11:22 AM EST, 02/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock price moves in the last paragraph.)

United Rentals ( URI ) said Tuesday it does not intend to submit a revised bid to acquire H&E Equipment Services ( HEES ) , allowing H&E to terminate their previously announced merger agreement.

Under the agreement, H&E must pay a fee of about $63.5 million to terminate the deal, United Rentals ( URI ) said. H&E said Tuesday it had received a "superior" acquisition proposal from Herc Holdings ( HRI ) .

Following H&E's termination of the deal, United Rentals ( URI ) said it will immediately restart its share repurchase program. As of Tuesday, about $250 million of authorization remains of the company's existing $1.5 billion buyback program, United Rentals ( URI ) said.

H&E did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

Herc ( HRI ) shares were down nearly 9% in recent trading, while United Rentals ( URI ) fell 4%. H&E shares were up nearly 15%.

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