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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

 

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