0001127602-17-016499.txt : 20170503 0001127602-17-016499.hdr.sgml : 20170503 20170503114521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-17-016499 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170501 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170503 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170503 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CATO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000018255 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORES [5621] IRS NUMBER: 560484485 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0203 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8100 DENMARK ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28273-5975 BUSINESS PHONE: 7045517352 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8100 DENMARK ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28273-5975 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CATO STORES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19701002 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HOWE JOHN R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001212940 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31340 FILM NUMBER: 17808015 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CATO CORP STREET 2: PO BOX 34216 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28234 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2017-05-01 0000018255 CATO CORP CATO 0001212940 HOWE JOHN R P.O. BOX 34216 CHARLOTTE NC 282344216 1 EVP - CFO Class A Common Stock 2017-05-01 4 A 0 8886 0 A 72428.43 D Compensation Committee awarded restricted shares on March 22, 2017. The grant was effective May 1, 2017, but the shares remain subject to a time-based vesting schedule. /s/ John R. Howe 2017-05-03 EX-24 2 doc1.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POA POWER OF ATTORNEY For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John R. Howe and Stuart L Uselton, signing singularly, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and 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 the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other 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 his discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and 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 his 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 any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of May, 2009. /s/ John R. Howe