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Issuer:     UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC (—)
CIK:        0001047166
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-006494
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

United Rentals appoints Julie Brandt as independent director, expanding board to 11
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- Julie M. Heuer Brandt appointed effective Jan 17, 2025; board expands from 10 to 11 members.
- Brandt is Corporate VP and President, Global Commercial & Field Operations at Johnson Controls.
- She receives $120K annual retainer and $175K equity grant (pro-rated for 2025) as compensation.
- Brandt previously had extensive global leadership roles at Otis Elevator over nearly three decades.
- Nine of the 11 board members are now independent directors.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000095017025006494/0000950170-25-006494-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000095017025006494/uri-20250117.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-006494

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