Oct. 19, 2009 (Business Wire) -- United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) will hold its third quarter conference call with Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer, and William Plummer, chief financial officer, on Thursday, October 29, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The conference call will also be available by audio webcast at ur.com, where it will be archived until the next earnings call. In addition a replay may be accessed for two weeks following the call at 703-925-2533, passcode 1402382.

United Rentals’ third quarter earnings press release will be issued and available on the company’s website at ur.com after the market close on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

About United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of approximately 580 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company’s approximately 8,400 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers for rent approximately 3,000 classes of rental equipment with a total original cost of $3.8 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index® and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.