---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000933036-23-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPBD"
cik: "0000933036"
company_name: "UPBOUND GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T03:53:04.681298+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rent-A-Center renamed Upbound Group; ticker changes to UPBD on Feb 27

## Summary
- Name changed from Rent-A-Center, Inc. to Upbound Group, Inc. effective Feb 22, 2023.
- Trading symbol on Nasdaq changes from RCII to UPBD effective Feb 27, 2023.
- Company will continue operating brands Rent-A-Center (2,400+ stores) and Acima.
- Rebranding reflects evolution into omni-channel platform for flexible financial solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000933036-23-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPBD
- cik: 0000933036
- company_name: UPBOUND GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000093303623000044/0000933036-23-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000093303623000044/rcii-20230222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000933036-23-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000933036-23-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000933036-23-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  UPBOUND GROUP, INC.: Changed company name from Rent-A-Center, Inc. to Upbound Group, Inc. via Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (effective 2023-02-22).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-22
  source text: On February 21, 2023, Upbound Group, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to change the Company’s name from Rent-A-Center, Inc. to Upbound Group, Inc., which was approved by the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company. The name change became effective on February 22, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000093303623000044/0000933036-23-000044-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  UPBOUND GROUP, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws solely to reflect name change from Rent-A-Center, Inc. to Upbound Group, Inc (effective 2023-02-22).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-22
  source text: Additionally, the Board approved and adopted an amendment and restatement of the Company’s existing bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) effective on February 22, 2023, solely to reflect the change of the Company’s name from Rent-A-Center, Inc. to Upbound Group, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000093303623000044/0000933036-23-000044-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.