Exhibit 99.1
 | United Rentals, Inc. | |||
| 100 First Stamford Place | ||||
| Stamford, CT 06902 | ||||
| tel: 203 622-3131 | ||||
| fax: 203 622-6080 | ||||
unitedrentals.com |
United Rentals to Present at the 2014 RBC Capital Markets’ Global Industrials Conference on September 9, 2014
STAMFORD, Conn. – August 28, 2014– United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that it will participate in the 2014 RBC Capital Markets’ Global Industrials Conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. The conference will include a presentation by Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer, and William Plummer, chief financial officer.
The presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 12:10 p.m. (EDT), will be available via the following link: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/rbc/industrials2014/83101368481.cfm.
The presentation may also be accessed onwww.unitedrentals.com, where it will be archived for 90 days.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world. The company has an integrated network of 883 rental locations in 49 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The company’s approximately 12,400 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers approximately 3,400 classes of equipment for rent with a total original cost of $8.42 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index, the Barron’s 400 Index and the Russell 3000 Index® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available atwww.unitedrentals.com.
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