0001209191-11-029081.txt : 20110517 0001209191-11-029081.hdr.sgml : 20110517 20110517175341 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-11-029081 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110516 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110517 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110517 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RED HAT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001087423 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370] IRS NUMBER: 061364380 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 VARSITY DRIVE CITY: RALEIGH STATE: NC ZIP: 27606 BUSINESS PHONE: 9197543700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 VARSITY DR CITY: RALEIGH STATE: NC ZIP: 27606 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SHELTON GENERAL HENRY HUGH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001168683 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33162 FILM NUMBER: 11852755 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 VARSITY DRIVE CITY: RALEIGH STATE: NC ZIP: 27606 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0303 4 2011-05-16 0 0001087423 RED HAT INC RHT 0001168683 SHELTON GENERAL HENRY HUGH C/O RED HAT, INC. 1801 VARSITY DRIVE RALEIGH NC 27606 1 0 0 0 Deferred Stock Unit 0.00 2011-05-16 4 A 0 344 0.00 A Common Stock 344 344 D This DSU was granted pursuant to Red Hat's 2010 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, in lieu of cash compensation, and is fully vested as of the date of the grant. The DSU will be settled in shares of Red Hat's common stock upon termination of the Reporting Person's Board of Director service. /s/ Stephanie Trunk, Atty in Fact UPOA 2011-05-17 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT POWER OF ATTORNEY

Known all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael Cunningham, Brandon Asbill, Emily Del Toro and Stephanie Trunk, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Red Hat, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2. Do and perform all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form or amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of April 2011.

Signature: /s/ Henry H. Shelton

Printed Name: Henry H. Shelton