United Rentals Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Conference Call and Audio Webcast

Business Wire, March 8, 2005

GREENWICH, Conn. -- United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), North America's largest equipment rental company, will hold its quarterly conference call with Wayland Hicks, chief executive officer, and John Milne, president and chief financial officer, on Monday, March 14, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The conference call will be available by audio webcast at www.unitedrentals.com, where it will also be archived.

The United Rentals press release for the fourth quarter and full year 2004 will be available by 7:00 am Eastern Time on Monday, March 14 at First Call and on www.unitedrentals.com.

About United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in North America, with an integrated network of more than 730 rental locations in 47 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company's 13,200 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers for rent over 600 types of equipment with a total original cost of $3.7 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index(R) and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. Additional information about United Rentals is available at www.unitedrentals.com.