UPBOUND GROUP, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 1, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RENT A CENTER INC DE (RCII)
CIK: 0000933036
Period of Report: 2012-01-31

Reporting Person: DeMarino Theodore V (EVP - Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-31	Common	A	1815.0000	$0.0000	Acquired	9114.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-31	Employee Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$37.1900	A	6964.0000	Acquired	2022-01-31	Common (6964.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common	4332.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted stock units which vest upon completion of three years of continuous employment with the issuer from January 31, 2012.

F2: On January 31, 2012, 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, 2013, January 31, 2014, January 31, 2015 and January 31, 2016.