-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N/8UyDU7fcE/AN/INYz6DnRR6FgONZhqpjre6lBv5S3gjf6BM33VJZdi6IUZ6Xzu ThOnAM64m2cKy26DKdbhBw== 0001181431-03-017912.txt : 20030807 0001181431-03-017912.hdr.sgml : 20030807 20030807172605 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-03-017912 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030807 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030807 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JOHNSON WESLEY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001258791 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30959 FILM NUMBER: 03829513 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 967 N SORELINE BLVD CITY: NOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 BUSINESS PHONE: 6503143451 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001056421 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 943199149 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 967 N SHORELINE BLVD CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94013 BUSINESS PHONE: 6503858500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 967 NORTH SHORELINE BLVD CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 3 1 rrd15579.xml FORM 3 X0201 32003-08-07 0 0001056421 RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC rita 0001258791 JOHNSON WESLEY 967 N. SHORELINE BLVD. MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043 1000Option to Purchase (Right to Buy)2.841988-08-082013-08-05Common Stock25000DOption to Purchase (Right to Buy)2.841988-08-082013-08-05Common Stock10000DVests at the rate of 1/48 of the underlying securities on each monthly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement DateVests at the rate of 1/48 of the underlying securities on each monthly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement DateWesley E. Johnson, Jr. by Richard De Young, Attorney in Fact2003-08-07 EX-24. 3 rrd7432_8321.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd7432_8321.html Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Donald Stewart, Richard De Young and Harriet Bell, 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 Rita Medical Systems, Inc.(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)        take any othe r 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 t o 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 5th day of August, 2003.

/s/ Wesley E. Johnson, Jr.

Signature

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