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)August 14, 2003
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
Effective August 14, 2003, we entered into an amendment to our existing senior credit facility. A copy of the amendment is filed as exhibit 99.1 hereto.
The amendment, among other things, (i) increases the portion of the facility available for letters of credit from $175 million to $250 million, (ii) increases the portion of the facility available for borrowings by one of our Canadian subsidiaries from $75 million to $100 million, (iii) gives us greater flexibility to make acquisitions, (iv) allows us to make certain internal organizational changes to facilitate tax planning and (v) allows us to exclude, up to specified limits, charges related to store closings for purposes of calculating certain ratios. The amendment does not change the overall size of the facility, the applicable interest rates or the financial covenants (except to permit the exclusion of certain charges as described above).
Exhibit
| 99.1 | Fourth Amendment and Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2003, 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, the Canadian collateral agent 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 22nd day of August, 2003.
| 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 | ||