UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

~~__________________________________________________~~Form 8-K

FORM 8-K

__________________________________________________

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 or OR 15(d) OFof ~~THE~~the

~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~ACT~~Act of OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

~~(Date~~June of3, ~~earliest event reported)~~2025

~~May 1~~Upbound Group, ~~2025~~ Inc.

~~___________________________________________________~~(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

~~UPBOUND~~Delaware ~~GROUP,~~(State ~~INC~~or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 001-38047 (Commission File Number) 45-0491516 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

001-38047

45-0491516

(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)

(CommissionFile Number)

(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

5501 Headquarters Drive

Plano, Texas 75024

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(972) 801-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

☐Check ~~Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under~~ the ~~Securities~~appropriate ~~Act~~box ~~(17~~below ~~CFR~~if ~~230.425). ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under~~ the ~~Exchange~~Form ~~Act (17 CFR 240.14a~~8-~~12).~~K ☐filing ~~Pre-commencement~~is ~~communications pursuant~~ intended to ~~Rule~~simultaneously ~~14d-2(b)~~satisfy ~~under~~ the ~~Exchange~~filing ~~Act~~obligation ~~(17~~of ~~CFR~~the ~~240.14d-2(b)).~~registrant ☐under ~~Pre-commencement~~any ~~communications~~of ~~pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under~~ the ~~Exchange~~following ~~Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).~~provisions:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value			UPBD			The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

Emerging growth company			☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.									☐

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

~~Item~~ ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2~~.02~~(b) ~~Results~~under ofthe ~~Operations~~Exchange ~~and~~Act ~~Financial~~(17 ~~Condition~~CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

On☐ ~~May 1,~~Pre-commencement ~~2025,~~communications ~~Upbound~~pursuant ~~Group,~~to ~~Inc.~~Rule ~~issued~~13e-4(c) aunder ~~press release announcing its financial results for~~ the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Copies of the press release and earnings release are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this paragraph, as well as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 referenced herein, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of(17 ~~1934,~~CFR ~~nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933~~240.13e-4(c)).

~~Item 7.01~~Securities ~~Regulation~~registered FDor ~~Disclosure~~to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

On May 1, 2025, Upbound Group, Inc. issued an investor presentation announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. A copy of the investor presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.3 referenced herein, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value		UPBD		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

~~Item 9~~Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.01405 ~~Financial~~of ~~Statements~~this ~~and~~chapter) ~~Exhibits~~or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press release, dated May 1, 2025
99.2						Earnings release, dated May 1, 2025
99.3						Investor Presentation, dated May 1, 2025
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Emerging growth company ¨

~~SIGNATURES~~If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

~~Pursuant~~Item to5.07 ~~the~~Submission ~~requirements~~ of ~~the~~Matters ~~Securities~~to ~~Exchange~~a ~~Act~~Vote of ~~1934,~~Security ~~the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized~~Holders.

UPBOUND GROUP, INC.

Date:

May 1, 2025

By:

/s/ Fahmi W. Karam

Fahmi W. Karam

EVP, Chief Financial Officer

On June 3, 2025, Upbound Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three matters: (1) the election or re-election of the directors nominated by the Company’s board of directors, (2) the ratification of the Audit & Risk Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, and (3) the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Proposal One: Having received more than a majority of votes cast at the meeting, each of the individuals named below was elected or re-elected as a director:

Nominee	Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Jeffrey Brown	46,639,794	669,969	63,887	5,029,686
Charu Jain	47,045,920	252,809	74,921	5,029,686
Fahmi Karam	47,236,986	84,755	51,909	5,029,686
Molly Langenstein	46,751,734	567,601	54,315	5,029,686
Harold Lewis	47,059,967	249,032	64,651	5,029,686
Glenn Marino	46,517,555	778,514	77,581	5,029,686
Carol McFate	46,674,262	637,300	62,088	5,029,686

Proposal Two: The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified with voting on the proposal as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
52,277,101		77,899		48,336		0

Proposal Three: The compensation of the named executive officers of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024 was approved, on an advisory basis, as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
46,396,548		866,171		110,931		5,029,686

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	UPBOUND GROUP, INC.

Date: June 3, 2025	By:	/s/ Bryan Pechersky
		Bryan Pechersky
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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