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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 3, 2007.<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RENT-A-CENTER, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation <BR>
or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>45-0491516</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Plano, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75024</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RENT-A-CENTER, INC. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Dawn M. Wolverton, Esq.<BR>
Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary<BR>
5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Plano, Texas 75024</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
<B>(972)&nbsp;801-1100</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)<BR>
Copies to:<BR>
<B>Thomas W. Hughes, Esq.<BR>
James R. Griffin, Esq.<BR>
Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.<BR>
2200 Ross Avenue Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201<BR>
Telephone: (214)&nbsp;855-8000<BR>
Facsimile: (214)&nbsp;855-8200</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Securities To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering Price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,468,561 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">28.985</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">71,551,240.59</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7,655.98</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Plus such indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issued as a result of an
adjustment in the shares in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar capital
adjustment, as required under the Rent-A-Center, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), this estimate is
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, on December&nbsp;22, 2006 (as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d42373exv4w5.htm">2006 Equity Incentive Plan, Including Amendment Thereto</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d42373exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d42373exv23w2.htm">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part&nbsp;I
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which were filed by Rent-A-Center, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), and any future filings made by the
Registrant with the Commission under Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005, filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;10, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006, filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;31, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2006, filed with the
Commission on November&nbsp;3, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated January&nbsp;31, 2006, filed with the Commission on February
6, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated February&nbsp;14, 2006, filed with the Commission on February
17, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated March&nbsp;15, 2006, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;24,
2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated May&nbsp;19, 2006, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated July&nbsp;13, 2006, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;19,
2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated August&nbsp;7, 2006, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;8,
2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated August&nbsp;10, 2006, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;11,
2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated September&nbsp;14, 2006, filed with the Commission on
September&nbsp;14, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated September&nbsp;14, 2006, filed with the Commission on
September&nbsp;20, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated September&nbsp;21, 2006, filed with the Commission on
September&nbsp;26, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated October&nbsp;2, 2006, filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;3,
2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated September&nbsp;29, 2006, filed with the Commission on October
4, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated October&nbsp;2, 2006, filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;6,
2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated November&nbsp;3, 2006, filed with the Commission on November
2, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19.&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K, dated November&nbsp;15, 2006, filed with the Commission on November
15, 2006; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Delaware General Corporation Law
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person
acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be
made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit
or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 or in the defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith; that the indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed exclusive of
any other rights which the indemnified party may be entitled; that indemnification provided by
Section&nbsp;145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such
person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators; and that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted
against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her
status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against
such liabilities under Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that its directors shall
not be personally liable to the Registrant or to the Registrant&#146;s stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant&#146;s
stockholders,</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or occasions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law,</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in respect of certain unlawful dividend payments or stock purchases or redemptions, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the DGCL is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of
directors, then the liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors, in addition to the limitation on
personal liability provided in the certificate of incorporation, will be limited to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL. Further, if such provision of the certificate of incorporation is
repealed or modified by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders, such repeal or modification will be
prospective only, and will not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of
directors arising from an act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless its
directors threatened to be or made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director of the Registrant, whether
the basis of such a proceeding is alleged action in such person&#146;s official capacity or in another
capacity while holding such office, to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL or any other
applicable law, against all expense, liability and loss actually and reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection with such proceeding, so long as a majority of a quorum of
disinterested directors, the stockholders or legal counsel through a written opinion determines
that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the Registrant&#146;s best interests, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such
person to indemnity thereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators. The bylaws also contain certain provisions designed to facilitate receipt of such
benefits by any such persons, including the prepayment of any such benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Insurance
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy insuring the
directors and officers of the Registrant against certain losses resulting from wrongful acts
committed by them as directors and officers of the Registrant, including liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Rent-A-Center, Inc., as amended
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated as of December&nbsp;31, 2002.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
Rent-A-Center, Inc., dated May&nbsp;19, 2004 (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.(ii) to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated as of September&nbsp;20, 2005.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on January&nbsp;13, 1999.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rent-A-Center, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, including amendment thereto</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement)</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement; provided that any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in this Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Plano, State
of Texas, on this 3rd day of
January, 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">RENT-A-CENTER, INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert D. Davis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert D. Davis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President &#150; Finance,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Mark E. Speese and Robert D. Davis, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her on
his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all documents relating to this Registration Statement, including and any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits and supplements thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agent or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark E. Speese
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer

</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mark E. Speese</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mitchell E. Fadel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mitchell E. Fadel</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert D. Davis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President &#150;
Finance, Treasurer and Chief

</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert D. Davis</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Laurence M. Berg</DIV><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Laurence M. Berg</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mary Elizabeth Burton<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mary Elizabeth Burton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter P. Copses<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Peter P. Copses</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Gade<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top">January 3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael J. Gade</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J.V. Lentell<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>

</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J.V. Lentell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Leonard H. Roberts<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Leonard H. Roberts</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Rent-A-Center, Inc., as amended
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated as of December&nbsp;31, 2002.)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
Rent-A-Center, Inc., dated May&nbsp;19, 2004 (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.(ii) to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated as of September&nbsp;20, 2005.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on January&nbsp;13, 1999.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rent-A-Center, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, including amendment thereto</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement)</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 3, 2007.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
45-0491516
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 100
Plano, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
75024
(Zip Code)
RENT-A-CENTER, INC. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Dawn M. Wolverton, Esq.
Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary
5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 100
Plano, Texas 75024
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(972) 801-1100
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Thomas W. Hughes, Esq.
James R. Griffin, Esq.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
2200 Ross Avenue Suite 2800
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: (214) 855-8000
Facsimile: (214) 855-8200
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Each Class of
Proposed Maximum
Securities To Be
Offering Price Per
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Registered
Amount To Be Registered (1)
Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Registration  fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value
2,468,561 shares
$
28.985
$
71,551,240.59
$
7,655.98
(1)
Plus such indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issued as a result of an
adjustment in the shares in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar capital
adjustment, as required under the Rent-A-Center, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to Rule 457(h), this estimate is
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, on December 22, 2006 (as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
2006 Equity Incentive Plan, Including Amendment Thereto
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I
of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which were filed by Rent-A-Center, Inc. (the "Registrant"), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and any future filings made by the
Registrant with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents:
1. Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the
Commission on March 10, 2006;
2. Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on May 1, 2006;
3. Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed with the
Commission on July 31, 2006;
4. Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed with the
Commission on November 3, 2006;
5. Current report on Form 8-K, dated January 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on February
6, 2006;
6. Current report on Form 8-K, dated February 14, 2006, filed with the Commission on February
17, 2006;
7. Current report on Form 8-K, dated March 15, 2006, filed with the Commission on March 24,
2006;
8. Current report on Form 8-K, dated May 19, 2006, filed with the Commission on May 24, 2006;
9. Current report on Form 8-K, dated July 13, 2006, filed with the Commission on July 19,
2006;
10. Current report on Form 8-K, dated August 7, 2006, filed with the Commission on August 8,
2006;
11. Current report on Form 8-K, dated August 10, 2006, filed with the Commission on August 11,
2006;
12. Current report on Form 8-K, dated September 14, 2006, filed with the Commission on
September 14, 2006;
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13. Current report on Form 8-K, dated September 14, 2006, filed with the Commission on
September 20, 2006;
14. Current report on Form 8-K, dated September 21, 2006, filed with the Commission on
September 26, 2006;
15. Current report on Form 8-K, dated October 2, 2006, filed with the Commission on October 3,
2006;
16. Current report on Form 8-K, dated September 29, 2006, filed with the Commission on October
4, 2006;
17. Current report on Form 8-K, dated October 2, 2006, filed with the Commission on October 6,
2006;
18. Current report on Form 8-K, dated November 3, 2006, filed with the Commission on November
2, 2006;
19. Current report on Form 8-K, dated November 15, 2006, filed with the Commission on November
15, 2006; and
20. The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person
acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be
made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the
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circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit
or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith; that the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of
any other rights which the indemnified party may be entitled; that indemnification provided by
Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such
person's heirs, executors and administrators; and that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted
against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her
status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against
such liabilities under Section 145.
Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that its directors shall
not be personally liable to the Registrant or to the Registrant's stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
•
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant's
stockholders,
•
for acts or occasions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law,
•
in respect of certain unlawful dividend payments or stock purchases or redemptions, or
•
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
If the DGCL is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of
directors, then the liability of the Registrant's directors, in addition to the limitation on
personal liability provided in the certificate of incorporation, will be limited to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL. Further, if such provision of the certificate of incorporation is
repealed or modified by the Registrant's stockholders, such repeal or modification will be
prospective only, and will not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of
directors arising from an act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
Amended and Restated Bylaws
The Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless its
directors threatened to be or made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director of the Registrant, whether
the basis of such a proceeding is alleged action in such person's official capacity or in another
capacity while holding such office, to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL or any other
applicable law, against all expense, liability and loss actually and reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection with such proceeding, so long as a majority of a quorum of
disinterested directors, the stockholders or legal counsel through a written opinion determines
that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the Registrant's best interests, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such
person to indemnity thereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators. The bylaws also contain certain provisions designed to facilitate receipt of such
benefits by any such persons, including the prepayment of any such benefit.
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Insurance
The Registrant has obtained a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy insuring the
directors and officers of the Registrant against certain losses resulting from wrongful acts
committed by them as directors and officers of the Registrant, including liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act").
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Certificate of Incorporation of Rent-A-Center, Inc., as amended
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of December 31, 2002.)
4.2
—
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
Rent-A-Center, Inc., dated May 19, 2004 (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004.)
4.3
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.(ii) to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated as of September 20, 2005.)
4.4
—
Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-4/A filed on January 13, 1999.)
4.5*
—
Rent-A-Center, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, including amendment thereto
5.1*
—
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.
23.1*
—
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*
—
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
24*
—
Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement; provided that any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
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2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Plano, State
of Texas, on this 3rd day of
January, 2007.
RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
By:
/s/ Robert D. Davis
Robert D. Davis
Senior Vice President – Finance,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Mark E. Speese and Robert D. Davis, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her on
his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all documents relating to this Registration Statement, including and any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits and supplements thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agent or
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Mark E. Speese
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
January 3, 2007
Mark E. Speese
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Mitchell E. Fadel
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
January 3, 2007
Mitchell E. Fadel
/s/ Robert D. Davis
Senior Vice President –
Finance, Treasurer and Chief
January 3, 2007
Robert D. Davis
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Laurence M. Berg
Director
January 3, 2007
Laurence M. Berg
/s/ Mary Elizabeth Burton
Director
January 3, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Burton
/s/ Peter P. Copses
Director
January 3, 2007
Peter P. Copses
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael J. Gade
Director
January 3, 2007
Michael J. Gade
/s/ J.V. Lentell
Director
January 3, 2007
J.V. Lentell
/s/ Leonard H. Roberts
Director
January 3, 2007
Leonard H. Roberts
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Certificate of Incorporation of Rent-A-Center, Inc., as amended
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of December 31, 2002.)
4.2
—
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
Rent-A-Center, Inc., dated May 19, 2004 (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004.)
4.3
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.(ii) to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated as of September 20, 2005.)
4.4
—
Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-4/A filed on January 13, 1999.)
4.5*
—
Rent-A-Center, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, including amendment thereto
5.1*
—
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.
23.1*
—
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*
—
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
24*
—
Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith.