SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   Form 8-K/A
              CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Commission file number 1-10308

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                       September 17, 1998 (August 27, 1998)
               (Date of Report (date of earliest event reported))


                               Cendant Corporation
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


           Delaware                                              06-0918165
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                                 (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                               Identification No.)

         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

Appendix to the Report of the Audit Committee. This Current Report on Form 8-K/A
amends  the  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K  dated  August  28,  1998 to
reference the filing of the Appendix to the Report of the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors of Cendant  Corporation as an exhibit.  Such exhibit has been
filed in paper on Form SE  pursuant to a  continuing  hardship  exemption.  Such
exhibit can be inspected and copied at prescribed  rates at the public reference
facilities   maintained  by  the   Securities  and  Exchange   Commission   (the
"Commission")  at Judiciary  Plaza,  450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.
20549,  and at the following  regional  offices of the Commission:  Northwestern
Atrium Center,  500 West Madison  Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,  IL 60661 and 7
World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048.

Record Date for Annual.  The record date for the 1998 Annual  meeting to be held
on October 30, 1998 is September 25, 1998,  not  September  28, 1998  which was
previously announced by the Company.

Item 7.   Exhibits

Exhibit
   No.    Description


99.6      Appendix to the Report to the Audit Committee of the Board of 
          Directors of Cendant Corporation.*

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*In accordance  with Rule 202 of Regulation  S-T, this exhibit is being filed in
paper pursuant to a continuing hardship exemption.



                                                       





                                    SIGNATURE



     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this amended report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                          CENDANT CORPORATION



                                          By:       /s/ James E. Buckman
                                                 James E. Buckman
                                                 Senior Executive Vice President
                                                 and General Counsel



Date: September 17, 1998



























                                                       





                               CENDANT CORPORATION
                          CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K/A
                Report Dated September 17, 1998 (August 27, 1998)


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.       Description

99.6              Appendix to the Report to the Audit Committee of the Board of 
                  Directors of Cendant Corporation.*

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*In accordance  with Rule 202 of Regulation  S-T, this exhibit is being filed in
paper pursuant to a continuing hardship exemption.




EXHIBIT 99.6


APPENDIX TO THE REPORT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF CENDANT CORPORATION.

IN ACCORDANCE  WITH RULE 202 OF  REGULATION  S-T, THIS EXHIBIT IS BEING FILED IN
PAPER PURSUANT TO A CONTINUING HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.