-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QPnz/fzERDxLtzrKy90JoJym+fwJI0lIvWZ86XgpSgrkv5uISgpQ+UvTdypSgy2B BVhsp/wDFXWonA/iud77sw== 0001019056-07-000618.txt : 20070629 0001019056-07-000618.hdr.sgml : 20070629 20070629172854 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019056-07-000618 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070626 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070629 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070629 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED RENTALS INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067701 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359] IRS NUMBER: 061522496 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14387 FILM NUMBER: 07952276 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR GREENWICH OFFICE PARK CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 BUSINESS PHONE: 2036223131 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR GREENWICH OFFICE PARK CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001047166 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359] IRS NUMBER: 061493538 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13663 FILM NUMBER: 07952277 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FIVE GREENWICH OFFICE PARK CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 BUSINESS PHONE: 2036223131 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR GREENWICH OFFICE PARK CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED RENTALS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971020 8-K 1 united_8k.htm FORM 8-K

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):  June 26, 2007

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 Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission file Numbers)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Nos.)

 

 

 

 

 

Five Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, CT

 

06831

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code (203) 622-3131


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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 26, 2007, the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of United Rentals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the terms of an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Service Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2003, between the Company and its Chairman, Bradley S. Jacobs (the “Service Agreement”). The committee approved the Amendment in light of a recent decision by the Company’s management, as part of its review of the Company’s cost structure, to sell all of the Company’s aircraft fractional ownership interests. Prior to the committee’s action, the Service Agreement provided for, among other things:  (i) Mr. Jacobs’ right, during the term of the Service Agreement (the “Term”), to use Company aircraft in accordance with the policy for personal use approved by the Board, (ii) Mr. Jacobs’ right, following the end of the Term, to continue to use Company aircraft over a period of three or more years for up to a maximum of 300 hours, and (iii) Mr. Jacobs’ right, if the Company is unable or unwilling to provide him with the preceding aircraft benefits, to be compensated for the cost of purchasing such benefits in the market place, grossed up for any increased taxes otherwise payable by him.

The Amendment provides that:  (i) the Term will end on the earlier of December 15, 2007 or the occurrence of a change in control of the Company, (ii) Mr. Jacobs’ covenant not to compete with the Company’s equipment rental business for a period of 12 months following the end of the Term will be extended to 18 months, and (iii) Mr. Jacobs’ entitlement to personal use of Company aircraft, both during and following the end of the Term, will be eliminated. In consideration thereof, the Company will pay Mr. Jacobs a total of $6.1 million (inclusive of its tax gross-up obligation to him).

In connection with the foregoing, the Company expects to record a total 2007 charge of approximately three cents per diluted share.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item  9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

Amendment, dated as of June 29, 2007, to Service Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2003, between United Rentals, Inc. and Bradley S. Jacobs

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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 29th day of June, 2007.

 

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Roger E. Schwed

 

 


 

Name:

Roger E. Schwed

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

 

 

 

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Roger E. Schwed

 

 


 

Name:

Roger E. Schwed

 

Title:

General Counsel

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EX-10.1 2 ex10_1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT TO SERVICE AGREEMENT

          Amendment (this “Amendment”), dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and between United Rentals, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Bradley S. Jacobs (“Jacobs”), to that certain Service Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2003, between Jacobs and the Company (the “Service Agreement”).

RECITALS

          WHEREAS, Jacobs currently provides certain consulting services to the Company pursuant to the Service Agreement;

          WHEREAS, Jacobs currently has certain entitlements under the Service Agreement to personal use of the Company’s executive jets (the “Jets”);

          WHEREAS, the Company has decided, as part of its review of the Company’s cost structure, to sell all of the Company’s ownership interests in the Jets; and

          WHEREAS, Jacobs and the Company desire to amend the Service Agreement in light of the foregoing, as well as to effect certain other changes.

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth in this Amendment, and intending to be legally bound, the parties, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, agree, effective as of the Effective Date, as follows:

 

1.

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Service Agreement.

 

 

 

 

2.

Sections 5.3.3., 5.3.4., 5.3.5 and 5.3.6 of the Service Agreement, addressing Jacobs’ entitlement to personal usage of the Jets, shall be deleted in their entirety and any references thereto shall be deleted from the Service Agreement.

 

 

 

 

3.

Section 6.1 of the Service Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following provision: “The Term of this Agreement shall commence at the Effective Time and end on the earlier of (x) December 15, 2007 and (y) the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below).  The Term of this Agreement is subject to possible early termination as provided in subsection 6.2 hereof.”

 

 

 

 

4.

The title of Section 6.4 shall be amended to read as follows: “Definition of Cause, Good Reason and Change in Control.”

 

 

 

 

5.

Section 6.4 shall be further amended to include a new section, Section 6.4.3. Section 6.4.3 shall read as follows:  “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) Any “person” is or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”)) directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total


 

 

voting power represented by then outstanding voting securities of the Company, or (ii) there shall be consummated a merger of the Company, the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets within a 12-month period, or any other business combination of the Company with any other corporation, but not including any merger or business combination of the Company with any other corporation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or business combination. The term “persons” is defined in Section 13(d) of the Act, except that the term “person” shall not include (1) any person or an Affiliate of such person who as of the date of this Agreement owns 10% or more of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the Company; and (2) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation which is owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same percentage as their ownership in the Company. An “Affiliate” of a person is a person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person.

 

 

 

 

6.

Section 8.1.1 is amended to delete the reference to “12 months” and replace it with “18 months.”

 

 

 

 

7.

In consideration of the foregoing changes to the Service Agreement, the Company agrees to pay Jacobs, as soon as practicable on or following the Effective Date but not later than July 3, 2007, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by Jacobs pursuant to wiring instructions separately provided by Jacobs to the Company, a compensatory payment in the amount of Six Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,100,000).

 

 

 

 

8.

Jacobs hereby acknowledges that the foregoing payment is full and fair consideration for (i) the elimination of any further entitlement of his, from and after the Effective Date, to personal usage of the Jets or any additional payments in respect thereof and (ii) the six-month extension of his covenant not to compete.

 

 

 

 

9.

Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Service Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and references in the Service Agreement to “this Agreement” shall hereinafter mean the Service Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

 

 

 

 

10.

This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael J. Kneeland

 

 


 

Name:

Michael J. Kneeland

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Agreed:

/s/ Bradley S. Jacobs

 


 

Bradley S. Jacobs

 

SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

The terms of this Amendment have been approved and authorized by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of United Rentals, Inc. at a meeting held on June 26, 2007.

 

/s/  Roger E. Schwed

 

 


 

Name:

Roger E. Schwed

 

Title:

Secretary

 

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