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Chairman

R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr.

 

interim President & CEO

Ronald W. Allen

 

Executive Vice President & CFO

Gilbert L. Danielson

 

COO

William K. Butler, Jr.

 

Aaron’s, Inc.®

309 E. Paces Ferry Rd. N.E

Atlanta, Georgia 30305-2377 / (404) 231-0011

 

February 15, 2012

VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE AND EMAIL ONLY

Mr. Rufus Decker

Accounting Branch Chief

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  Re: Aaron’s, Inc.
       Form 10-K for the Year ended December 31, 2010
       Filed February 25, 2011
       Form 10-Q for the Period ended September 30, 2011
       Filed November 7, 2011
       File No. 1-13941

Dear Mr. Decker:

Aaron’s, Inc. (the “Company”) has received the Staff’s comment letter dated February 3, 2012 with respect to the above-referenced filings. The Company hereby requests that the Staff accept a deferral of the deadline for the Company’s response to the comment letter to March 5, 2012, ten business days after the original deadline. This request is based on the need to obtain thorough review by the Company’s senior management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors before the Company’s responses are submitted to the Staff.

If there are questions or concerns about the Company’s proposed timeline, please do not hesitate to contact me at (678) 402-3388.

 

   

Very truly yours,

 

AARON’S, INC.

    By:  

/s/ Robert P. Sinclair, Jr.

     

Robert P. Sinclair, Jr.

     

Vice President,

Corporate Controller