Rent-A-Center, Inc. Announces Earnings Conference Call

July 16, 2002 at 1:29 PM EDT

PLANO, Texas, Jul 16, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rent-A-Center, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCII), the largest rent-to-own operator in the country, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter results and 2002 outlook on Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 10:45 a.m. Eastern Time (9:45 a.m. Central Time).

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Rent-A-Center, Inc.'s web site at www.rentacenter.com.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Rent-A-Center, headquartered in Plano, Texas currently operates 2,339 company-owned rent-to-own stores in 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. ColorTyme, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is a national franchisor of 327 rent-to-own stores, 315 of which operate under the trade name of "ColorTyme," and the remaining 12 of which operate under the "Rent-A-Center" name.

CONTACT:          Rent-A-Center, Inc., Plano
                  Dave Carpenter, 972/801-1214
                  dcarpenter@racenter.com

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