Company:  UNITED RENTALS INC /DE (URI)
Form Type:  424B3
Filing Date:  3/23/2012 
CIK:  0001067701 
Address:  FIVE GREENWICH OFFICE PARK
3RD FLR
 
City, State, Zip:  GREENWICH, Connecticut 06831 
Telephone:  (203) 622-3131 
Fiscal Year:  12/31 
Last Trade
Last Trade: 
$56.28  
Change: 
0.22 (0.39%)  
Trade Time: 
May 24  
Market Cap: 
$5.30B
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MERGER AND THE MATTERS TO BE
    "GOLDEN PARACHUTE" COMPENSATION PAYABLE TO RSC'S NAMED ...
    SUMMARY
    RISK FACTORS
    Combining the Businesses of URI and RSC May Be More ...
    The Merger May Not Be Accretive and May Cause Dilution to ...
    SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF URI
    SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF RSC
    SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE DATA AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
    RELATING TO THE MERGER
    THE MERGER
      Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
    Management
      NAME AND TITLE
      NAME AND TITLE
    Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions
    THE MERGER AGREEMENT
    Explanatory Note Regarding the Merger Agreement
      OVERVIEW OF PRO FORMA COMBINED LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
      NAME AND TITLE
      Stockholder Rights Plan
      COMPENSATION TABLE
      Indemnification
      OPTIONS
    URI DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
      BENEFICIAL OWNERS
      BENEFICIAL OWNERS
      BENEFICIAL OWNERS
      BENEFICIAL OWNERS
    EXPERTS
    LEGAL MATTERS
      INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
    THE MERGER
    EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT
    THE MERGER
    EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE