---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-098378"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPBD"
cik: "0000933036"
company_name: "UPBOUND GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:49:00.463255+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Upbound Group appoints Charu Jain as independent director

## Summary
- Charu Jain appointed to Upbound Board effective September 10, 2024.
- Jain is SVP of Merchandising & Innovation at Alaska Air Group (NASDAQ: ALK).
- Will receive standard independent director compensation: $85K cash retainer and $145K DSU grant.
- Jain will stand for re-election at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
- No related party transactions with Upbound; no immediate changes to other leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-098378
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPBD
- cik: 0000933036
- company_name: UPBOUND GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000110465924098378/0001104659-24-098378-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000110465924098378/tm2423294d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charu Jain was appointed as Independent Director at UPBOUND GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On September 10, 2024, Upbound Group, Inc. (“Upbound” or the “Company”) announced by press release that, effective September 10, 2024, Ms. Charu Jain has been appointed to the Upbound Board of Directors (the “Board”) as a new independent director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933036/000110465924098378/0001104659-24-098378-index.htm

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