EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as of May 20, 2004, between
NationsRent Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Gary N.
Golden (the "Executive").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company
desires to employ and retain the services of the Executive, and the Executive
desires to work for and be employed by the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company and
the Executive desire to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the
Executive will be employed by the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing premises and of the mutual covenants and
undertakings contained herein, and for such other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the
Executive hereby accepts employment by the Company, upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 2. Term. The
employment of the Executive hereunder shall be for the period commencing on May
20, 2004 (the "Commencement Date") and ending on the fourth
anniversary of the Commencement Date (the"Employment
Period")provided that the Executives employment hereunder
may be terminated on an earlier date in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
"Termination Date" shall mean the last day of the
Executives employment under this Agreement.

SECTION 3. Duties.
During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be employed as the Vice
President, Controller of the Company and shall perform such duties consistent
with such title and the delegation of authority from the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company and shall report to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company
and the Board of Directors of the Company. If requested by the Company, during
the Employment Period, the Executive shall also serve, without additional
compensation, as the Vice President, Controllerof any one or more direct
or indirect subsidiaries of the Company.

SECTION 4. Time to be
Devoted to Employment. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall
devote substantially all of his working time, attention and energies to the
business of the Company to further the goals and objectives of the Company and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries. During the Employment Period, without
first obtaining the prior written approval of the Chief Executive Officer, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, Executive shall not directly or
indirectly, own, manage, operate, invest in, join, control or participate in the
ownership, management or operation or control of, or be connected as a director,
officer, employee, partner, lender or consultant or otherwise with, any business
or organization; provided, however, Executive need not obtain such prior written
consent with respect to any passive investment in any entity provided that the
Executive is not required to devote more than a nominal amount of his working
time to such investment or entity.

SECTION 5. Compensation;
Benefits. (a) Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Executive an
annual base salary (the "Base Salary") during the Employment
Period of $210,000 per annum, payable in installments in accordance with the
payroll practices for senior executives of the Company. The Base Salary shall be
subject to an annual review, and may be increased, but not decreased, in the
sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Directors or any committee
delegated such responsibility. Upon any such increase the term "Base
Salary" shall mean such increased amount.

(b) Annual
Bonus. At such time that the Company establishes a bonus plan for its senior
executive officers, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in such plan
and, if determined in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors or any
committee that administers such bonus plan, to receive an annual bonus in an
amount up to 50% of the Executive's Base Salary pursuant to such bonus plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as
requiring the Company to establish any bonus plan or to pay to the Executive any
annual bonus. The amount and timing of any annual bonus that may be paid to the
Executive will be in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or any
committee that administers such bonus plan.

(c) Intentionally
omitted

(d) Benefits. The Executive shall be eligible to participate in, and receive
benefits under, any pension, profit sharing, medical, group health,
hospitalization and disability insurance, stock purchase, stock option, stock
ownership, vacation or other employee benefit plan, program or policy of the
Company which may be in effect at any time during the course of his employment
by the Company and which shall be generally available to senior executive
officers of the Company occupying positions of comparable status or
responsibility, subject to the terms of such plans, programs or
policies.

(e)
Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted under the law of the
State of Delaware, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Executive,
and advance payment to Executive for costs and expenses, for all liability
incurred by him to any third party as a result of the performance of his duties
under this Agreement, subject to the recoupment of such advances by the Company
if it is ultimately determined that the Executive was not entitled to such
indemnification.

(f) Relocation
Reimbursement. The Executive shall be entitled to (1) reimbursement of
travel, moving and relocation expenses for relocation from Dallas, Texas to Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida in accordance with the Company's relocation policies,
including primary residence buy/sell expenses, and (2) for a period of three
months from the date of this Agreement, Executive's reasonable round trip
airfare expenses associated with commuting from his current residence to the
Company's offices. If the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment with
the Company at any time prior May 20, 2005, the Executive shall repay to the
Company all of the amounts that the Company paid or reimbursed the Executive for
expenses described in this Section 5(f).

SECTION 6. Involuntary
Termination. (a) Disability. If the Executive is incapacitated or
disabled (as determined by a physician mutually acceptable to the Company and
the Executive) by accident, sickness or otherwise so as to render him mentally
or physically incapable of performing the services required to be performed by
him under this Agreement (such condition being hereinafter referred to as a
"Disability") for an aggregate period of 180 days or more
during any twelve-month period (whether or not consecutive and after using up
any accrued vacation time), the Company may, at any time thereafter during the
continuation of such Disability, at its option, terminate the Employment Period
and the employment of the Executive under this Agreement immediately by giving
him written notice to that effect. Until the Executives employment
hereunder shall have been terminated in accordance with the immediately
preceding sentence, the Executive shall be entitled to receive the compensation
and benefits referred to in Section 5 notwithstanding any such Disability.

(b) Death.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Executive dies during the Employment Period,
the Employment Period and his employment hereunder shall cease as of the date of
his death.

SECTION 7. Termination
For Cause. (a) The Company may terminate the employment of the Executive
hereunder at any time for Cause (as hereinafter defined) (such termination being
referred to herein as a "Termination For Cause") by giving the
Executive written notice of such termination in accordance with Section 7(b). As
used in this Agreement, "Cause" means (i) the Executives
material breach of this Agreement, (ii) the Executives deliberate and
repeated disregard of lawful instructions of the Board of Directors of the
Company, the President, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial
Officer that are consistent with the Executives position, (iii) the
Executives material neglect of duties (other than by reason of the
Executives Disability or death) or willful or intentional misconduct which
is materially harmful or injurious to the Company, (iv) committing acts of
dishonesty resulting or intending to result in personal gain or enrichment at
the expense of the Company, (v) willfully engaging in a criminal act or willful
misconduct which is materially detrimental to the Companys business,
reputation, character or standing, (vi) alcohol or drug abuse by the Executive
which impairs his duties hereunder, or (vii) the conviction of the Executive for
a felony or a crime involving fraud, theft or dishonesty, or a guilty plea or
plea of no contest by the Executive to a felony or such a crime.

(b) Termination for
Cause shall occur only if the Company shall have given written notice to the
Executive specifying the nature of the breach or behavior, and, if the
Termination for Cause is pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 7(a),
the Executive fails to correct (if correctable) such breach or behavior as soon
as practicable thereafter but no later than ten (10) days after receipt of the
applicable notice; provided, that there shall be only one notice and opportunity
to correct with respect to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section
7(a).

SECTION 8. Termination Without Cause. The Company may
terminate the employment of the Executive hereunder without Cause (such
termination being hereinafter referred to as a "Termination Without
Cause") by giving the Executive written notice of such termination,
such termination to take effect on the date specified in such notice, which date
shall not be earlier than the date on which such notice is given.

SECTION 9. Termination due to a Change in Control. The
Executive may terminate this Agreement and his employment hereunder within one
year of a Change in Control (as defined below) for Good Reason (as defined
below) (such termination being hereinafter referred to as a "Termination
due to a Change in Control"). A "Change in Control"
shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" or group of
"persons" (as the term "person" is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
("Person"), acquires (or has acquired during the twelve-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person) direct
or indirect beneficial ownership of securities of the Company representing 50%
or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the
Company (provided that acquisitions by the Executive or any existing stockholder
of the Company owning more than 5% of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding securities of the Company as of the date of this Agreement shall be
ignored for this purpose) or (ii) a Person acquires (or has acquired during the
twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such
Person) assets (by merger or otherwise) from the Company that have a total fair
market value equal to or more than 50% of the total fair market value of all of
the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for purposes of clause (i), a Change in Control will not be
deemed to have occurred if the power to control (directly or indirectly) the
management and policies of the Company is not transferred from a Person to
another Person; and, for purposes of clause (ii), a Change in Control will not
be deemed to occur if the assets of the Company are transferred: (A) to a
stockholder in exchange for his stock, (B) to an entity in which the Company has
(directly or indirectly) more than 50% ownership, or (C) to a Person that has
(directly or directly) more than 50% ownership of the Company with respect to
its stock outstanding, or to any entity in which such Person possesses (directly
or indirectly) more than 50% ownership. As used in this Agreement, "Good
Reason" means (i) the Executive is assigned without his consent to a
position with responsibilities and duties of a materially lesser status than his
responsibilities and duties hereunder; (ii) the Company relocates its
principal executive offices to a location more than 50 miles from its location
as of the date of this Agreement or the Company requires that the Executive be
based anywhere other than the Companys principal executive offices, in
either case without the Executives consent, (iii) there is a material
reduction in the aggregate benefits provided for under this Agreement, or (iv)
the Company breaches any material provision of this Agreement.

SECTION 10. Effect of Termination.

(a)
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms "Accrued Rights"
and "Severance Payments" shall have the following meanings:

| | Accrued Rights. The Company shall pay Executive a one-time,
lump-sum amount equal to the sum of (A) his earned but unpaid Base Salary,
pro-rated through the Termination Date and (B) any unreimbursed business
expenses or other amounts due to Executive from the Company as of the
Termination Date. In addition, the Company shall provide to Executive all
payments, rights and benefits due as of the Termination Date under the terms of
the Companys employee and fringe benefit plans, practices, programs and
arrangements referred to in Section 5 hereof (together with clauses (A) and (B),
the "Accrued Rights").
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| | Severance Payments. At the times specified in Section 10(c) below, the Company shall
pay Executive an amount equal to the following percentage of his Base Salary
("Severance Payments") as follows: (i) o%, if a termination
occurs on or prior to November 20, 2004, (ii) 50%, if a termination occurs after
November 20, 2004 but on or prior to May 20, 2005, and (iii) 100%, if a
termination occurs after May 20, 2005 until the expiration of the Employment
Period.
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(b) Termination
for Cause; Disability; Death. Upon the termination of the Executive's
employment hereunder due to a Termination for Cause, Disability or death,
neither the Executive nor his beneficiary or estate shall have any further
rights or claims against the Company under this Agreement or otherwise, except
the Accrued Rights, which shall be paid to the Executive or his representative
immediately upon termination. In addition, upon a termination due to Disability
or Death, the Company shall pay Executive or his representatives any earned but
unpaid annual bonus.

(c) Termination
Without Cause; Termination due to a Change in Control. Upon the termination of
the Executive's employment hereunder due to a Termination Without Cause or
Termination due to a Change in Control during the Employment Period, neither the
Executive nor his beneficiary or estate shall have any further rights or claims
against the Company under this Agreement or otherwise, except the Accrued
Rights, which shall be paid to the Executive immediately upon termination, and
the Severance Payments, which shall be paid to the Executive (i) immediately
upon termination, if such termination was a Termination due to a Change in
Control, or (ii) in equal monthly installments, beginning on the first day of
the month following the Termination Date and ending on the first day of the
month following the expiration of the Non-Competition Period (as defined below),
if such termination was a Termination Without Cause. In consideration for the
Severance Payments, the Executive agrees to execute a release releasing the
Company and its Affiliates (as defined below) from all actions, claims, demands,
causes of action, obligations, damages, liabilities, expenses and controversies
of any nature, excluding those arising in connection with the enforcement of
Executive's indemnification rights. In addition, the Executive's right to
receive any Severance Payments shall be subject to the prior receipt by the
Company of an executed acknowledgment by the Executive, in a form satisfactory
to the Company, of his continuing obligations to the Company under Sections 11
and 12 of this Agreement. Upon a Termination Without Cause the Company also
shall pay Executive any earned but unpaid annual bonus. As used in this
Agreement, "Affiliate" means, with respect to any person or entity, any other
person or entity who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person or
entity; "control" means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a person or entity whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(d) Voluntary
Termination by Executive. Upon any voluntary termination by Executive,
neither the Executive nor his beneficiary or estate shall have any further
rights or claims against the Company under this Agreement or otherwise, except
the Accrued Rights, which shall be paid to the Executive immediately upon
termination.

(e) Taxes. In
the event that any Severance Payments, Accrued Rights or other payments or
benefits received or to be received by Executive in connection with a Change in
Control or termination of Executive's employment (pursuant to the terms of
another plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person or entity
whose actions result in a Change in Control or any Affiliate of the Company)
(collectively the "Total Payments") would not be deductible (in whole or in
part) as a result of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), by the Company, an Affiliate or other person or entity
making such payment or providing such benefit, the parties hereby agree, to the
extent possible, to take all actions and execute all documents necessary to
insure that none of the payments made to the Executive under this Agreement
shall be treated as "parachute payments" for the purpose of disallowance of
deductions under Section 280G; provided, however, that to the extent the
foregoing is not possible, payments or benefits shall be so reduced until no
portion of the Total Payments is not deductible to the Company. Executive shall
be entitled to elect which payments or benefits shall be so reduced. For
purposes of this limitation, (1) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or
enjoyment of which Executive shall have effectively waived in writing prior to
the date of payment shall be taken into account, (2) no portion of the Total
Payments shall be taken into account which in the opinion of tax counsel
selected by the Company's independent auditors and acceptable to Executive does
not constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of
the Code, and (3) the value of any noncash benefit or any deferred payment or
benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Company's
independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280(d)(3) and
(4) of the Code. Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Section 10 by seeking employment or
otherwise.

SECTION 11. Disclosure of Information. The Executive agrees
that at any time during and after the Employment Period, he and all of his
Affiliates, if any, will maintain in confidence and not disclose, directly or
indirectly, to any person or entity, or use for any purpose (except for the
benefit of the Company or any Affiliate thereof), any Confidential Information,
except as required by law and to the extent such information becomes publicly
known other than as a result of a disclosure by the Executive or his Affiliates.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information"
shall mean any ideas, methods, trade secrets, customer information or business
plans or any other confidential or proprietary information of the business of
the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Confidential
Information shall include: (a) customer and prospective customer lists and
details of agreements and arrangements with customers; (b) marketing, financial
and other business information and plans; (c) research and development; (d)
computer programs; (e) sources of supply; (f) identities of consultants and
contractors; (g) purchasing, operating and other cost data; (h) special customer
needs, costs and pricing data; and (i) employee information. Confidential
Information shall also include information recorded in manuals, memoranda,
projections, minutes, plans, drawings, designs, formula books, specifications,
computer programs and records, whether or not legended or otherwise identified
as Confidential Information. Upon the termination of the Executives
employment hereunder for any reason, the Executive shall promptly as
practicable, return to the Company any books, records, files and other
information and all other property of the Company, tangible and intangible,
including, but not limited to, all Confidential Information which is then in the
possession or control of the Executive, his Affiliates or partners or any of his
attorneys and accountants, or which thereafter comes into the possession or
control of any such Persons, wherever located.

SECTION 12. Restrictive Covenants. (a)
Non-Competition. The Executive hereby acknowledges and recognizes that
during the Employment Period he will be privy to trade secrets and confidential
information critical to the Companys business and that the Company would
find it extremely difficult or impossible to replace the Executive. Accordingly,
Executive agrees that, in consideration of the premises contained herein, and
the consideration to be received by the Executive hereunder, he will not and
will not permit any of his Affiliates to, except with the Companys prior
written consent, during the Non-Competition Period (as defined below), directly
or indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, control or participate in the
ownership, management, operation or control of, or be connected as a director,
officer, employee, partner, lender, consultant or otherwise with, any business
or organization (other than the Company) in any part of the United States of
America in which the Company sells products or provides services, which,
directly or indirectly, Competes (as hereinafter defined) with the Company. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Non-Competition Period" means
during the period of employment and during the following period from and after
the Termination Date: (i) zero months, if the Termination Date occurs on or
prior to November 20, 2004, (ii) six months, if the Termination Date occurs
after November 20, 2004 but on or prior to May 20, 2005, and (iii) one year, if
the Termination Date occurs after May 20, 2005. For purposes of this Agreement,
a business or organization shall be deemed to "Compete" with
the Company if such business or organization (i) competes with the business of
the Company as it is conducted at any time during the period of employment or
(ii) engages in the development, production, sale or rental of products, or the
rendering of services, which are the same as, similar to or competitive with,
the products or services being developed, provided, sold, rented or rendered by
the Company at any time during the period of employment . Nothing in this
paragraph shall prohibit the Executive or any of his Affiliates from owning for
passive investment purposes less than 5% of the publicly traded securities of
any corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock
Exchange or whose securities are quoted on the NASDAQ National Market or the
NASDAQ SmallCap Market.

(b) Customer
Non-Solicitation. During the Non-Competition Period, the Executive shall
not, and shall not permit any of his Affiliates to, directly or indirectly, (i)
solicit, raid, entice or induce, directly or indirectly, any person or entity
that currently is a customer of the Company, to become a customer of any person
or entity (other than the Company) for products or services the same as, or
competitive with, those products and services as from time to time shall be
provided by the Company, or (ii) approach any such person or entity for such
purpose or authorize the taking of such actions by any other person or entity or
assist or participate with any such person or entity in taking such
action.

(c) Employee
Non-Solicitation. During the Non-Competition Period, the Executive shall
not, and shall not permit any of his Affiliates to, directly or indirectly, (i)
solicit, raid, entice or induce, any person that currently or at the time of
such act is an employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to become
employed by any person or entity (other than the Company), or (ii) approach any
such employee for such purpose or authorize or participate with the taking of
such actions by any other person or entity, or assist or participate with any
such person or entity in taking such action. The provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to any person or entity who was not induced,
directly or indirectly, to leave the employ of the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company by or with the cooperation of the Executive or any of his
Affiliates.

(d)
Non-disparagement of the Company. The Executive covenants that he will
not, directly or indirectly at any time during or after the Employment Period,
disparage the Company or any of its shareholders, directors, officers,
employees, or agents.

(e)
Non-disparagement of the Executive. The Company covenants that it will
not, directly or indirectly at any time during or after the Employment Period,
disparage the Executive.

(f)
Acknowledgement. The Executive understands that the foregoing
restrictions may limit his ability to earn a livelihood in a business similar to
the business of the Company, but he nevertheless believes that he has received
and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits as an employee of
the Company and as otherwise provided hereunder to clearly justify such
restrictions which, in any event (given his education, skills and ability), the
Executive does not believe would prevent him from earning a living other than in
a business which Competes with the Company as described above.

SECTION 13. Enforcement; Severability; Etc. It is the desire
and intent of the parties that this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of this Agreement, shall be enforced to the
fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each
jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular
provision of Sections 11 and 12 of this Agreement is adjudicated to be invalid
or unenforceable or shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to
duration, geographic scope, activity or subject, it shall be construed by
limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with
applicable law and such provision shall be deemed modified and amended to the
extent necessary to render such provision enforceable in such
jurisdiction.

SECTION 14.
Remedies. The Executive acknowledges and understands that the provisions
of Sections 11 and 12 of this Agreement are of a special and unique nature, the
loss of which cannot be adequately compensated for in damages by an action at
law, and that the breach or threatened breach of the provisions of Sections 11
and 12 of this Agreement would cause the Company irreparable harm. In the event
of a breach or threatened breach by the Executive of the provisions of Sections
11 and 12 of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction
restraining him from such breach. In the event of a breach by the Executive of
the provisions of Section 12 of this Agreement, the term of the Non-Competition
Period shall be extended by the period of the duration of such breach. All
remedies available for breach of this Agreement are cumulative, and neither the
pursuit of any remedy nor anything contained in this Agreement shall be
construed as an election of a remedy or as prohibiting the Company from or
limiting the Company in pursuing any other remedies available for any breach or
threatened breach of this Agreement.

SECTION 15. Offset.
The Company shall be entitled to offset against any and all amounts owing to the
Executive under this Agreement, including without limitation Severance Payments,
if any, the amount of any and all claims that the Company may have against the
Executive whether or not arising under this Agreement.

SECTION 16. Notices.
All notices, claims, certificates, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and
delivered if personally delivered or if sent by nationally recognized overnight
courier, by telecopy, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested and postage prepaid, addressed, if to the Company, at NationsRent
Companies, Inc., 450 East Las Olas Boulevard, 14th Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL
33301, Facsimile: 954-759-6992, Attn: Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038,
Attn: Mark Rosenbaum, Esq., Facsimile: 212-806-6632, and if to the Executive, at
the address set forth under the name of the Executive on the signature page
hereto, or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may
have furnished to the other party or parties in writing in accordance herewith.
Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received (a) in
the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery, (b) in the case of
nationally recognized overnight courier, on the next business day after the date
when sent, (c) in the case of telecopy transmission, when received, and (d) in
the case of mailing, on the third business day following that on which the piece
of mail containing such communication is posted. Written notice from the
Companys Board of Directors shall constitute proper notice from the
Company in all cases relating to this Agreement.

SECTION 17. Arbitration. Subject to the Companys
remedies in Section 14 of this Agreement, the parties agree that any dispute
arising under this Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration within thirty
(30) days after a party sends written notice of a dispute hereunder to the other
party if such dispute is not resolved by the parties during such
thirty (30) day period. Within ten (10) days after such dispute is
submitted to arbitration under this Section, the parties shall select an
arbitrator mutually acceptable to both parties. If after such ten (10) day
period the parties are unable to select a mutually acceptable arbitrator, the
dispute shall be referred to the American Arbitration Association (the
"AAA"), to be settled by arbitration in New York, New York in
accordance with the arbitration rules of the AAA. The fees and expenses of the
arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. The arbitrators award
shall be final and binding on the parties and may be submitted to any court in
the State of Florida that has jurisdiction over the matter, to be entered as a
final judgment.

SECTION 18. Binding Agreement; Benefit. Subject to
Section 24 below, the provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon,
and will inure to the benefit of, the respective heirs, legal representatives,
successors and assigns of the parties. The Executive acknowledges and agrees
that each Affiliate of the Company shall be an intended third party beneficiary
of this Agreement.

SECTION 19. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed
by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Florida without giving effect to any principles of conflict of laws. Any action
or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising
out of, this Agreement may be brought against either of the parties in the
courts of Broward County, Florida and each of the parties consents to the
jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any
such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.

SECTION 20. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either party of a
breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party must be in writing
and shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach by such other party.

SECTION 21. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement
contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings between the
parties with respect thereto. This Agreement may be amended only by an agreement
in writing signed by the parties hereto and authorized by the Companys
Board of Directors.

SECTION 22. Representations and Warranties by Executive. The
Executive represents and warrants that he is not a party to or subject to any
restrictive covenants, legal restrictions or other agreements in favor of any
person or entity which would in any way preclude, inhibit, impair or limit the
Executives ability to perform his obligations under this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, non-competition agreements,
non-solicitation agreements or confidentiality agreements.

SECTION 23. Headings. The section headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

SECTION 24. Assignment. This Agreement is personal in its
nature and the parties shall not, without the consent of the other, assign or
transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder, other than by
the Company in connection with a reorganization of, or a sale of substantially
all of its assets by, the Company.

SECTION 25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, including a facsimile, and each such counterpart shall be deemed
to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one agreement.

SECTION 26. Survival. The provisions of Sections 5(e), 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 shall survive termination of this
Agreement or termination of the employment of the Executive for any reason.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Employment Agreement as of
the date first written above.

| | NATIONSRENT COMPANIES, INC.
By:___________________________________________
              Joseph H. Izhakoff
              Executive Vice President, General
              Counsel and Secretary
______________________________________________
              Gary N. Golden
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