Rent-A-Center, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Financial Results Conference Call to Be Broadcasted Live via the Web

January 11, 2012 at 5:33 PM EST

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2012-- Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:RCII) will broadcast its quarterly earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at 10:45 AM ET over the Internet. This call will be held to discuss the earnings release that will be issued after the close of the market on Monday, January 30, 2012. Audio of the conference call will broadcast live and be available on the Investor Relations section of Rent-A-Center, Inc.’s website, located at http://investor.rentacenter.com.

Listeners should go to the website at least fifteen minutes before this event to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay will be available beginning January 31, 2012, at 1:45 PM ET. There is no charge to access this event.

Rent-A-Center, Inc., headquartered in Plano, Texas, currently operates approximately 3,000 company-owned stores nationwide and in Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The stores generally offer high-quality, durable products such as major consumer electronics, appliances, computers, and furniture and accessories to consumers under flexible rental purchase arrangements that generally allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed-upon rental period. ColorTyme, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is a national franchisor of approximately 200 rent-to-own stores operating under the trade name of “ColorTyme.”

Source: Rent-A-Center, Inc.

Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Vice President - Investor Relations
David E. Carpenter, 972-801-1214
david.carpenter@rentacenter.com