0001140361-12-050695.txt : 20121212 0001140361-12-050695.hdr.sgml : 20121212 20121212102005 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-12-050695 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121211 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121212 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FISHER SAMUEL K CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001215497 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-10436 FILM NUMBER: 121257995 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FOSTER L B CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000352825 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-METALS SERVICE CENTERS & OFFICES [5051] IRS NUMBER: 251324733 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 415 HOLIDAY DR CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15220 BUSINESS PHONE: 4129283431 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 415 HOLIDAY DR CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15220 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2012-12-11 0 0000352825 FOSTER L B CO FSTR 0001215497 FISHER SAMUEL K L.B. FOSTER COMPANY 415 HOLIDAY DRIVE PITTSBURGH PA 15220 0 1 0 0 Vice President Common Stock 2012-12-11 4 A 0 2190 0 A 16585 D Common Stock 1773 I 401(k) Shares Award of time vested restricted stock under the Issuer's 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. This number includes restricted shares which were previously awarded to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. This number includes 5 shares acquired by the reporting person's 401(k) account since March 8, 2012. /s/ Samuel K. Fisher by Joseph S. Cancilla, attorney-in-fact 2012-12-12 EX-24.1 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned, Samuel K. Fisher, does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with authority limited to and as specifically set forth herein, Joseph S. Cancilla and Deborah J. Foster (each hereinafter referred to as an "Attorney-in-Fact").
 
Each Attorney-in-Fact hereunder shall have the authority to: act, sign, execute and deliver for and on behalf of and in the place and stead of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director and/or officer of L. B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), the Forms 3, 4 and 5 documents pursuant to and in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the "Exchange Act"); to 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 and file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and to 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 Limited 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 shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of 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 Limited Power of Attorney shall commence on November 14, 2011 and shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4, or 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 Attorneys-in-Fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed on November 4, 2011.
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
/s/ Samuel K. Fisher
 
Samuel K. Fisher