SEC Form 5
FORM 5

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Jacobs, Bradley S.

(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
United Rentals, Inc.
Five Greenwich Office Park

(Street)
Greenwich,    CT   06830

(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

2. Issuer Name
and Ticker or Trading Symbol

United Rentals, Inc.
URI

3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    Month/Day/Year

12/31/2002


5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Day/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X Director   X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)        Other (specify below)

Description          

7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)

2.Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)





        Amount      /         A/D         /         Price          
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned at end of
    Issuer's Fiscal Year

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct (D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
common stock
03/18/2002
G
350 / D /
9,542,693(1)

 
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)
4. Transaction Code
    (Instr.8)
5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed Of (D)

    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)





  A     or     D  
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)






  DE     /     ED  
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)






Title     /         Amount or Number of Shares
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    at End of Year
    Reported
    Transaction(s)
    (Instr.4)
10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Securities:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect (I)

(Instr.4)
11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Explanation of Responses:
 
1) Share ownereship information is as of December 31, 2002. The indicated shares are comprised of the following:

Direct Ownership:
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The following shares are directly owned: (i) 1,392,693 outstanding shares; (ii) 1,729,000 shares that are not outstanding, but which may be acquired pursuant to currently exercisable warrants; and (iii) 2,650,000 shares that are not outstanding, but which may be acquired pursuant to currently exercisable
options.

Indirect Ownership:
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The following shares are indirectly owned: (i) 500,000 outstanding shares and (ii) 3,271,000 shares that are not outstanding, but which may be acquired pursuant to currently exercisable warrants. The indirectly owned shares are held by Bradley Jacobs, LLC or Bradley Jacobs (1997) LLC, which are entities controlled by Bradley S. Jacobs.

By: Date:
/s/ Bradley S. Jacobs 1/10/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person
SEC 2270 (07-02)


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