United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) will hold its first quarter 2012 conference call with Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer, William Plummer, chief financial officer, and Matt Flannery, executive vice president-operations and sales, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

United Rentals’ 2012 first quarter press release will be issued and available on the company’s website at ur.com after the market close on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

The conference call will also be available by audio webcast at ur.com, where it will be archived until the next earnings call. In addition, a replay may be accessed for two weeks following the call at 703-925-2533, passcode 1574585.

About United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of 529 rental locations in 48 states and every Canadian province. United Rentals’ approximately 7,500 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. United Rentals offers for rent approximately 3,000 classes of equipment with a total original cost of $4.3 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.