-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, A9TeXFEzYse4qM9OF87slCTMkQdIQJCrNOu1EwrztkJyKeVWImOPBeAJ2esLH4Y3 cwap9ulaP0O2LOsVx+pcpg== 0000893046-04-000016.txt : 20040520 0000893046-04-000016.hdr.sgml : 20040520 20040520164521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893046-04-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040520 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20040520 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RENT WAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000893046 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359] IRS NUMBER: 251407782 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22026 FILM NUMBER: 04821783 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RENTWAY PLACE CITY: ERIE STATE: PA ZIP: 16505 BUSINESS PHONE: 8144555378 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RENTWAY PLACE CITY: ERIE STATE: PA ZIP: 16505 8-K 1 rwy8k051904.htm 051904 8-K FOR SALE OF ADDITIONAL 100 SHARES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2004

RENT-WAY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Pennsylvania	0-22026	25-1407782

(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation)


One RentWay Place - Erie, Pennsylvania	16505

(Address of principal Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (814) 455-5378

Not Applicable
_____________________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 20, 2004, Rent-Way, Inc. issued and sold an aggregate of 100 additional shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to AIG Annuity Insurance Company (45 shares); The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (44 shares); VALIC Company II High Yield Bond Fund (1 share); VALIC Company II Strategic Bond Fund (1 share); SunAmerica Income Fund – SunAmerica High Yield Bond Fund (3 shares); SunAmerica Income Funds – SunAmerica Strategic Income Fund (1 share); and SunAmerica Series Trust – High Yield Bond Portfolio (Polaris) (5 shares), each at a purchase price of $10,000 per share. These sales were made pursuant to the exercise of options to purchase Series A Convertible Preferred Stock contained in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated June 2, 2003. All options to purchase additional shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock granted under the Securities Purchase Agreement have now been exercised. There now is $20 million of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

The terms and conditions under which the additional shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were sold are set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the rights, designations and preferences of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are set forth in the Statement with Respect to Shares of Rent-Way, Inc. dated May 30, 2003. The Securities Purchase Agreement and the Statement with Respect to Shares were filed as Exhibit 10.1 and 3.1, respectively, to Rent-Way’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 3, 2003.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Date: May 20, 2004 By: /S/WILLIAM A. MCDONNELL

William A. McDonnell
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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