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The information required in response to this Item is contained under the captions "Nominees to Serve as Directors", "Executive Officers Who Are Not
Directors", "Communicating with the Board of Directors and Corporate Governance Documents", "Composition, Meetings and Committees of the Board of
Directors" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A.
These portions of the Proxy Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive
officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller and other executive officers identified pursuant to this Item 10 who perform
similar functions, which we refer to as the Selected Officers. The code is posted on our website at http://www.aarons.com. We will disclose any material
changes in or waivers from our code of business conduct and ethics applicable to any Selected Officer on our website at http://www.aarons.com or by filing a
Form 8-K.
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The information required in response to this Item is contained under the captions "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "Summary Compensation Table,"
"Grants of Plan Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2015," "Outstanding Equity Awards at 2015 Fiscal Year-End," "Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal Year
2015," "Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation as of December 31, 2015," "Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control," "Non-Management
Director Compensation in 2015," "Employment Agreements with Named Executive Officers," "Executive Bonus Plan," "Amended and Restated 2001 Stock
Option and Incentive Award Plan," "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation" and "Compensation Committee Report" in the Proxy
Statement. These portions of the Proxy Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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The information required in response to this Item is contained under the captions "Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock" and "Securities Authorized for
Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans" in the Proxy Statement. These portions of the Proxy Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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The information required in response to this Item is contained under the captions "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" and "Election of
Directors" in the Proxy Statement. These portions of the Proxy Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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The information required in response to this Item is contained under the caption "Audit Matters" in the Proxy Statement. This portion of the Proxy Statement
is hereby incorporated by reference.
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