UNITED STATES
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 14, 2014

 

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (203) 622-3131

 

 

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

 

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 1.02              Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Information set forth in Item 8.01 below, as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture governing the 91/4 Notes, is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

 

Item 8.01              Other Events.

 

Redemption of 91/4% Senior Notes due 2019 and Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture

 

On April 14, 2014 (the “Redemption Date”), United Rentals (North America), Inc. (“URNA”) redeemed all of the outstanding $500 million principal amount of its Senior 9.25% Notes due 2019 (the “9.25% Notes”) at a redemption price equal to 110.408% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date, in accordance with the terms of the indenture dated as of November 17, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), among United Rentals (North America), Inc. (the “Predecessor Company”), as Issuer, United Rentals, Inc. and certain subsidiaries named therein, as Guarantors (the “Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2012 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), among the Predecessor Company,URNA (f/k/a UR Merger Sub Corporation, as successor in interest to the Predecessor Company), the Guarantors and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) among URNA, the Guarantors and the Trustee.  URNA previously notified the holders of the 9.25% Notes on March 13, 2014 that it had elected to redeem the 9.25% Notes on the Redemption Date.

 

URNA has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee sufficient funds to fund the redemption of the 9.25% Notes.  As a result, URNA and the Guarantors under the 9.25% Notes have been released from their respective obligations under the 9.25% Notes and the Indenture pursuant to the satisfaction and discharge provisions thereunder, effective as of the Redemption Date.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 14, 2014

 

 

	UNITED RENTALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Jonathan M. Gottsegen
	Name:	Jonathan M. Gottsegen
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
	UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
	By:	/s/ Jonathan M. Gottsegen
	Name:	Jonathan M. Gottsegen
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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