26.11.2007 14:04:00
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United Rentals Announces Revised Pricing Information for Current Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) (the "Company”)
today announced revised pricing information with respect to the
previously announced debt tender offers and consent solicitations (the "Offers”)
being made by United Rentals (North America), Inc., the Company’s
wholly owned subsidiary ("URNA”).
The Offers, which are being conducted pursuant to URNA’s
Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement and related Consent
and Letter of Transmittal, dated October 16, 2007 (the "Statements”),
relate to URNA’s outstanding:
6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "6 1/2%
Notes”);
7 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "7 3/4%
Notes”); and
7% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the "7%
Notes,” and together with the 6 1/2% Notes
and the 7 3/4% Notes, the "Notes”).
The Offers currently expire at 12:00 midnight on December 7, 2007 (as
such time and date may be extended pursuant to the terms of the
Statements, the "Expiration Date”).
The consent payment deadline relating to the Notes expired on October
29, 2007 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time (the "Consent
Date”) and has not been extended. As of
midnight, New York City time, on November 21, 2007, URNA had received
tenders of Notes and deliveries of related consents from holders of
approximately $998,492,850, or 99.9%, of the $1,000,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the 6 1/2 % Notes outstanding, approximately
$517,896,000, or 98.7%, of the $525,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of the 7 3/4 % Notes outstanding, and approximately $371,719,000, or
99.1%, of the $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 7% Notes
outstanding.
The Company announced that, subject to the terms and conditions of the
tender offers and consent solicitations, the Total Consideration to be
paid by URNA for each $1,000 principal amount of (i) 6 1/2% Notes
validly tendered and not properly withdrawn on or prior to the Consent
Date has been increased to $1,037.30 from $1,036.83, (ii) 7 3/4% Notes
validly tendered and not properly withdrawn on or prior to the Consent
Date has been increased to $1,074.25 from $1,069.02, and (iii) 7% Notes
validly tendered and not properly withdrawn on or prior to the Consent
Date has been increased to $1,071.93 from $1,064.30. The Total
Consideration amounts include the consent payment of $30.00 per $1,000
principal amount of notes timely tendered (the "Consent
Fee”). Holders will also be entitled to
accrued interest up to, but not including, the settlement date. Holders
who tendered their Notes after the Consent Date, but at or prior to the
Expiration Date, will not be eligible to receive the Consent Fee. The
Total Consideration amounts described above were determined based upon
the pricing formula set forth in the Statements and assume a settlement
date of December 10, 2007 (which settlement date is subject to change in
the event the Expiration Date is extended).
Except for the revised pricing information, the Offers and the
Statements remain in full force. URNA’s
obligation to accept for purchase, and to pay for, Notes and consents
validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offers remains
subject to the terms and conditions of the Statements. These include the
satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including, among others,
the consummation of the contemplated merger (the "Merger”)
of RAM Acquisition Corp. ("RAM”),
an entity indirectly controlled by affiliates of Cerberus Capital
Management, L.P. ("Cerberus”),
with and into the Company pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement
and URNA having sufficient available funds to pay the Total
Consideration with respect to all Notes. In light of Cerberus’
recent repudiation of its obligations under the merger agreement, there
can be no assurances that the Merger will occur or that the Offers will
be consummated. The Company has recently initiated litigation in the
Delaware Court of Chancery against RAM and its parent, RAM Holdings,
Inc., seeking to compel the two RAM entities to complete the agreed-upon
transaction.
URNA has retained Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Banc of America
Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Lehman Brothers
Inc. to serve as the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents for the
Offers. Requests for documents may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc.,
the Tender Agent and Information Agent, by telephone at (800) 488-8095
(toll-free) or (212) 269-5550 (collect). Questions regarding the Offers
may be directed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, at (212) 325-4951
(collect), Banc of America Securities LLC, at (888) 292-0070 (toll-free)
or (704) 388-9217 (collect), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, at (800)
624-1808 (toll-free) or (212) 761-1864 (collect), or Lehman Brothers
Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll-free) or (212) 528-7581 (collect).
This press release is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an
offer to purchase or a solicitation of consents with respect to the
Notes, nor is this release an offer or a solicitation of an offer to
sell any securities. The Offers are being made solely by means of the
Statements.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the
world based on revenue, with an integrated network of over 690 rental
locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and one location in
Mexico. The Company’s approximately 11,500
employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities,
municipalities, homeowners and others. The Company offers for rent over
20,000 classes of rental 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.
Forward Looking Statements Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the "safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can generally be
identified by words such as "believes,” "expects,” "plans,” "intends,” "projects,” "forecasts,” "may,” "will,” "should,” "on track” or "anticipates,”
or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of
vision, strategy or outlook. Our businesses and operations are subject
to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our
control, and, consequently, actual results may differ materially from
those expected by any forward-looking statements. For a description of
factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expected,
please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006, as well as to our subsequent filings with the SEC.
Our forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the
date hereof, and we make no commitment to update or publicly release any
revisions to forward-looking statements in order to reflect new
information or subsequent events, circumstances or changes in
expectations.
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