0001225208-19-012205.txt : 20190906 0001225208-19-012205.hdr.sgml : 20190906 20190906123139 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-19-012205 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190905 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190906 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190906 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gade Michael J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001327743 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38047 FILM NUMBER: 191078987 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75024 ISSUER: 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 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 4 1 doc4.xml X0306 4 2019-09-05 0000933036 RENT A CENTER INC DE RCII 0001327743 Gade Michael J 5501 HEADQUARTERS DRIVE PLANO TX 75024 1 Director Deferred Stock Unit 2019-09-05 4 A 0 123.0000 A Common 123.0000 48909.0000 D Each Director Deferred Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the issuer ("Common Stock"). The Director Deferred Stock Units are fully vested and non-forfeitable. The Common Stock will be issued to the reporting person upon the termination of his service as a member of the issuer's board of directors. gadepoa.txt /s/ Dawn Wolverton, attorney-in-fact 2019-09-06 EX-24 2 gadepoa.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Dawn M. Wolverton and James R. Griffin the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: 1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Rent-A-Center, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done, or shall lawfully have already done or caused to be done, by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of May, 2005. /s/ Michael J. Gade (Signature) Michael J. Gade 45462791.2