-----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, G2+ZSKLyNikhwrXgwBPM5XBSwhzvlg9eKEL/lNBANUN8BS6Vc3n9OSTv4RPP6jBX eDaO0ybtX+fI2ZJMLUNo/A== 0001181431-03-018784.txt : 20030814 0001181431-03-018784.hdr.sgml : 20030814 20030814190022 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-03-018784 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030814 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030814 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEWART DONALD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001254191 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30959 FILM NUMBER: 03849223 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O RITA MEDICAL SERVICES STREET 2: 967 N. SHORELINE BLVD CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94598 BUSINESS PHONE: 6503143451 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS STREET 2: 967 N. SHORELINE BLVD CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94598 4 1 rrd16086.xml FORM 4 X0201 42003-08-140 0001056421 RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC rita 0001254191 STEWART DONALD 967 N. SHORELINE BLVD. MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043 0100Chief Financial OfficerCommon Stock2003-08-134P010002.57A1000IJessica Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P010002.55A2000IJessica Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P010002.55A3000IJessica Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P020002.55A5000IJessica Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P020002.54A7000IJessica Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P020002.55A9000IChristina Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P020002.55A11000IChristina Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P020002.55A13000IChristina Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P02002.55A13200IChristina Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-134P018002.55A15000IChristina Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianCommon Stock2003-08-144P010002.55A16000IJessica Marie Stewart UCAUTMA, Kathleen Ann Stewart-CustodianDonald Stewart, by Richard De Young, Attorney in Fact2003-08-14 EX-24. 3 rrd7939_8913.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd7939_8913.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 30th day of August, 2002.

/s/ Donald J. Stewart

Signature

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