United Rentals, Inc. Second Quarter 2008 Conference Call and Audio Webcast Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. (ET)

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) will hold its second quarter 2008 conference call with Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer, and Martin Welch, chief financial officer, on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call will also be available by audio webcast at unitedrentals.com, where it will be archived until the next earnings call. In addition, a replay of the conference call will be available for two weeks afterwards by calling 888-266-2081, passcode: 1262893. United Rentals’ second quarter earnings press release will be issued and available on the company’s website at unitedrentals.com after the market close on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. About United Rentals United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of over 670 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company's approximately 10,400 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers for rent over 2,900 classes of rental equipment with a total original cost of $4.2 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index® and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at www.unitedrentals.com.