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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* APOLLO ADVISORS IV LP (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RENT A CENTER INC [ RCII ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/11/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/11/2003		S		774,547	D	73	5,827,356(1)	I	-

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Preferred Stock	27.935	07/11/2003		S(2)			2	07/11/2003	08/08/1988(4)	Common Stock	70	$0(2)	0	I	-(2)
Series C Preferred Stock	27.935	07/11/2003		P(2)		2		07/11/2003	08/08/1988(4)	Common Stock	70	$0(2)	2(3)	I	-(2)

Explanation of Responses:

1. See Exhibit 1

2. See Exhibit 2

3. See Exhibit 3

4. The Series A Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock does not expire and does not have expiration dates.

	Apollo Advisors IV, L.P.	07/15/2003
	By: Apollo Capital Management IV, Inc., its General Partner	07/15/2003
	Michael D. Weiner	07/15/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 1

(1) The amount reported includes 296,722 shares of Common Stock owned by
Apollo Overseas Partners IV, L.P. ("Overseas IV") and 5,530,634 shares of
Common Stock owned by Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P. ("AIF IV").
The Reporting Person is the general partner of Overseas IV and AIF IV. The
Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of the Issuer
owned by Overseas IV or AIF IV, except to the extent the Reporting Person has
a pecuniary interest in such securities, and this report shall not be deemed
an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of, or has any
pecuniary interest in, any such securities for the purposes of Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

Exhibit 2

(2) The shares of Series C preferred stock, par value $.01 ("Series C Preferred Stock"), owned by Overseas IV and AIF IV, respectively, were each acquired in exchange for the one share of Series A preferred stock, par value $.01 ("Series A Preferred Stock"), previously owned by Overseas IV and AIF IV, respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Exchange Agreement dated as of April 25, 2003 by and among AIF IV, Overseas IV and the Issuer.

Exhibit 3

(3) The amount reported includes one share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series C
Preferred Stock, as applicable, owned by Overseas IV and one share of Series A
Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, owned by AIF IV.
See Exhibit 1.