UPBOUND GROUP, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 30, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RENT A CENTER INC DE (RCII)
CIK: 0000933036
Period of Report: 2012-01-27

Reporting Person: DeMarino Theodore V (EVP - Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-27	Common	A	1229.0000	$0.0000	Acquired	7299.0000	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common	4332.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The Company earned 95.2% of the three-year EBITDA target established in connection with a performance-based restricted stock unit award granted to the reporting person on January 30, 2009, resulting in the vesting of 60% of such performance-based restricted stock units and the issuance of the reported number of shares of common stock.

F2: As of December 31, 2011 (includes shares acquired under the Rent-A-Center, Inc. 401-K plan since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report).