisfied by delivery to the following address:

                                      NR2 Holdings Limited
                                      c/o Investcorp Management Services Ltd.
                                      c/o Investcorp International Inc.
                                      280 Park Avenue, 37th Floor West
                                      New York, New York  10017
                                      Attention:  Sean Madden
                                      Facsimile:  212-983-7073


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         14.      INDEMNIFICATION.

                            (a) The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold
         harmless the Purchasers, their Affiliates, partners, officers,
         employees and agents (each, an "Indemnified Person") from and against
         any and all losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements and
         expenses (including interest and penalties recovered by a third party
         with respect thereto and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and
         reasonable accountants' fees and expenses incurred in the investigation
         or defense of any of the same or in asserting, preserving or enforcing
         any of rights hereunder), that arise out of any breach by the Company
         of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in
         this Agreement or in the Registration Rights Agreement.

                            (b) The Purchasers shall give the Company prompt
         notice of any third-party claim that may give rise to any
         indemnification obligation under this Section 14 and the Company shall
         (except as set forth below) have the right to assume and control the
         defense (at its expense) and settlement of any such claim through the
         Company's own counsel or through other counsel reasonably acceptable to
         the Purchasers. The Purchasers may retain additional counsel at their
         own expense. If, under applicable standards of professional conduct, a
         conflict with respect to any significant issue between the Purchasers
         and the Company exists in respect of such third-party claim, the
         Company shall not assume the defense of such claim and shall also pay
         the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel selected by Purchasers
         in respect of such claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the
         Purchasers' consent, the Company will not settle any action or
         proceeding which does not provide the Purchasers a full, unconditional
         release from all liability with respect to such claim by each claimant
         or plaintiff in a form acceptable to the Purchasers' counsel, nor will
         the Company consent to any injunctive or other non-monetary relief
         affecting any Indemnified Person.

         15. CONTROL BY INVESTCORP, DB CAPITAL INVESTORS, L.P. AND J.P. MORGAN
CAPITAL CORPORATION. NR2 Holdings Limited covenants and agrees that Investcorp
or an Affiliate of Investcorp will control, directly or indirectly, a majority
of the voting and dispositive power (i) with respect to the Shares purchased by
NR2 Holdings Limited hereunder so long as any such Shares remain outstanding,
and (ii) with respect to the shares of Common Stock into which any of such
Shares have been converted which continue to be held by such Purchaser and its
Affiliates. DB Capital Investors, L.P. covenants and agrees that DB Capital
Investors, L.P. or an Affiliate of DB Capital Investors, L.P. will control,
directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting and dispositive power with
respect to the Shares purchased by DB Capital Investors, L.P. hereunder so long
as any such Shares remain outstanding. J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation covenants
and agrees that J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation or an Affiliate of J.P. Morgan
Capital Corporation will control, directly or indirectly, a majority of the
voting and dispositive power with respect to the Shares purchased by J.P. Morgan
Capital Corporation and Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P. hereunder so long as any
such Shares remain outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of
this Section 15 shall not be violated by or as a result of the sale of
substantially all of the assets and business of Investcorp, DB Capital
Investors, L.P. or J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation, whether by merger, sale of
assets or otherwise.

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         16. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated or, in the case of
termination by a Purchaser, the rights and obligations of such Purchaser under
this Agreement may be terminated, (a) by the mutual written consent of all of
the Purchasers and the Company at any time, (b) by any Purchaser or the Company
if the First Closing shall not have been consummated on or before August 14,
2000, (c) by any Purchaser or the Company if the Second Closing shall not have
been consummated on or before November 30, 2000, (d) by any Purchaser or the
Company if the stockholder meeting occurs and the stockholders do not vote to
approve the transactions contemplated hereby, (e) by any Purchaser on the one
hand or the Company on the other hand if any representation or warranty of the
other party contained herein proves not to have been true and correct in any
material respect when made, or (f) by any Purchaser on the one hand or the
Company on the other hand if the other party materially breaches any covenant
hereunder; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of this Section 16 shall not be available to any
party whose failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
results in the failure to consummate the transactions by such time.

         17. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. The initial press release or releases
concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in the form agreed to
by the Company and the Purchasers. Prior to the First Closing, neither party
will issue any other press release or make any other public announcement
concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the
prior consent of the other, except that either party may make such public
disclosure as may be required by law or a court of competent jurisdiction (in
which event such party will notify the other party as long in advance as
practicable prior to making such disclosure and will, unless not practicable
under the circumstances, give the other party the opportunity to comment on the
language of the disclosure prior to making such disclosure) or by any national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.

         18. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto; provided
that none of the Purchasers may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of
its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement, without the prior
written consent of the Company, except to another Purchaser or an Affiliate of
any of the Purchasers or of Investcorp. This Agreement embodies the entire
agreement and understanding between the Purchasers and the Company and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof including without limitation the Commitment Letter, except (i) the
confidentiality letter agreement dated May 26, 1999 by and between Investcorp
and Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. shall not be superseded by this Agreement, is
affirmed by Investcorp and shall remain in full force and effect; (ii) the
confidentiality letter agreement dated July 31, 2000 between DB Capital
Investors, L.P. and the Company shall not be superseded by this Agreement, is
affirmed by DB Capital Investors, L.P. and shall remain in full force and
effect; and (iii) the confidentiality letter agreement dated May 2, 2000 between
J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation and the Company shall not be superseded by this
Agreement, is affirmed by J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation and shall remain in
full force and effect. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Delaware without regard
to the principles regarding conflicts of laws. The headings in this Agreement
are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one instrument.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered by their respective representatives hereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.

                                       NATIONSRENT, INC., a Delaware corporation

                                       By: /s/ Gene J. Ostrow
                                          ---------------------------------
                                          Name: Gene J. Ostrow
                                               ----------------------------
                                          Title: Executive VP & CFO
                                                ---------------------------

                                       NR2 HOLDINGS LIMITED, a Cayman Islands
                                       company

                                       By: /s/ Patricia Tricario
                                          ---------------------------------
                                          Name:  The Director Ltd.
                                                ---------------------------
                                          Title: Director
                                                ---------------------------

                                       DB CAPITAL INVESTORS, L.P., a Delaware
                                       limited partnership

                                       By:      DB Capital Partners, L.P.,
                                                its General Partner

                                                By:  DB Capital Partners, Inc.,
                                                     its General partner

                                                     By: /s/ JON E. MATTSON
                                                        ---------------------
                                                          Jon E. Mattson
                                                          Vice President

                                       J.P. MORGAN CAPITAL CORPORATION, a
                                       Delaware corporation

                                       By: /s/ SIMON MOORE
                                          ---------------------------------
                                           Simon Moore
                                           Vice President

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                                       SIXTY WALL STREET FUND, L.P., a
                                       Delaware limited partnership

                                       By:  Sixty Wall Street Corporation, its
                                            General Partner

                                            By: /s/ SIMON MOORE
                                               ------------------------------
                                               Simon Moore
                                               Vice President


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                         LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Exhibit A                  Schedule of Purchasers and Shares Purchased

Exhibit B                  Form of Certificate of Designation

Exhibit C                  Form of Voting Agreement

Exhibit D                  Form of Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

Exhibit E                  Form of Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit F                  Form of Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Preemptive
                           Rights

Exhibit G                  Schedule of Designees for Fee Distribution Pursuant
                           to Section 10

Schedule 5.2               Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.5               Changes Since December 31, 1999

Schedule 5.6               Capitalization

Schedule 5.8               Indebtedness

Schedule 5.9               Liens

Schedule 5.10              Litigation

Schedule 5.11              Compliance with Other Instruments, etc.

Schedule 5.19              Certain Market Transactions

Schedule 5.22              Environmental Matters

Schedule 5.24              Internal Controls

Schedule 5.26              Undisclosed Liabilities


<PAGE>   30

                                    EXHIBIT A

                   SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS AND SHARES PURCHASED

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   SHARES OF SERIES B                  SHARES OF SERIES B
                                                       CONVERTIBLE                         CONVERTIBLE
                                                     PREFERRED STOCK                     PREFERRED STOCK
                                                     TO BE PURCHASED                     TO BE PURCHASED
PURCHASER                                           AT FIRST CLOSING                    AT SECOND CLOSING
---------                                           ----------------                    -----------------
<S>                                                        <C>                                 <C>
NR2 Holdings Limited                                       10,400                              9,600
West Wind Building
P.O. Box 1111
Harbour Drive
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands B.W.I.

DB Capital Investors, L.P.                                 20,800                             19,200
130 Liberty Street, 14th Floor
New York, New York  10006

J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation                            15,600                             14,400
60 Wall Street, 14th Floor
New York, New York  10260

Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P.                                5,200                              4,800
60 Wall Street, 14th Floor
New York, New York  10260

         TOTAL                                             52,000                             48,000

</TABLE>

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                                    EXHIBIT G

                          SCHEDULE OF DESIGNEES FOR FEE
                       DISTRIBUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 10

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      PURCHASER                                                     DESIGNEE
                      ---------                                                     --------
         <S>                                                           <C>
         NR2 Holdings Limited                                          Investcorp Management Services Ltd.

         DB Capital Investors, L.P.                                    BT Investment Partners, Inc.

         J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation                               J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation

         Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P.                                  Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P.
</TABLE>