0001181431-13-056555.txt : 20131104 0001181431-13-056555.hdr.sgml : 20131104 20131104185242 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-13-056555 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131104 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131104 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Container Store Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001411688 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-HOME FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS & EQUIPMENT STORES [5700] IRS NUMBER: 260565401 FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 Freeport Parkway CITY: Coppell STATE: TX ZIP: 75019 BUSINESS PHONE: 972-538-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 Freeport Parkway CITY: Coppell STATE: TX ZIP: 75019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TCS Holdings, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120611 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TCS Holdings DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070906 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Galashan John Kristofer CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590836 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36161 FILM NUMBER: 131190486 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: LEONARD, GREEN & PARTNERS STREET 2: 11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 2000 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90025 3/A 1 rrd394219.xml J. GALASHAN AMENDED INITIAL FILING - POA X0206 3/A 2013-10-31 2013-11-01 0 0001411688 Container Store Group, Inc. TCS 0001590836 Galashan John Kristofer 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000 LOS ANGELES CA 90025 1 0 1 0 Common Stock, par value $0.01 20952262 I See Footnotes. Effective upon the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), the Issuer will effectuate a distribution, exchange, and stock split. The amount of securities reported on this Form 3 assumes consummation of the initial public offering and related transactions. The 20,952,262, 6,285,165, and 269,118 shares of Common Stock reported herein are owned directly by Green Equity Investors V, L.P. ("GEI V"), Green Equity Investors Side V, L.P. ("GEI Side V"), and TCS Co-Invest, LLC ("TCS"), respectively. GEI Capital V, LLC ("GEIC") is the general partner of GEI V and GEI Side V. Green V Holdings, LLC ("Holdings") is a limited partner of GEI V and GEI Side V. J. Kristofer Galashan is a principal of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., which is the management company of GEI V and GEI Side V, the manager of TCS, and an affiliate of GEIC and Holdings. LGP Management, Inc. ("LGPM") is the general partner of LGP. Mr. Galashan directly (whether through ownership or position) or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, may be deemed for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be the indirect beneficial owner of the shares owned by GEI V, GEI Side V, and TCS. Mr. Galashan disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. This amendment is being filed solely to add the attached written authorization. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney Lance J.T. Schumacher, as Attorney-in-Fact for J. Kristofer Galashan 2013-11-01 EX-24. 2 rrd354667_401858.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd354667_401858.html 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
              Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Lance J.T. Schumacher and Cody L. Franklin, signing singly, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
              (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in his capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock of The Container Store Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), the Statement on Schedule 13G (or Schedule 13D, if applicable), and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Sections 13 and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 Statement on Schedule 13G (or Schedule 13D, if applicable) and Forms 3, 4, and 5 and all amendment(s) 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 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 Issuer assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
              This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file a Statement on Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D and Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to his holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Issuer, unless earlier revoked by him in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 4th day of November, 2013.



By: 	/s/ J. Kristofer Galashan
Name:	J. Kristofer Galashan







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