McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC), a leading rental provider of modular buildings for classroom and office space, and test equipment for communications, fiber optic and general purpose needs, will be presenting at The Oppenheimer 3rd Annual Industrials Conference at the InterContinental The Barclay Hotel in New York on October 2, 2008 at 8:45 a.m. local time.

Presenting for McGrath RentCorp will be Dennis Kakures, president and chief executive officer; and Keith Pratt, senior vice president and chief financial officer.

A live and archived audio webcast of the presentation will be available in the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.mgrc.com.

About McGrath RentCorp

Founded in 1979, McGrath RentCorp is a diversified rental company. Under the trade name Mobile Modular Management Corporation (Mobile Modular), it rents and sells modular buildings to fulfill customers’ temporary and permanent classroom and office space needs in California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia. In 2008, under the Mobile Modular Portable Storage trade name, the Company entered the portable storage rental business in Northern California. The Company’s TRS-RenTelco division rents and sells electronic test equipment and is one of the leading rental providers of general purpose and communications test equipment in the Americas. In 2008, under the trade name TRS-Environmental, the Company entered the environmental test equipment rental business serving the Americas.

McGrath RentCorp
Keith E. Pratt, 925-606-9200
Chief Financial Officer