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): May 30, 2016

 

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) 618-7255

 

 

(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 Notes, is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

 

Item 8.01              Other Events.

 

Redemption of 8.25% Senior Notes due 2021 and Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture

 

Effective as of May 30, 2016 (the “Redemption Date”), United Rentals (North America), Inc. (“URNA”) redeemed all of the outstanding $300 million principal amount of its 8.25% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) at a redemption price equal to 104.125% 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 January 19, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”), between URNA, formerly known as UR Merger Sub Corporation, as successor-in-interest to RSC Equipment Rental, Inc. and RSC Holdings III, LLC, the subsidiary guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture among URNA, the Guarantors and the Trustee, dated as of April 30, 2012 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture among URNA, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”, together with the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). URNA previously notified the holders of the Notes on April 29, 2016 that it had elected to redeem the Notes on the Redemption Date.

 

URNA has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee sufficient funds to fund the redemption of the Notes, comprising a portion of the net proceeds from its issuance of 5.875% Notes due 2026, which closed on May 13, 2016.  As a result, URNA and the Guarantors under the Notes have been released from their respective obligations under the 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: May 31, 2016

 

 

	UNITED RENTALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Craig A. Pintoff
	Name:	Craig Pintoff
	Title:	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.
	By:	/s/ Craig A. Pintoff
	Name:	Craig Pintoff
	Title:	Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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