UPBOUND GROUP, INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 28, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RENT A CENTER INC DE (RCII)
CIK: 0000933036
Period of Report: 2011-02-24

Reporting Person: SPEESE MARK E (Director, Chairman of the Brd & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-02-24	Common	M	164437.0000	$10.3960	Acquired	1107927.0000	Direct
2011-02-24	Common	S	164437.0000	$32.1465	Disposed	943490.0000	Direct
2011-02-25	Common	M	335563.0000	$10.3960	Acquired	1279053.0000	Direct
2011-02-25	Common	S	335563.0000	$32.1549	Disposed	943490.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-02-24	Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$10.3960	M	164437.0000	Disposed		Common (164437.0000)	Direct
2011-02-25	Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$10.3960	M	335563.0000	Disposed		Common (335563.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common	57188.0000	Indirect
Common	500000.0000	Indirect
Common	200000.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held by the Andrew Michael Speese 2000 Remainder Trust and the Allison Rebecca Speese 2000 Remainder Trust. Stephen F. Elken, as trustee of the foregoing trusts, has sole voting and investment power over these shares. Since the insider's last report, the 28,594 shares held by the Jessica Elizabeth Speese 2000 Remainder Trust, of which Stephen F. Elken was the trustee with sole voting and investement power, were distributed upon the termination of such trust to its beneficary, Jessica Elizabeth Speese.

F2: 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.

F3: Option expiration date is November 9, 2011.