UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -------------------------------- FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL [] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO LONGER SUBJECT TO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP -------------------------------- SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS OMB Number: 3235-0287 MAY CONTINUE. SEE INSTRUCTION 1(B). Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, hours per response..........0.5 Section 17(a) of the Public Utility --------------------------------- Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 6.Relationship of Reporting Reporting Person* or Trading Symbol Person(s) to Issuer APOLLO ADVISORS IV, L.P. UNITED RENTAL, INC. (URI) (Check all applicable) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. or Identification 4. Statement for Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (specify title below) below) Person, if an entity (Voluntary) TWO MANHATTANVILLE ROAD 04/08/2003 --------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of Original 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Month/Day/Year) (CHECK APPLICABLE LINE) PURCHASE NY 10577 [X] Form filed by One Reporting --------------------------- Person (City) (State) (Zip) [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 2A. 3. Transaction 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) action Deemed Code (A) or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Direct Indirect Date Execution (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially (D) or Beneficial (Month/ Date, if ---------------------------------------- Owned Ownership COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE Day/ any Following Indirect (I) $0.01 PER SHARE Year) (Month/ (A) Reported Day/ or Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) Year) Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 and 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/08/03 P 254,400 (A) $9.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/08/03 P 1,000 (A) $9.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/08/03 P 200 (A) $9.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/08/03 P 7,000 (A) $9.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/08/03 P 300 (A) $9.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/09/03 P 85,800 (A) $9.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/09/03 P 1,000 (A) $9.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 04/09/03 P 2,000 (A) $9.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 1,794,500(1) (I) SEE FOOTNOTE 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Amount reported includes 1,703,156 shares of Common Stock owned by Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P. ("AIF IV") and 91,344 of Common Stock owned by Apollo Overseas Partners IV, L.P. ("Overseas IV"). The Reporting Person is the general partner of AIF IV and the managing general partner of Overseas IV. Apollo Capital Management IV, Inc. ("Capital Management") is the general partner of Advisors IV. Apollo Management IV, L.P. ("Management IV") is the Manager of AIF IV and Overseas IV. AIF IV Management, Inc. ("AIF IV Management") is the general partner of Management IV. Leon D. Black and John J. Hannan are the directors and principal executive officers of Capital Management and AIF IV Management. The Reporting Person, Capital Management, Management IV, AIF IV Management and Messrs. Black and Hannan and their respective affiliates disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares of the Issuer in excess of their respective pecuniary interests, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, any such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class Potential persons who respond to the collection of of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. information contained in this form are not required * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE to respond unless the form displays a currently valid Instruction 4(b)(v). OMB control number. (Over) SEC 1474(9-02) FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II-- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 3A. 4. Trans- 5. Number 6. Date 7. Title and 8. Price of 9. Num- 10. Owner- 11. Nature Derivative sion or action Deemed action of Deriva- Exercisable Amount of Derivative ber of ship of Indirect Security Exercise Date Execu- Code tive Sec- and Expira- Underlying Security deriv- Form Beneficial Price of (Month/ tion (Instr. urities tion Date Securities ative of Deriv- Ownership (Instr. 3) Deriva- Day/ Date, 8) Acquired (Month/Day/ (Instr. 5) Secur- ative (Instr. 4) tive Year) if any (A) or Year) (Instr. 3 ities Security Security (Month/ Disposed and 4) Bene- Direct Day/ of (D) ficially (D) or Year) Owned Indi- (Instr. 3, Follow- rect (I) 4, and 5) ing (Instr. 4) Report- ed Trans- action(s) -------------------------------- (Instr. 4) Date Expira- Title Amount --------------------- Exer- tion or Number Code V (A) (D) cisable Date of Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: /s/ Michael D. Weiner April 9, 2003 ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. --------------------- -------------- SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Date Person Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.