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United Rentals, Inc. (URI)On Dec 4: 9.49  Up 0.09 (0.96%)  
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United Rentals, Inc.
Five Greenwich Office Park
Greenwich, CT 06831
United States - Map
Phone: 203-622-3131
Fax: 203-622-6080
Web Site: http://www.ur.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Rental & Leasing Services
Full Time Employees:8,400

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a rental equipment company in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company offers approximately 2,800 classes of rental equipment, including general construction and industrial equipment, such as backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earth moving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as scissor lifts and boom lifts; general tools and light equipment, such as pressure washers, water pumps, heaters, and hand tools; and trench safety equipment, such as trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment for underground work. In addition, it sells new and used rental equipment, as well as related contractor supplies, parts, and service. United Rentals, Inc. provides its rental equipment to construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, chemical companies, paper mills, railroads, and ship builders. As of February 25, 2009, it operated an integrated network of approximately 625 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    United Rentals, Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 46.2% of S&P 400 companies and 74.2% of Capital Goods companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Michael J. Kneeland , 55
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Strategy Committee
    $ 708.00K $ 0
    Mr. William B. Plummer , 50
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 36.00K $ 0
    Mr. John J. Fahey ,
    Principal Accounting Officer, VP and Controller
    $ 519.00K $ 0
    Mr. Kenneth E. DeWitt , 59
    Chief Information Officer and VP
    $ 315.00K $ 0
    Mr. Steven E. Nadelman ,
    Sr. VP of Operations West
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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