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Stock Repurchase Plan | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Stock Repurchase Plan [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase Plan | Note P — Stock Repurchase Plan Under our current common stock repurchase program, our Board of Directors has authorized the purchase, from time to time, in the open market and privately negotiated transactions, of up to an aggregate of $1.25 billion of Rent-A-Center common stock. On May 2, 2013, we entered into an agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) to repurchase $200.0 million of Rent-A-Center common stock under an accelerated stock buyback program (“the ASB transaction”). Under the agreement, we paid $200.0 million to Goldman Sachs on May 7, 2013, and we received an initial share delivery of 4,592,423 shares, which was estimated to represent 80% of shares expected to be purchased in the ASB transaction. The weighted value of these shares immediately reduced weighted-average shares outstanding in our calculation of earnings per share. The remainder of the ASB transaction was subject to a forward contract that settled in October 2013, at which time we received an additional 816,916 shares, ending the ASB transaction. We have repurchased a total of 36,994,653 shares and 31,120,279 shares of Rent-A-Center common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $994.8 million and $777.3 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, under this common stock repurchase program. In addition to the 5,409,339 shares repurchased pursuant to the accelerated stock buyback, we repurchased a total of 465,035 shares for $17.4 million in cash during the year ended December 31, 2013.

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