Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form S-8
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
United Rentals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
 
06-1522496
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
Five Greenwich Office Park
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(203) 622-3131
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
United Rentals, Inc. 401(k) Investment Plan
United Rentals, Inc. Acquisition Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
 
Michael J. Nolan
Five Greenwich Office Park
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
 
(203) 622-3131
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code of Agent For Service)
 
A copy of all communications, including communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:
 
Joseph Ehrenreich, Esq.
Ehrenreich Eilenberg & Krause LLP
11 East 44th Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 986-9700
 
Malcolm E. Landau, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
(212) 310-8000


 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 









Title of Securities to be Registered
  
Amount to be Registered(1)
    
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)
  
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
    
Amount of Registration Fee









Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (3)
  
750,000
    
$14.14
  
$10,605,000
    
$976









 
(1)  Represents (i) up to 700,000 shares that may be acquired, with employer and employee contributions, by participants in the United Rentals, Inc. 401(k) Investment Plan, and (ii) up to 50,000 shares that may be acquired, with employer and employee contributions, by participants in the United Rentals, Inc. Acquisition Plan.
 
(2)  Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the registrant’s common stock on August 15, 2002, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape.
 
(3)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans covered hereunder. In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2) under the Securities Act no separate fee calculation is made for plan interests.
 


 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Registration Statement registers shares of our company’s common stock that may be acquired, with employer and employee contributions, by participants in the United Rentals, Inc. 401(k) Investment Plan and by participants in the United Rentals, Inc. Acquisition Plan. This Registration Statement does not cover any reoffers or resales of shares by executive officers or directors of our company
 
As permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of our company’s previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-39770, which registered (i) 200,000 shares of our common stock that were to be acquired, with employer and employee contributions, by participants in the United Rentals, Inc. 401(k) Investment Plan, and (ii) 50,000 shares of our common stock that were to be acquired, with employer and employee contributions, by participants in the United Rentals, Inc. Acquisition Plan.
 


 
Item 8.    Exhibits.
 
23
 
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP


 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the 22nd day of August, 2002.
 
 
UNITED RENTALS, INC.
By:
 
/S/    MICHAEL J. NOLAN        

   
Michael J. Nolan
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
/S/    BRADLEY S. JACOBS

Bradley S. Jacobs
  
Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    WAYLAND R. HICKS

Wayland R. Hicks
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    JOHN N. MILNE

John N. Milne
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    JOHN S. MCKINNEY

John S. McKinney
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002

Leon D. Black
  
Director
   
/S/    RONALD M. DEFEO

Ronald M. DeFeo
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002

Michael S. Gross
  
Director
   


/S/    GERALD TSAI, JR.

Gerald Tsai, Jr.
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    TIMOTHY J. TULLY

Timothy J. Tully
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    CHRISTIAN M. WEYER

Christian M. Weyer
  
Director
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    MICHAEL J. NOLAN

Michael J. Nolan
  
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
August 22, 2002
/S/    JOSEPH B. SHERK

Joseph B. Sherk
  
Vice President, Corporate
Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
 
August 22, 2002