Exhibit 99.1

		United Rentals, Inc. 100 First Stamford Place Stamford, CT 06902 tel:  203 622-3131 fax: 203 622-6080   unitedrentals.com

United Rentals to Present at the RBC Capital Markets 2015 Global Industrials Conference

STAMFORD, Conn. – September 2, 2015 – United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that it will participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2015 Global Industrials Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. The conference will include a presentation by Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer, and William Plummer, chief financial officer.

The presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 12:10 p.m. (EDT), will be available via the following link: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/rbc/industrials2015/35103112789.cfm.

The presentation may also be accessed on www.unitedrentals.com, where it will be archived for 30 days.

About United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world. The company has an integrated network of 896 rental locations in 49 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The company’s approximately 12,600 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers approximately 3,300 classes of equipment for rent with a total original cost of $8.86 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the Barron’s 400 Index and the Russell 3000 Index^® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.

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