SEC FORM
4
SEC Form 4
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| 5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY |
| SUITE 100 |
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RENT A CENTER INC DE
[ RCII ]
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)
01/02/2007
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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5.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
3 and 4)
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6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
Amount |
(A) or (D) |
Price |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
4. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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5.
Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
3 and 4)
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8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.
5)
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9.
Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
4)
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10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
(A) |
(D) |
Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Director Stock Option (Right to Purchase) |
$29.51
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01/02/2007 |
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A |
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9,000 |
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01/02/2007 |
01/02/2017 |
Common |
9,000 |
$0
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9,000 |
D |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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Dawn Wolverton |
01/03/2007 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
4
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of
Dawn M. Wolverton and James R. Griffin the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer
and/or director of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 and file
such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and
3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done, or
shall lawfully have
already done or caused to be done, by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be
executed as of this 26th day of September, 2006.
/s/ Leonard H. Roberts
(Signature)
Leonard H. Roberts
45462791.2
