FORM 8-K
 
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) December 17, 2002
 
 
UNITED RENTALS, INC.
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
(Exact name of Registrants as Specified in their Charters)
 
Delaware
  
001-14387
  
06-1522496
Delaware
  
001-13663
  
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
 

 
Item 5.    Other
 
1.    On December 24, 2002, United Rentals, Inc., issued the press release attached hereto as exhibit 99.1.
 
2.    Effective December 17, 2002, we entered into the amendment to our senior credit facility attached as exhibit 99.2. This amendment, among other things, gives us greater flexibility with respect to certain financial ratios through the end of 2004 and reduces the maximum borrowings available to us under our revolving credit facility from $750 million to $650 million.
 
Exhibit
     
99.1
   
Press release of United Rentals, Inc., dated December 24, 2002.
99.2
   
Third Amendment And Agreement dated as of December 17, 2002, among United Rentals, Inc., United Rentals (North America), Inc., United Rentals of Canada, Inc., United Rentals of Nova Scotia (no. 1), ULC, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as U.S. Administrative Agent and J.P. Morgan Bank Canada, as Canadian administrative agent .

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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 24th day of December, 2002.
 
   
UNITED RENTALS, INC.
   
By:
   
/S/    JOHN N. MILNE
        
        
Name: John N. Milne
Title: President and Chief Financial Officer
   
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
   
By:
   
/S/    JOHN N. MILNE
        
        
Name: John N. Milne
Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

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