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EXHIBIT 4.5
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK (RENT-A-CENTER, INC. LOGO) SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
NUMBER
R SHARES
THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CUSIP 76009N 20 9
RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ OR NEW YORK, NY SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
is the REGISTERED HOLDER of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK OF THE PAR
VALUE OF $.01 PER SHARE OF
RENT-A-CENTER, INC., transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder
hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this
Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented
hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the
Corporation's Amended Restated Certificate of Incorporation and any amendments
thereof, copies of which are on file at the office of the Transfer Agent, to all
of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid
unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.
In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused the facsimile signatures
of its duly authorized officers and its facsimile seal to be hereunto affixed.
Dated:
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY:
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
/s/ MARK E. SPEESE /s/ DAVID M. GLASGOW
PRESIDENT SECRETARY
[SEAL]
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY DEC 30, 1998 fm
3504 ATLANTIC AVENUE
SUITE 12 060196fc-B
LONG BEACH, CA 90807
(562) 989-2333
(FAX) (562) 426-7450 270-19X Proof /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] REV 1
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RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
The Corporation will furnish, without charge, to each stockholder who
so requests a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or
series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the
Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT --________ Custodian _______
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
of survivorship and not as Act__________________________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For Value Received, ______________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee
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Shares of the capital stock represented by the within
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Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
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Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation
will full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated X
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(Signature)
X
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(Signature)
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURES TO THIS THE SIGNATURES MUST BE GUARANTEED BY
ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND
THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED
OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION
PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
17Ad-15.
SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED BY:
X
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AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY DEC 29, 1998 fm
3504 ATLANTIC AVENUE
SUITE 12 061096bk-A/B
LONG BEACH, CA 90807
(562) 989-2333
(FAX) (562) 426-7450 Proof /S/ ILLEGIBLE NEW
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