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For Immediate Release
RENTAL SERVICE CORPORATION CLARIFIES PRESS REPORTS
SCOTTSDALE, AZ-June 11, 1999-Rental Service Corporation (NYSE:RSV) ("RSC")
announced today that it is clarifying statements attributed to a company
spokesman which have been reported in the press. The company said that the
spokesman's comments regarding United Rentals were solely intended to indicate
that United Rentals would be given access to confidential information and RSC
senior management, as would other parties, if United Rentals, or such other
parties, signed a confidentiality/standstill agreement with RSC.
As previously stated in Rental Service's filings with the SEC, the range of
strategic alternatives it is exploring could result in a strategic transaction
involving RSC and a third party, an auction of RSC involving multiple parties, a
recapitalization or a third party making an investment in RSC, or RSC remaining
an independent company.
Rental Service Corporation is a leader in the rapidly growing equipment rental
industry, serving the needs of a wide variety of industrial, manufacturing and
construction markets. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, RSC operates 266
locations throughout the United States and Canada.
Contact information
Rental Service Corporation Kekst and Company
Robert M. Wilson, 480/905-3300 Thomas Davies or David Kronfeld, 212/521-4800
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