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EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 SECTION 906 - RENT A CENTER INC DEa2014exhibit322aconstantan.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) SECTION 302 - RENT A CENTER INC DEa2014exhibit311adavisannual.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 SECTION 906 - RENT A CENTER INC DEa2014exhibit321adavisannual.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP - RENT A CENTER INC DEa2014exhibit232agtconsent.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) SECTION 302 - RENT A CENTER INC DEa2014exhibit312aconstantan.htm


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
 
þ
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
or
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File No. 0-25370
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Rent-A-Center, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
45-0491516
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
5501 Headquarters Drive
Plano, Texas 75024
(Address, including zip code of registrant's
principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 972-801-1100
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
The Nasdaq Global Select Market, Inc.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
_______________

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes þ   No ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  Yes ¨   No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ    No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes þ    No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer þ     Accelerated filer ¨     Non-accelerated filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ¨   No þ
Aggregate market value of the 51,477,316 shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant at the closing sales price as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, Inc. on June 30, 2014
$
1,476,369,423

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on February 23, 2015:
53,025,180


Documents incorporated by reference:

Portions of the definitive proxy statement relating to the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Rent-A-Center, Inc. are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.

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 EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Registrant is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Original Form 10-K”) solely in order to file as Exhibit 23.2 the conformed consent of the independent registered public accounting firm, which was inadvertently omitted from the Original Form 10-K. No other part of the Original Form 10-K is being amended hereby.






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PART IV

Item 15.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
3. Exhibits
The exhibits required to be filed pursuant to Item 15(b) of Form 10-K are listed in the Index to Exhibits filed herewith, which Index to Exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
 
 
 
By:
/S/    ROBERT D. DAVIS         
 
 
Robert D. Davis
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 18, 2015



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INDEX TO EXHIBITS 

Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
23.2*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
 
 
31.1*
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 implementing Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Robert D. Davis
 
 
31.2*
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 implementing Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Guy J. Constant
 
 
32.1*
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Robert D. Davis
 
 
32.2*
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Guy J. Constant
 ________
*
Filed herewith.


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