Michael Kneeland Form 4 UNITED RENTALS / MICHAEL KNEELAND ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KNEELAND MICHAEL

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC.

100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE - STE 700

(Street)

STAMFORD CT 06902

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNITED RENTALS INC /DE [ URI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/23/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/23/2015		M(1)		20,000	A	$3.375	409,331	D
Common Stock	04/23/2015		S(1)		20,000	D	$97.627(2)	389,331	D
Common Stock								8,999(3)	I	By 401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option - Right to Buy	$3.375	04/23/2015		M			20,000	(4)	03/12/2019	Common Stock	20,000	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The transactions reported in this Form 4 were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan on behalf of the reporting person.

2. Represents weighted average sale price for executed sale transactions on April 23, 2015. The range of prices for such transactions was from $96.05 to $98.89. The reporting person hereby undertakes, upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, to provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.

3. Reflects number of shares held under the reporting person's account in the Company's 401(k) plan as of April 22, 2015.

4. In connection with an option award granted to the reporting person on March 13, 2009 and previously reported on Form 4, one-third of the option shares became exercisable on each of March 13th 2010, 2011 and 2012.

	/ s / Jonathan M. Gottsegen, attorney-in-fact	04/24/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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