UPBOUND GROUP, INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Aug 30, 2011

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RENT A CENTER INC DE (RCII)
CIK: 0000933036
Period of Report: 2011-08-29

Reporting Person: Mussat Joel M (Executive Vice President - Str)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common	3337.0000	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$15.2600	2018-01-31	Common (619.0000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$15.3700	2019-01-30	Common (1076.0000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$19.7000	2020-01-29	Common (1960.0000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$28.8100	2017-01-31	Common (520.0000)		Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$29.9100	2021-01-31	Common (2855.0000)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Options vest ratably over 4 years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and becoming fully exercisable on the 4th anniversary of the date of grant (25% of the total number of shares granted vesting on each such anniversary date). Options expire 10 years from the date of grant.