13D Filing: Engaged Capital and Rent A Center Inc De (NASDAQ:RCII)

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As of the close of business on March 23, 2017, Messrs. Brown, Butler, Fadel and Hetrick and Ms. McFate did not beneficially own any Shares, constituting 0% of the Shares outstanding.
Each Reporting Person, as a member of a “group” with the other Reporting Persons for the purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Shares directly owned by the other Reporting Persons.  The filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owners of any securities of the Issuer he, she or it does not directly own.  Each of the Reporting Persons specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein that he, she or it does not directly own.
(b)           By virtue of their respective positions with Engaged Capital Flagship Master, each of Engaged Capital Fund, Engaged Capital Offshore, Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares reported owned by Engaged Capital Flagship Master.
By virtue of their respective positions with Engaged Capital Co-Invest V, each of Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares reported owned by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V.
By virtue of their respective positions with Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A, each of Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares reported owned by Engaged Capital Co-Invest V-A.
By virtue of their respective positions with the Engaged Capital Account, each of Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares held in the Engaged Capital Account.
 (c)           Schedule A annexed hereto lists all transactions in securities of the Issuer by the Reporting Persons since the filing of Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D. All of such transactions were effected in the open market.
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 is hereby amended as follows:
Engaged Capital Flagship Master has entered into certain cash-settled total return swap agreements with Nomura Securities International, Inc. (“Nomura”) as the counterparty (the “Swap Agreements”).  The swaps with Nomura constitute economic exposure to an aggregate of 1,924,488 notional Shares, representing approximately 3.6% of the outstanding Shares, which have a maturity date of January 23, 2018.  The details with respect to the Swap Agreements with Nomura referenced herein were previously disclosed in the initial Schedule 13D, except for a Swap Agreement referencing 330,000 notional Shares with a reference price of $8.8969, which was acquired on March 1, 2017. The Swap Agreements provide Engaged Capital Flagship Master with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership but do not provide it with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the Shares that are the subject of the Swap Agreements (such shares, the “Subject Shares”). Taking into account the Subject Shares, Engaged Capital Flagship Master has economic exposure to an aggregate of 4,444,457 Shares, representing approximately 8.4% of the outstanding Shares. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the Subject Shares.
 
The Reporting Persons collectively have economic exposure to an aggregate of  10,908,097 Shares, representing approximately 20.5% of the outstanding Shares.

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