|
|
|
|
|
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
||
|
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
FORM 8-K |
||
|
|
||
|
CURRENT REPORT |
||
|
|
||
|
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE |
||
|
|
||
|
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 28, 2008 |
||
|
|
|
UNITED RENTALS, INC. |
|
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC. |
|
(Exact name of Registrants as Specified in their Charters) |
|
|
|
|
|
Delaware |
001-14387 |
06-1522496 |
|
Delaware |
001-13663 |
06-1493538 |
|
(States or Other Jurisdiction |
(Commission file Numbers) |
(IRS Employer |
|
|
|
|
Five Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, CT |
06831 |
|
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrants’ telephone number, including area code (203) 622-3131
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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:
|
|
|
|
o |
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
|
|
|
|
o |
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-2) |
|
|
|
|
o |
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
|
|
|
|
o |
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
|
|
|
|
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
|
On October 28, 2008, United Rentals, Inc. issued a press release reporting its earnings and other financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. A copy of the press release is being furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.
|
|
|
|
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
|
|
|
|
|
(d) |
Exhibits. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit No. |
|
Description |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
99.1 |
|
Press release of United Rentals, Inc., dated October 28, 2008. |
|
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 28th day of October, 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
UNITED RENTALS, INC. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Roger E. Schwed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name: |
Roger E. Schwed |
|
|
Title: |
General Counsel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Roger E. Schwed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name: |
Roger E. Schwed |
|
|
Title: |
General Counsel |
3