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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-063640
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210510
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210510

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RENT A CENTER INC DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000933036
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359]
		IRS NUMBER:				450491516
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38047
		FILM NUMBER:		21905941

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5501 HEADQUARTERS DRIVE
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		972-801-1100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5501 HEADQUARTERS DRIVE
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RENTERS CHOICE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941128
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(RULE 14a-101)</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the <br> Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><img width="25" height="24" src="g155312bai001.gif"></font><font face="Arial" style="position:relative;top:-5.0pt;">&nbsp;Filed by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><img width="23" height="22" src="g155312bai002.gif"><font face="Arial" style="position:relative;top:-5.0pt;">&nbsp;Filed by a Party other than the Registrant</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soliciting Material under &#167;.240.14a-12</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Arial" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RENT-A-CENTER, INC.<br>    </font></b><img width="94" height="94" src="g155312bai004.gif"></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of   Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fee computed on table below per Exchange   Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of   each class of securities to which transaction applies:</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed   maximum aggregate value of transaction:</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2021 Annual Shareholders Meeting &#150; Voting Reminder</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TO:&nbsp; </font></b>FSC, Field   Leaders, Acima Coworkers</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FROM:&nbsp; </font></b>Bryan   Pechersky, EVP &#150; General Counsel</p>
<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DATE:&nbsp; </font></b>May&nbsp;10,   2021</p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are holding our 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, June&nbsp;8, and we recognize many of you are shareholders in addition to being coworkers of Rent-A-Center. If you held Rent-A-Center shares as of April&nbsp;12 (the record date), you should have received our proxy materials in the mail or electronically with information about how to vote your shares.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The email you may have received regarding our 2021 Annual Meeting contains a &#147;Vote Now&#148; button, which directs you to a landing page&nbsp;where you can vote your shares (please check your &#147;spam&#148; or &#147;junk&#148; folder if you did not receive it). If you have not yet received an electronic communication, you should soon receive the proxy materials, which will include instructions about how to vote your shares.&#160;&#160; You may vote by internet, phone or mail by using the prepaid return envelope that is included.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have a number of important proposals being voted on this year. Rent-A-Center&#146;s Board of Directors recommends you vote your shares &#147;<i>FOR</i>&#148; the election of each of the director nominees, and &#147;<i>FOR</i>&#148; each of the other proposals that have been submitted for a shareholder vote, including the proposal to declassify our Board, which requires approval from 80 percent of the outstanding shares. <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">Note</i>:<i> Not voting is the same as voting against the declassification proposal.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please refer to our proxy statement for more details regarding the nominees and proposals, or reach out to our General Counsel, Bryan Pechersky, in the Plano, Texas Field Support Center. As a Rent-A-Center shareholder, your vote is very important. We encourage you to read the proxy statement and vote your shares as soon as possible.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you require any assistance in voting your shares, please call John Ferguson or Ann Marie Mellone from Saratoga Proxy Consulting, our proxy solicitor, at (212) 257-1311 or (888) 368-0379.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We thank all of you for your continued support of Rent-A-Center.</font></p>
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