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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007.
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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<BR>
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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>45-0491516</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>5501 Headquarters Drive</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Plano, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75024</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>RENT-A-CENTER, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Dawn M. Wolverton, Esq.<BR>
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary<BR>
5501 Headquarters Drive<BR>
Plano, Texas 75024</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
<BR>
<B>(972)&nbsp;801-1100</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service )

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">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>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities To Be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Unit</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price</B></TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred
Compensation Obligations<SUP>(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$10,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">100%</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$10,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$307.00</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,500,000<SUP>(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$18.925<SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$28,387,500<SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$871.49</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$1,178.49</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Rent-A-Center, Inc. to
pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Rent-A-Center,
Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to cover 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</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to 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
August&nbsp;1, 2007 (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="d48614exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d48614exv23w2.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
of Form S-8.</TD>
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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, 2006, filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2007;
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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, 2007, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2007;
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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, 2007, filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Current
report on Form 8-K/A, dated November&nbsp;16, 2006, filed with the Commission on January
31, 2007.
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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 March&nbsp;14, 2007, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;15,
2007
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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 July&nbsp;31, 2007, filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&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: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The deferred compensation obligations registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are
unsecured general obligations of the Registrant to pay the value of deferred compensation accounts
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Rent-A-Center, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
(the &#147;Deferred Compensation Plan&#148;), which is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.7 to this Registration Statement
and incorporated herein by reference. The following is a general description of the terms and
conditions of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Deferred Compensation Plan is a non-qualified deferred compensation plan available to
those employees of the Registrant who are selected to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan
by the Registrant&#146;s Chief Executive Officer or a committee of the Registrant&#146;s board of directors
and who, because of their positions and responsibilities, contribute materially to the continued
growth, development and future business success of the Registrant or are charged with the overall
management of the daily operating activities of the Registrant. An eligible employee may elect to
defer base salary, cash bonuses, commissions and performance-based compensation as approved by the
Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amount of compensation to be deferred by each participant will be determined pursuant to
the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan based on elections by the participant. A participant
may elect to defer annually up to 50% of base salary and up to 100% of any cash bonus, commissions,
or performance-based compensation. If a participant elects to defer compensation under the
Deferred Compensation Plan, the participant must elect to defer a minimum of $1,000 of compensation
for a plan year, and may not defer more than $250,000 of compensation in any plan year.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Deferred Compensation Plan provides that the Registrant may make a matching contribution
on behalf of each participant equal to a percentage of base salary, cash bonuses, commissions, and
performance-based compensation deferred by the participant for the plan year. The Deferred
Compensation Plan also provides that the Registrant may make a matching contribution for amounts
that would have been made on the behalf of the participant to the Registrant&#146;s tax-qualified 401(k)
plan, but were otherwise limited by the 401(k) plan or the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the
Deferred Compensation Plan provides that the Registrant may make a discretionary contribution on
the behalf of a participant. Any matching contribution or discretionary contribution made by the
Registrant to a participant&#146;s account may be in any amount the Registrant may from time to time see
fit, and the amount credited to a participant&#146;s account as a matching or discretionary contribution
for a plan year may be larger or smaller than the amount credited to the account of any other
participant for that plan year.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided in connection with a specific matching contribution or discretionary
contribution made by the Registrant on behalf of a participant, a participant will vest in each
matching contribution and discretionary contribution ratably over a period of five years at a rate
of 20% per year of service. This vesting period is based on the participant&#146;s total years of
service with the Registrant, not just the participant&#146;s years of service with the Registrant since
the matching contribution and/or discretionary contribution was made to the Deferred Compensation
Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a participant who is not 100% vested will become 100% vested
in his or her account as a result of his or her death, Disability (as defined in the Deferred
Compensation Plan), retirement on or after the date the participant turns 55&nbsp;years of age, the
termination of the Deferred Compensation Plan, or as a result of a Change in Control (as defined in
the Deferred Compensation Plan). While the income taxation of amounts contributed to the Deferred
Compensation Plan is intended to be deferred until such time as a participant receives a
distribution of the balance in his or her account, contributions to the Deferred Compensation Plan
are subject to Federal Contribution Insurance Act taxes when they are no longer subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture (<I>i.e.</I>, when the participant is vested in the contribution).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for a participant along with any
matching contributions or discretionary contributions are credited to an account maintained on the
participant&#146;s behalf by the Registrant. Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, each participant may
elect to allocate the amount credited to his or her account among certain investment alternatives
offered under the Deferred Compensation Plan, including the common stock of the Registrant
(referred to in the Deferred Compensation Plan as a &#147;Measurement Share&#148;). However, such investment
alternatives are merely measurement funds and amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan
are not required to actually be invested in the investment alternatives, although the Registrant
may choose to do so. Accordingly, the participants may not have an actual investment in these
investment alternatives. The investment alternatives are used only for purposes of crediting or
debiting the accounts of each participant with deemed acquisitions, dispositions, earnings or
losses as if the deferred amounts along with any matching contributions or discretionary
contributions were actually invested in accordance with the participant&#146;s investment elections.
Participants may periodically reallocate their account balances among the available investment
options.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any contributions that a participant elects to be allocated to Measurement Shares will be
deemed invested in whole and fractional shares of common stock of the Registrant. Measurement
Shares are not actual shares of common stock of the Registrant but are notional shares that track
the changes in the fair market value of the common stock of the Registrant. On any given day, the
value of a Measurement Share will be equal to the fair market value of a share of common stock of
the Registrant on that date. A participant may reallocate the portion of their account deemed
invested in Measurement Shares among the available investment elections at any time permitted under
the Deferred Compensation Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any dividends or other distributions that would have been paid to a participant had his or her
deferred compensation account balance actually been invested in an investment vehicle represented
by the investment option in which the participant&#146;s account is deemed invested will be deemed
reinvested in the applicable investment option.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A participant&#146;s account balance will generally be paid out in a lump sum following the
participant&#146;s termination of employment with the Registrant. However, upon a participant&#146;s
election, a participant&#146;s account balance will be paid out in 15 annual installments, commencing no
later than 60&nbsp;days following the participant&#146;s termination of employment if the termination of the
participant&#146;s employment is a result of the participant&#146;s retirement on or after the date the
participant turns 55&nbsp;years of age, unless the participant is considered a specified employee, as
defined under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, in which case the distribution of the
participant&#146;s account will begin on the six-month anniversary of the date of any such termination
of employment. In addition, in the event:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>of a participant&#146;s death;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a participant incurs a termination of employment with the Registrant by reason
of the participant&#146;s Disability;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the participant previously elected in connection with a Change in Control of the
Registrant; 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="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a participant&#146;s total account balance at any time after such participant&#146;s
termination of participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan is equal to or less
than $15,500, or such other limit as may be established under section 402(g)(1)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code as may be established by the Internal Revenue Service,</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the participant&#146;s total account balance will be paid in a single lump sum no later than 60&nbsp;days
following any such termination of employment, unless the participant is considered a specified
employee, as defined under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, in which case the
distribution of the participant&#146;s account will begin on the six-month anniversary of the date of
any such termination of employment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with his or her deferral election each plan year, a participant may elect to
receive a distribution of all or a portion of such deferrals and any related matching contributions
and earnings as of a specified date. The specified date may not be earlier than five (5)&nbsp;years from
the date of the deferral to which the election relates, and no later than the first day of the plan
year following the plan year in which the participant turns age 59<FONT style="font-size: 70%"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>/<FONT style="font-size: 60%">2</FONT>. A distribution as of a
specified date will be paid in a lump sum no later than 60&nbsp;days following the first day of the plan
year specified by the participant. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the distribution of a
participant&#146;s account as a result of the participant&#146;s termination of employment for any reason,
including a participant&#146;s retirement, death, or Disability, or as a result of a Change in Control
of the Registrant or the termination of the Deferred Compensation Plan will take precedence over a
participant&#146;s election to have a portion of his account distributed as of a specified date.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A participant may obtain a distribution of all or a portion of his account if the participant
experiences a severe financial hardship as a result of an unforeseeable emergency, which may be
either:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an illness or accident of the participant, the participant&#146;s spouse, or the participant&#146;s dependent;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a loss of the participant&#146;s property due to casualty; 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="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>such other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the control of the participant.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Any such distribution will not exceed the lesser of (i)&nbsp;the vested balance in the participant&#146;s
account, or (ii)&nbsp;the amount necessary to satisfy the unforeseeable emergency, including any amounts
necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or penalties. A distribution as a result
of such an unforeseeable emergency will be paid in a lump sum no later than 60&nbsp;days following the
date such distribution is approved by the Registrant.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with any distribution, the portion of a participant&#146;s account balance allocated
to Measurement Shares will be paid out in whole shares of common stock of the Registrant which are
purchased on the open market in connection with the liquidation of the participant&#146;s account, and
the portion of a participant&#146;s account balance
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">allocated to any other investment option as well as
the portion of the participant&#146;s account allocated to Measurement Shares which represent fraction
shares of common stock of the Registrant will be paid out in cash.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A participant&#146;s rights in the deferred compensation obligations may not be transferred,
assigned, anticipated,
hypothecated or otherwise encumbered. The deferred compensation obligations are not
convertible into securities of the Registrant other than with respect to any portion of a
participant&#146;s account balance deemed invested in Measurement Shares. As described above, a
participant&#146;s benefits paid out in respect of any portion of such participant&#146;s account balance
allocated to Measurement Shares will be paid in whole shares of common stock of the Registrant
while any fractional Measurement Shares will be distributed in cash. No trustee has been appointed
to take action with respect to the deferred compensation obligations and each participant will be
responsible for enforcing his or her own rights with respect to the deferred compensation
obligations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant retains the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to amend or
terminate the Deferred Compensation Plan, in whole or in part. No amendment of the Deferred
Compensation Plan shall impair the deferred compensation obligations accrued prior to such
amendment, except that in the event the Deferred Compensation Plan is terminated, payment in
respect of participants&#146; accounts shall occur not later than the last business day of the month
following the month in which the termination is made effective and in the event of a change in law
that would result in the Deferred Compensation Plan being deemed to be a funded plan for tax
purposes or for purposes of ERISA, the Registrant retains the right to amend the Deferred
Compensation Plan to the extent necessary to preserve the status of the Deferred Compensation Plan
as an unfunded plan. In addition, in the event a participant becomes subject to federal income tax
on all or any portion of his or her account balance for which such participant is not then
scheduled to receive a distribution under the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Registrant may, in
its sole discretion, accelerate the payment of the participant&#146;s entire account balance in a lump
sum to a date determined by the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing is not a complete legal description of the deferred compensation obligations,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Deferred Compensation Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the deferred compensation obligations which are being registered on this
Registration Statement, this Registration Statement also registers the shares of the Registrant&#146;s
common stock distributable under the Deferred Compensation Plan in accordance with the above
Deferred Compensation Plan provisions. The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock has been
incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3, above.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</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;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Delaware General Corporation Law</I>
</DIV>


<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.
</DIV>

<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
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 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: 12pt"><I>Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended</I>
</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"><I>Amended and Restated Bylaws</I>
</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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><i>Insurance</i>
</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, as amended (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%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
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    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.1
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.2
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.3
</DIV></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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on January&nbsp;13, 1999.).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations, Preferences and relative Rights and Limitations of Series&nbsp;C
Preferred Stock of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed July&nbsp;11, 2003.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Elimination of Series&nbsp;C Preferred Stock. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.(i) to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated as of September&nbsp;20, 2005.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rent-A-Center, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to
the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2007.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">5.1*
</DIV></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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">23.1*
</DIV></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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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>


<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.
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</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
31<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> day
of July, 2007.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">RENT-A-CENTER, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robert D. Davis
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robert D. Davis&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President &#151; Finance,<BR>
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<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.
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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 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 align="center">Mark E. Speese</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="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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="center" 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 align="center">Mitchell E. Fadel</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="center">Robert D. Davis</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President &#151;
Finance, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</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="center" 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="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mary Elizabeth Burton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter P. Copses
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter P. Copses
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffery M. Jackson
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Gade
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Gade
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J.V. Lentell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J.V. Lentell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Leonard H. Roberts
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Leonard H. Roberts
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.1
</DIV></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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.2
</DIV></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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.3
</DIV></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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on January&nbsp;13, 1999.).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations, Preferences and relative Rights and Limitations of Series&nbsp;C
Preferred Stock of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed July&nbsp;11, 2003.)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Elimination of Series&nbsp;C Preferred Stock. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.(i) to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated as of September&nbsp;20, 2005.)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rent-A-Center, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28
to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;30, 2007.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">5.1*
</DIV></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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">23.1*
</DIV></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>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 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
45-0491516
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5501 Headquarters Drive
Plano, Texas
75024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
RENT-A-CENTER, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Dawn M. Wolverton, Esq.
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
5501 Headquarters Drive
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
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities To Be Registered
Registered
Unit
Price
Registration Fee
Deferred
Compensation Obligations
(1)
$10,000,000
100%
$10,000,000
$307.00
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
1,500,000
(2)
$18.925
(3)
$28,387,500
(3)
$871.49
$1,178.49
(1)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Rent-A-Center, Inc. to
pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Rent-A-Center,
Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to cover 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
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to 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
August 1, 2007 (as reported on The
Nasdaq Global Select Market).
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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
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
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, 2006, filed with the
Commission on March 1, 2007;
2. Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed with the
Commission on May 4, 2007;
3. Quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the
Commission on August 3, 2007;
4. Current
report on Form 8-K/A, dated November 16, 2006, filed with the Commission on January
31, 2007.
5. Current report on Form 8-K, dated March 14, 2007, filed with the Commission on March 15,
2007
6. Current
report on Form 8-K, dated July 31, 2007, filed with the
Commission on August 3, 2007; and
7. 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.
The deferred compensation obligations registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are
unsecured general obligations of the Registrant to pay the value of deferred compensation accounts
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Rent-A-Center, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
(the "Deferred Compensation Plan"), which is filed as Exhibit 4.7 to this Registration Statement
and incorporated herein by reference. The following is a general description of the terms and
conditions of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
The Deferred Compensation Plan is a non-qualified deferred compensation plan available to
those employees of the Registrant who are selected to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan
by the Registrant's Chief Executive Officer or a committee of the Registrant's board of directors
and who, because of their positions and responsibilities, contribute materially to the continued
growth, development and future business success of the Registrant or are charged with the overall
management of the daily operating activities of the Registrant. An eligible employee may elect to
defer base salary, cash bonuses, commissions and performance-based compensation as approved by the
Registrant.
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The amount of compensation to be deferred by each participant will be determined pursuant to
the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan based on elections by the participant. A participant
may elect to defer annually up to 50% of base salary and up to 100% of any cash bonus, commissions,
or performance-based compensation. If a participant elects to defer compensation under the
Deferred Compensation Plan, the participant must elect to defer a minimum of $1,000 of compensation
for a plan year, and may not defer more than $250,000 of compensation in any plan year.
The Deferred Compensation Plan provides that the Registrant may make a matching contribution
on behalf of each participant equal to a percentage of base salary, cash bonuses, commissions, and
performance-based compensation deferred by the participant for the plan year. The Deferred
Compensation Plan also provides that the Registrant may make a matching contribution for amounts
that would have been made on the behalf of the participant to the Registrant's tax-qualified 401(k)
plan, but were otherwise limited by the 401(k) plan or the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the
Deferred Compensation Plan provides that the Registrant may make a discretionary contribution on
the behalf of a participant. Any matching contribution or discretionary contribution made by the
Registrant to a participant's account may be in any amount the Registrant may from time to time see
fit, and the amount credited to a participant's account as a matching or discretionary contribution
for a plan year may be larger or smaller than the amount credited to the account of any other
participant for that plan year.
Unless otherwise provided in connection with a specific matching contribution or discretionary
contribution made by the Registrant on behalf of a participant, a participant will vest in each
matching contribution and discretionary contribution ratably over a period of five years at a rate
of 20% per year of service. This vesting period is based on the participant's total years of
service with the Registrant, not just the participant's years of service with the Registrant since
the matching contribution and/or discretionary contribution was made to the Deferred Compensation
Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a participant who is not 100% vested will become 100% vested
in his or her account as a result of his or her death, Disability (as defined in the Deferred
Compensation Plan), retirement on or after the date the participant turns 55 years of age, the
termination of the Deferred Compensation Plan, or as a result of a Change in Control (as defined in
the Deferred Compensation Plan). While the income taxation of amounts contributed to the Deferred
Compensation Plan is intended to be deferred until such time as a participant receives a
distribution of the balance in his or her account, contributions to the Deferred Compensation Plan
are subject to Federal Contribution Insurance Act taxes when they are no longer subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture (
i.e.
, when the participant is vested in the contribution).
Amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for a participant along with any
matching contributions or discretionary contributions are credited to an account maintained on the
participant's behalf by the Registrant. Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, each participant may
elect to allocate the amount credited to his or her account among certain investment alternatives
offered under the Deferred Compensation Plan, including the common stock of the Registrant
(referred to in the Deferred Compensation Plan as a "Measurement Share"). However, such investment
alternatives are merely measurement funds and amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan
are not required to actually be invested in the investment alternatives, although the Registrant
may choose to do so. Accordingly, the participants may not have an actual investment in these
investment alternatives. The investment alternatives are used only for purposes of crediting or
debiting the accounts of each participant with deemed acquisitions, dispositions, earnings or
losses as if the deferred amounts along with any matching contributions or discretionary
contributions were actually invested in accordance with the participant's investment elections.
Participants may periodically reallocate their account balances among the available investment
options.
Any contributions that a participant elects to be allocated to Measurement Shares will be
deemed invested in whole and fractional shares of common stock of the Registrant. Measurement
Shares are not actual shares of common stock of the Registrant but are notional shares that track
the changes in the fair market value of the common stock of the Registrant. On any given day, the
value of a Measurement Share will be equal to the fair market value of a share of common stock of
the Registrant on that date. A participant may reallocate the portion of their account deemed
invested in Measurement Shares among the available investment elections at any time permitted under
the Deferred Compensation Plan.
Any dividends or other distributions that would have been paid to a participant had his or her
deferred compensation account balance actually been invested in an investment vehicle represented
by the investment option in which the participant's account is deemed invested will be deemed
reinvested in the applicable investment option.
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A participant's account balance will generally be paid out in a lump sum following the
participant's termination of employment with the Registrant. However, upon a participant's
election, a participant's account balance will be paid out in 15 annual installments, commencing no
later than 60 days following the participant's termination of employment if the termination of the
participant's employment is a result of the participant's retirement on or after the date the
participant turns 55 years of age, unless the participant is considered a specified employee, as
defined under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, in which case the distribution of the
participant's account will begin on the six-month anniversary of the date of any such termination
of employment. In addition, in the event:
•
of a participant's death;
•
a participant incurs a termination of employment with the Registrant by reason
of the participant's Disability;
•
the participant previously elected in connection with a Change in Control of the
Registrant; or
•
a participant's total account balance at any time after such participant's
termination of participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan is equal to or less
than $15,500, or such other limit as may be established under section 402(g)(1)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code as may be established by the Internal Revenue Service,
the participant's total account balance will be paid in a single lump sum no later than 60 days
following any such termination of employment, unless the participant is considered a specified
employee, as defined under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, in which case the
distribution of the participant's account will begin on the six-month anniversary of the date of
any such termination of employment.
In connection with his or her deferral election each plan year, a participant may elect to
receive a distribution of all or a portion of such deferrals and any related matching contributions
and earnings as of a specified date. The specified date may not be earlier than five (5) years from
the date of the deferral to which the election relates, and no later than the first day of the plan
year following the plan year in which the participant turns age 59
1
/
2
. A distribution as of a
specified date will be paid in a lump sum no later than 60 days following the first day of the plan
year specified by the participant. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the distribution of a
participant's account as a result of the participant's termination of employment for any reason,
including a participant's retirement, death, or Disability, or as a result of a Change in Control
of the Registrant or the termination of the Deferred Compensation Plan will take precedence over a
participant's election to have a portion of his account distributed as of a specified date.
A participant may obtain a distribution of all or a portion of his account if the participant
experiences a severe financial hardship as a result of an unforeseeable emergency, which may be
either:
•
an illness or accident of the participant, the participant's spouse, or the participant's dependent;
•
a loss of the participant's property due to casualty; or
•
such other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the control of the participant.
Any such distribution will not exceed the lesser of (i) the vested balance in the participant's
account, or (ii) the amount necessary to satisfy the unforeseeable emergency, including any amounts
necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or penalties. A distribution as a result
of such an unforeseeable emergency will be paid in a lump sum no later than 60 days following the
date such distribution is approved by the Registrant.
In connection with any distribution, the portion of a participant's account balance allocated
to Measurement Shares will be paid out in whole shares of common stock of the Registrant which are
purchased on the open market in connection with the liquidation of the participant's account, and
the portion of a participant's account balance
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allocated to any other investment option as well as
the portion of the participant's account allocated to Measurement Shares which represent fraction
shares of common stock of the Registrant will be paid out in cash.
A participant's rights in the deferred compensation obligations may not be transferred,
assigned, anticipated,
hypothecated or otherwise encumbered. The deferred compensation obligations are not
convertible into securities of the Registrant other than with respect to any portion of a
participant's account balance deemed invested in Measurement Shares. As described above, a
participant's benefits paid out in respect of any portion of such participant's account balance
allocated to Measurement Shares will be paid in whole shares of common stock of the Registrant
while any fractional Measurement Shares will be distributed in cash. No trustee has been appointed
to take action with respect to the deferred compensation obligations and each participant will be
responsible for enforcing his or her own rights with respect to the deferred compensation
obligations.
The Registrant retains the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to amend or
terminate the Deferred Compensation Plan, in whole or in part. No amendment of the Deferred
Compensation Plan shall impair the deferred compensation obligations accrued prior to such
amendment, except that in the event the Deferred Compensation Plan is terminated, payment in
respect of participants' accounts shall occur not later than the last business day of the month
following the month in which the termination is made effective and in the event of a change in law
that would result in the Deferred Compensation Plan being deemed to be a funded plan for tax
purposes or for purposes of ERISA, the Registrant retains the right to amend the Deferred
Compensation Plan to the extent necessary to preserve the status of the Deferred Compensation Plan
as an unfunded plan. In addition, in the event a participant becomes subject to federal income tax
on all or any portion of his or her account balance for which such participant is not then
scheduled to receive a distribution under the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Registrant may, in
its sole discretion, accelerate the payment of the participant's entire account balance in a lump
sum to a date determined by the Registrant.
The foregoing is not a complete legal description of the deferred compensation obligations,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Deferred Compensation Plan.
In addition to the deferred compensation obligations which are being registered on this
Registration Statement, this Registration Statement also registers the shares of the Registrant's
common stock distributable under the Deferred Compensation Plan in accordance with the above
Deferred Compensation Plan provisions. The description of the Registrant's common stock has been
incorporated by reference in Item 3, above.
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
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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 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:
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for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant's
stockholders,
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for acts or occasions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law,
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in respect of certain unlawful dividend payments or stock purchases or redemptions, or
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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, as amended (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
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and relative Rights and Limitations of Series C
Preferred Stock of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed July 11, 2003.)
4.6
Certificate of Elimination of Series C Preferred Stock. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.(i) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of September 20, 2005.)
4.7
Rent-A-Center, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2007.)
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
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Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement).
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Filed herewith.
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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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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.
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
31
st
day
of July, 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
Mark E. Speese
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
July 31, 2007
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Mitchell E. Fadel
Mitchell E. Fadel
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
July 31, 2007
/s/ Robert D. Davis
Robert D. Davis
Senior Vice President —
Finance, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
July 31, 2007
Director
July 31, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Burton
/s/ Peter P. Copses
Director
July 31, 2007
Peter P. Copses
Director
July 31, 2007
Jeffery M. Jackson
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael J. Gade
Director
July 31, 2007
Michael J. Gade
/s/ J.V. Lentell
Director
July 31, 2007
J.V. Lentell
/s/ Leonard H. Roberts
Director
July 31, 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
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and relative Rights and Limitations of Series C
Preferred Stock of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed July 11, 2003.)
4.6
Certificate of Elimination of Series C Preferred Stock. (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.(i) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of September 20, 2005.)
4.7
Rent-A-Center, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2007.)
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
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Power of Attorney (See Signature Page to this Registration Statement).
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Filed herewith.