STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) today announced that its subsidiary, United Rentals (North America), Inc. (“URNA”), has priced its offerings of $850 million principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 notes”) and $525 million principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 notes,” and together with the 2024 notes, the “notes”) in registered public offerings. The 2023 notes will be part of the same series as the $400 million principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes issued by URNA in October 2012 and are to be issued at a price of 105.25% to yield 5.39%.
The notes offered by URNA will rank equally with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness, effectively junior to any of its existing and future secured indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any of its existing and future subordinated indebtedness. URNA’s obligations under these notes will be guaranteed on a senior basis by URI and certain of URNA’s domestic subsidiaries.
Net proceeds from the sale of the 2024 notes will be approximately $837 million. URNA intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from its offering of the 2024 notes to finance in part the cash portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of National Pump, a specialty pump and industrial equipment rental business, and to pay related costs and expenses. The remaining net proceeds will be applied to the repayment of approximately $138 million of borrowings under its asset-based revolving credit facility. URNA expects the 2024 notes offering to close on March 26, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
Net proceeds from the sale of the 2023 notes will be approximately $546 million. URNA intends to use the net proceeds from its offering of the 2023 notes and cash on hand to redeem $500 million principal amount of its 9¼% Senior Notes due 2019, to pay a call premium thereon and to pay related expenses. URNA expects the 2023 notes offering to close on March 26, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities are the joint book-running managers for the offerings, with Morgan Stanley as lead book-running manager.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The securities being offered have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus supplements or the shelf registration statement or prospectus.
URI has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a related preliminary prospectus supplement) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and prospectus in that registration statement and other documents URI has filed with the SEC for more complete information about URI and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus for the offering may be obtained by contacting Morgan Stanley, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, (866) 718-1649 or via email at prospectus@morganstanley.com.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of 832 rental locations in 49 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The company’s approximately 11,850 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers approximately 3,100 classes of equipment for rent with a total original cost of $7.7 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000® Index and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at www.unitedrentals.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, known as the PSLRA. These statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seek,” “on-track,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend” or “anticipate,” or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of vision, strategy or outlook. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and, therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed, and actual results may differ materially from those projected. Factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, the possibility that potential debt investors will not be receptive to the offering on the terms described above or at all; corporate developments that could preclude, impair or delay the above-described transactions due to restrictions under the federal securities laws; changes in the terms or availability of our credit facility; changes in our credit rating; changes in our cash requirements or financial position; changes in general market, economic, tax, regulatory or industry conditions that impact our ability or willingness to consummate the above-described transactions on the terms described above or at all; and our continued access to credit markets on favorable terms. For a more complete description of these and other possible risks and uncertainties, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as well as to our subsequent filings with the SEC. The 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.
