UPBOUND GROUP, INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 1, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RENT A CENTER INC DE (RCII)
CIK: 0000933036
Period of Report: 2011-01-31

Reporting Person: DeMarino Theodore V (EVP - Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-01-31	Common	A	2056.0000	$0.0000	Acquired	6920.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-01-31	Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$29.9100	A	5948.0000	Acquired	2022-01-31	Common (5948.0000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On January 31, 2011, the reporting person was granted options to purchase the common stock, $.01 par value per share of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to the Company's 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan. These options shall vest ratably over a four-year period, vesting in equal amounts on each of January 31, 2012, January 31, 2013, January 31, 2014 and January 31, 2015.