---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-214719"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001047166"
company_name: "UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:37:15.577014+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Rentals shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve auditor and exec pay, reject majority-vote proposal

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 48.97M (Kneeland) to 51.97M (Taussig).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2026 approved: 52.47M for, 4.12M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 49.20M for, 2.77M against, 4.48M broker non-votes.
- Stockholder proposal requiring directors to resign upon majority vote failure rejected: 7.70M for, 44.24M against.
- Annual meeting held May 8, 2026; no changes to board composition disclosed beyond election results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-214719
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001047166
- company_name: UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000119312526214719/0001193125-26-214719-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000119312526214719/uri-20260508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: On May 8, 2026, the Company held its Annual Meeting at which the stockholders voted: (i) upon the election of Julie M. Heuer Brandt, Marc A. Bruno, Larry D. De Shon, Matthew J. Flannery, Kim Harris Jones, Terri L. Kelly, Michael J. Kneeland, Francisco J. Lopez-Balboa, Gracia C. Martore, Shiv Singh and Alexander R. Taussig to the Board for one-year terms
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000119312526214719/0001193125-26-214719-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal on Directors Who Fail to Obtain a Majority Vote at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Proposal 4. Stockholder Proposal on Directors Who Fail to Obtain a Majority Vote. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 7,697,013 44,238,324 201,985 4,479,782
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000119312526214719/0001193125-26-214719-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of Public Accounting Firm. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 52,466,522 4,121,197 29,385 not applicable
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000119312526214719/0001193125-26-214719-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMERICA INC shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Proposal 3. Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 49,202,747 2,769,358 165,217 4,479,782
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047166/000119312526214719/0001193125-26-214719-index.htm

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