Exhibit 99.1

United Rentals, Inc.

Five Greenwich Office Park

Greenwich, CT 06831

Tel: 203 622-3131

Fax: 203 622-6080

unitedrentals.com

United Rentals Announces $300 Million Senior Notes Offering

GREENWICH, Conn. — June 2, 2009 — United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that its subsidiary, United Rentals (North America), Inc. (“URNA”) is offering approximately $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The company plans to use the proceeds from the offering to purchase or retire outstanding senior indebtedness, pay down outstanding borrowings under URNA’s senior secured asset-backed revolving credit facility and provide funds for other general corporate purposes.

This notice does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Any offers of the securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

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Contact:

Fred Bratman

(203) 618-7318

Cell: (917) 847-4507

fbratman@ur.com