Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Principal Officers

Effective October 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of United Rentals, Inc. (the "Company") approved increasing the size of the Board from ten (10) directors to eleven (11) directors and appointing Francisco J. Lopez-Balboa as an independent director of the Company to fill the vacancy.

The Board appointed Mr. Lopez-Balboa as a member of the Board's Audit Committee.



As compensation for his service on the Board, Mr. Lopez-Balboa will receive
(i) annual retainer fees of $120,000 for serving as director; and (ii) an annual
equity grant of $160,000 (which will
be pro-rated for
2022, his initial year of appointment) in fully vested restricted stock units,
generally to be paid after three years (subject to acceleration in certain
circumstances). Mr. Lopez-Balboa also will be eligible to participate in a
medical benefits program (comparable to that offered to our employees), at his
own cost, and in the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, under
which our
non-employee
directors may elect to defer receipt of the fees that would otherwise be payable
to them. In accordance with the Company's customary practice, the Company
entered into an indemnification agreement with Mr. Lopez-Balboa substantially in
the form filed as Exhibit 10(a) to the Company's Form
10-Q
filed on October 15, 2014.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Lopez-Balboa and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there are no transactions involving Mr. Lopez-Balboa that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.




A copy of the press release issued by the Company on October 7, 2022, which
announces the appointment of Mr. Lopez-Balboa, is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1. The copy of the Company's press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report on Form
8-K.
Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the
Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits




99.1      Press Release of United Rentals, Inc.

104     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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