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    <TD NOWRAP align="left" valign="top">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;10, 2010.
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">File No.&nbsp;333-160387</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO<BR>
FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AARON&#146;S, 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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Atlanta, Georgia
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">2001 Stock Option and Incentive Award Plan, as Amended and Restated
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I></DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Mr.&nbsp;Gilbert L. Danielson<BR>
Aaron&#146;s, Inc.<BR>
309 E. Paces Ferry Road, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</I></DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(404)&nbsp;231-0011
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aaron&#146;s, Inc. (&#147;the Registrant&#148;) originally filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File
Number 333-160387, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;1, 2009 (as amended, the
&#147;Registration Statement&#148;), pursuant to which the Registrant registered for issuance under the
Registrant&#146;s 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Award Plan, as Amended and Restated, an aggregate of
5,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.50 per share (the &#147;Securities&#148;)
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement is being filed to deregister
5,000,000 shares of the Securities which is equal to all of the Securities that were registered for
issuance pursuant to the Registration Statement and that remain unsold thereunder as of the date
hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;478 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and
the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;512(a)(3) of Regulation
S-K promulgated under the Act, the Registrant hereby removes the unsold Securities from
registration.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II.<BR>
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 exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as follows:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia,
on December&nbsp;10, 2010.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>AARON&#146;S, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gilbert L. Danielson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gilbert L. Danielson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on December&nbsp;10, 2010.
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R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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Robert C. Loudermilk, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Chief Executive Officer (Principal<br>
Executive Officer), President and<br>
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
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Gilbert L. Danielson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Chief<br>
Financial Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert P. Sinclair, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Corporate<br>
Controller (Principal Accounting<br>
Officer)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William K. Butler, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Operating Officer and Director</TD>
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Ronald W. Allen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
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Leo Benatar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
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David L. Kolb</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John C. Portman, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ray M. Robinson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John Schuerholz</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="59%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">*By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gilbert L. Danielson
&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Gilbert L. Danielson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><I>Attorney-in-Fact</I><BR>
(Pursuant to a Power of Attorney)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT 24</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AARON&#146;S, INC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 16pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a
director or officer or both, of Aaron&#146;s, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;), does hereby designate, constitute
and appoint Robert C. Loudermilk, Jr., Gilbert L. Danielson, and James L. Cates, and each of them
acting without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, with full
power and authority to act in any and all capacities in connection with (a)&nbsp;a post-effective
amendment to a registration statement on Form S-8, File Number 333-160387, filed July&nbsp;1, 2009,
relating to the Company&#146;s 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;<B><I>Stock Plan</I></B>&#148;), for the
purpose of deregistering securities registered thereunder (b)&nbsp;a post-effective amendment to a
registration statement on Form S-8, File Number 33-62538, filed on May&nbsp;12, 1993, related to the
Aaron&#146;s, Inc. Employees Retirement Plan and Trust (the &#147;<B><I>4</I></B><B><I>01(k)</I></B><B><I> Plan</I></B>&#148;), for the purposes of
deregistering securities registered thereunder and (c)&nbsp;a registration statement on Form S-8
relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U><B><I>Securities
Act</I></B></U>&#148;), of the offer and sale of up to 15,482,237 shares of the Company&#146;s combined and renamed
Common Stock, $0.50 par value, under the Stock Plan and 401(k) Plan (collectively, the
&#147;<U><B><I>Filings</I></B></U>&#148;) including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to execute the
Filings (whether on his or her behalf as a director or officer of the Company, as an officer on
behalf of the Company, by attesting the seal of the Company, on behalf of the 401(k) Plan, as a
member of the Employee Benefits Committee or on behalf or as a member of other persons, entities or
bodies administering the 401(k) Plan or otherwise) and any or all amendments or supplements
thereto, including any or all post-effective amendments, whether on Form S-8 or otherwise, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, including
this power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted and that may be required to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations or
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
either said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this
7<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of December, 2010.
</DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ronald W. Allen
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Leo Benatar</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Ronald W. Allen
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William K. Butler, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gilbert L. Danielson</TD>
</TR>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">William K. Butler, Jr.
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Gilbert L. Danielson</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David L. Kolb
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert C. Loudermilk, Jr.</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">David L. Kolb
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Robert C. Loudermilk, Jr.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John C. Portman, Jr.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">John C. Portman, Jr.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ray M. Robinson
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John B. Schuerholz</TD>
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