=============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------ Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ------------ February 16, 1998 (February 16, 1998) (Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)) CENDANT CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 1-10308 06-0918165 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) File No.) Identification Number) 6 SYLVAN WAY PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY 07054 (Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code) (973) 428-9700 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) None (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if applicable) Item 5. Other Events This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed by Cendant Corporation ("Cendant") for purposes of incorporating by reference the exhibit listed in Item 7 hereof in certain Registration Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Item 7. Exhibits Exhibit No. Description - ------- ----------- 99.1 Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Income of Cendant for the year ended December 31, 1996. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. CENDANT CORPORATION BY: /s/ Scott E. Forbes Scott E. Forbes Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Date: February 16, 1998 CENDANT CORPORATION CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1998 (FEBRUARY 16, 1998) EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - ----------- ----------- 99.1 Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Income of Cendant for the year ended December 31, 1996.