0001209191-17-007841.txt : 20170203 0001209191-17-007841.hdr.sgml : 20170203 20170203185157 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-17-007841 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170201 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170203 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Discover Financial Services CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001393612 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6141] IRS NUMBER: 362517428 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD CITY: RIVERWOODS STATE: IL ZIP: 60015 BUSINESS PHONE: 224-405-0900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD CITY: RIVERWOODS STATE: IL ZIP: 60015 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rose R Douglas CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001572852 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33378 FILM NUMBER: 17573611 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD CITY: RIVERWOODS STATE: IL ZIP: 60015 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2017-02-01 0 0001393612 Discover Financial Services DFS 0001572852 Rose R Douglas 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD RIVERWOODS IL 60015 0 1 0 0 SVP, Chief HR Officer Common Stock 2017-02-01 4 A 0 4137 68.77 A 20586 D Common Stock 2017-02-01 4 F 0 3258 68.77 D 17328 D Shares earned upon vesting of non-derivative performance stock units, which are exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d). Performance stock units are convertible into shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:1. Number of shares withheld to pay the tax withholding obligation incurred in connection with the vesting of previously granted restricted stock units and performance stock units. /s/ Jennifer Schott as Attorney-in-Fact for R. Douglas Rose 2017-02-03 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY
      Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Kathryn McNamara Corley, Jennifer K. Schott and Susan M.
Wagner-Fleming, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, all reports to be filed by the
undersigned pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules promulgated thereunder (including
Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any successor forms) (the "Section 16 Reports") with
respect to the equity securities of Discover Financial Services (the "Company");
and
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Section 16
Report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such
report 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 that, 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 powers granted above may be exercised by each such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned, individually, and on behalf of the undersigned in any
fiduciary or representative capacity in which the undersigned may be acting.
      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 Exchange Act.
      This Power of Attorney shall be effective as of the date set forth below
and shall continue in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Section 16 Reports with respect to the equity securities of 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 12 day of July, 2016.
Signature:  /s/ R. Douglas Rose	Print Name:  R. Douglas Rose