Form 8K 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) April 18, 2006


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 Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission file Numbers)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Nos.)

 
 
 
 
Five Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, CT
 
06831
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrants’ 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 filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans.

United Rentals, Inc., (the “Company”) has ended the suspension on the ability of participants in certain Company employee benefit plans to invest in Company common stock and has provided notice of this matter to its executive officers and directors pursuant to the requirements of Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Regulation BTR of the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of this notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein. Please refer to this notice for additional information concerning the foregoing matters.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits

99.1 Sarbanes-Oxley Blackout Notice to Directors and Executive Officers




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 18th day of April, 2006.
 
 
 
 
                                        UNITED RENTALS, INC.
 
 
                                        By:
 
/s/ MARTIN E. WELCH
                                        Name:
 
Martin E. Welch
                                        Title:
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
                                        UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
 
 
                                        By:
 
/s/ MARTIN E. WELCH
                                        Name:
 
Martin E. Welch
                                        Title:
 
Chief Financial Officer