CURRENT REPORT

 

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) January 23, 2004

 


 

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.

(Exact name of Registrants as Specified in their Charters)

 

Delaware
Delaware
  001-14387
001-13663
  06-1522496
06-1493538
(States or Other Jurisdictions
of Incorporation)
  (Commission file Numbers)   (IRS Employer
Identification Nos.)

 

Five Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code (203) 622-3131

 


 


Item 5.    Other

 

On January 23, 2004, we issued the press release attached hereto as exhibit 99.1.

 

Exhibit

    
99.1    Press release of United Rentals, Inc., dated January 23, 2004.

 

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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 23rd day of January, 2004.

 

    UNITED RENTALS, INC.
    By:   /s/    JOHN N. MILNE        
       
       

Name: John N. Milne

Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

    UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
    By:   /s/    JOHN N. MILNE        
       
       

Name: John N. Milne

Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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