UPBOUND GROUP, INC. — Director's Dealing 2017

Mar 15, 2017

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: RENT A CENTER INC DE (RCII)
CIK: 0000933036
Period of Report: 2017-03-15

Reporting Person: Engaged Capital LLC (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Welling Glenn W. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Engaged Capital Flagship Master Fund, LP (See Footnote 1)
Reporting Person: Engaged Capital Co-Invest V, LP (See Footnote 1)
Reporting Person: Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A, LP (See Footnote 1)
Reporting Person: Engaged Capital Flagship Fund, L.P. (See Footnote 1)
Reporting Person: Engaged Capital Flagship Fund, Ltd. (See Footnote 1)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2519969	Indirect
Common Stock	2703611	Indirect
Common Stock	1694915	Indirect
Common Stock	369881	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Cash-Settled Total Return Swap	$8.1919	2018-01-23	Common Stock (370702)		Indirect
Cash-Settled Total Return Swap	$8.3213	2018-01-23	Common Stock (382591)		Indirect
Cash-Settled Total Return Swap	$8.3299	2018-01-23	Common Stock (136079)		Indirect
Cash-Settled Total Return Swap	$8.2145	2018-01-23	Common Stock (264079)		Indirect
Cash-Settled Total Return Swap	$7.9092	2018-01-23	Common Stock (441037)		Indirect
Cash-Settled Total Return Swap	$8.8969	2018-01-23	Common Stock (330000)		Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This Form 3 is filed jointly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master Fund, LP ("Engaged Capital Flagship Master"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest V, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest V"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A"), Engaged Capital Flagship Fund, LP ("Engaged Capital Fund"), Engaged Capital Flagship Fund, Ltd. ("Engaged Capital Offshore"), Engaged Capital, LLC ("Engaged Capital"), Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC ("Engaged Holdings") and Glenn W. Welling (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that collectively beneficially owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.

F2: Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. As feeder funds of Engaged Capital Flagship Master, each of Engaged Capital Fund and Engaged Capital Offshore may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Flagship Master, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. Mr. Welling, as the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital and sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master.

F3: Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest V, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V. Mr. Welling, as the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital and sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V.

F4: Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A. Mr. Welling, as the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital and sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A.

F5: Securities held in an account separately managed by Engaged Capital (the "Engaged Capital Account"). Engaged Capital, as the investment adviser of the Engaged Capital Account, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Engaged Capital Account. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Engaged Capital Account. Mr. Welling, as the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital and sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Engaged Capital Account.

F6: Represent certain cash-settled total return swap agreements (the "Swap Agreements") with an unaffiliated third party financial institution, which provide economic exposure to an aggregate of 1,924,488 notional shares. The Swap Agreements provide Engaged Capital Flagship Master with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership but do not provide the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Swap Agreements (the "Subject Shares"). Each Reporting Person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Subject Shares except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.

F7: Represents the reference price associated with the applicable Swap Agreement.