H&E Equipment Services Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Date

BATON ROUGE, La. February 18, 2009: H&E Equipment Services, Inc. today announced that it will release its 2008 fourth quarter and year-end financial results before the market on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The Company will also hold a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year-end results on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). To listen to the call, participants should dial 913-312-1267 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephonic replay will become available after 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, and will continue through March 12, 2009, by dialing 719-457-0820 and entering the confirmation code 8078643.

The live broadcast of H&E Equipment Services’ quarterly conference call will be available online at www.he-equipment.com or www.earnings.com on March 4, 2009, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) and will continue to be available for 30 days. Related presentation materials will be posted to the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s web site at www.earnings.com prior to the call. The presentation materials will be in Adobe Acrobat format.