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): February 25, 2009
UNITED RENTALS, INC.
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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| Delaware
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001-14387
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06-1522496 |
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001-13663
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06-1493538 |
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| Five Greenwich Office Park |
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| Greenwich, CT
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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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
February 25, 2009, United Rentals, Inc. issued a press release reporting its
earnings and other financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. A copy of
the press release is being furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 5.02(d). Election of New Directors.
On January 22, 2009, the Company
filed a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to which it announced
that the Board of Directors had elected José B. Alvarez, Bobby J.
Griffin and Filippo Passerini as directors of the Company. At that time, Messrs. Alvarez, Griffin
and Passerini had not been appointed to serve on any particular Board committee. Item
5.02(d) of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 22, 2009 is amended and
supplemented by adding the following information:
On February 24, 2009, the Board appointed Mr. Passerini to the Audit Committee, Mr.
Alvarez to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Messrs. Alvarez and
Griffin to the Compensation Committee.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Certain information concerning our business, financial results and 2009 outlook that we expect to
use at certain investor meetings and presentations
can be accessed currently on our website, www.ur.com. Such presentation will be
maintained on our website for at least the period of its use at such meetings and presentations or
until superseded by more current information.
The presentation includes certain financial measures — free cash flow, earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), pro-forma EBITDA and pro forma earnings per share
(“EPS”) — that are “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined under the rules of the SEC. Free cash
flow represents net cash provided by operating activities, less purchases of rental and non-rental
equipment plus proceeds from sales of rental and non-rental equipment and excess tax benefits from
share-based payment arrangements. EBITDA represents the sum of (loss) income from continuing
operations before (benefit) provision for income taxes, interest expense, net, interest
expense-subordinated convertible debentures, depreciation-rental equipment, goodwill impairment
charge and non-rental depreciation and amortization. Pro-forma EBITDA represents EBITDA plus (i)
the sum of the charges related to the settlement of the SEC inquiry
and branch closures, net, as well as the net foreign currency transaction loss, less
(ii) the sum of the merger termination benefit and net foreign currency transaction gains.
Pro-forma EPS represents pro-forma income from continuing operations available to common
stockholders divided by pro-forma weighted-average diluted shares outstanding.
The presentation includes reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) financial measures. The Company believes that:
(i) free cash flow provides useful additional information concerning cash flow available to meet
future debt service obligations and working capital requirements; (ii) EBITDA and pro-forma
EBITDA provide useful information about operating performance and period-over-period growth; and
(iii) pro-forma EPS provides useful information concerning future profitability with
consideration to the Company’s changed capital structure. However, none of these measures should be
considered as alternatives to net income, cash flows from operating activities under GAAP, or
earnings per share as indicators of operating performance or liquidity.