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text: Cendant Corporation Form 8-K 10.12.2004
  UNITED STATES
  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
  ____________
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  October 13, 2004 (October 12, 2004)
  Cendant Corporation
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  1-10308
  (Commission File No.)
  06-0918165
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  9 West 57
  th
  Street
  New York, NY
  (Address of principal
  executive office)
  10019
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  (212) 413-1800
  None
  (Former name or former address if changed since last report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  [  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  [  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  [  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 7.01
  Regulation FD Disclosure.
  A copy of our press release, announcing our intent to distribute the mortgage and fleet operations of our PHH Corporation subsidiary to our shareholders, attached hereto as Exhibit 99, is being furnished pursuant to Regulation FD and is incorporated by reference herein.
  Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c)
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit 99
  Press Release issued by Cendant Corporation, dated October 12, 2004.
  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/ Eric Bock
  Eric J. Bock
  Executive Vice President - Law
  and Corporate Secretary
  Date: October 13, 2004
  CENDANT CORPORATION
  CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
  Report Dated October 13, 2004 (October 12, 2004)
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  Exhibit 99
  Press Release issued by Cendant Corporation, dated October 12, 2004.