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): December 10, 2007

UNITED RENTALS, INC.
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

001-14387

06-1522496

Delaware

001-13663

06-1493538

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


 

 

Five Greenwich Office Park
Greenwich, CT

06831

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.

Other Events

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of a press release issued by the Company on December 10, 2007 announcing the extension of the expiration date of the previously announced debt tender offers and consent solicitations being made by United Rentals (North America), Inc., the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2007, by and among RAM Holdings, Inc., RAM Acquisition Corp. and the Company.

 

 

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

(c)

Exhibits.


 

 

Exhibit No.

Description


Exhibit 99.1

Press Release, dated December 10, 2007, of United Rentals, Inc.



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.

 

 

 

Date: December 10, 2007

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



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description


Exhibit 99.1

Press Release, dated December 10, 2007, of United Rentals, Inc.