RENO, Nev., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), parent of U-Haul International, Inc., North America's largest "do-it-yourself" moving and storage operator, announced today that it will hold its third( )annual virtual analyst and investor meeting on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 11 a.m. Pacific time.
"This virtual meeting has been our best forum for interacting with investors interested in learning more about our operations," stated Joe Shoen, chairman of AMERCO. "This meeting conserves our shareholder's dollars and continues to be a part of the U-Haul System's corporate-wide sustainability initiative."
"The program will include presentations from the Company's management team: managers from U-Haul self-moving, U-Haul self-storage, Oxford Life Insurance Company, Republic Western Insurance Company and AMERCO Real Estate Company. The interactive question and answer period following these presentations will add tremendous content to the meeting," concluded Shoen.
For more information about our analyst and investor virtual meeting, please visit www.amerco.com and select Virtual Analyst and Investor Meeting.
About AMERCO
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., North America's largest "do-it-yourself" moving and storage operator, AMERCO Real Estate Company, Republic Western Insurance Company and Oxford Life Insurance Company.
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the best choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,800 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 101,000 trucks, 76,000 trailers and 34,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 398,000 rooms and approximately 35 million square feet of storage space at nearly 1,090 owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues as one of the nation's largest retailers of propane.
U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up during the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material and packing peanuts that are 100 percent biodegradable. Learn more about these facts and others at www.uhaul.com/sustainability.
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