-----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, QccKxcPq+CuRwsbCgt8sdxz+mTSlqdFV//gyRDlqK9PfDrUT7rdVqkMQH9AvuBer 1ATwI5jmml4ribOxUW/wdw== 0001209191-10-035186.txt : 20100621 0001209191-10-035186.hdr.sgml : 20100621 20100621195922 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-10-035186 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100611 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100621 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100621 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MATTHEWS NORMAN S CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001178445 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08007 FILM NUMBER: 10908986 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 650 MADISON AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000038984 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 952815260 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 175 N. RIVERVIEW DRIVE CITY: ANAHEIM STATE: CA ZIP: 92808 BUSINESS PHONE: 714.283.6500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 175 N. RIVERVIEW DRIVE CITY: ANAHEIM STATE: CA ZIP: 92808 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FREMONT GENERAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 3 1 c02687_3x1.xml MAIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION X0203 3 2010-06-11 1 0000038984 SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS INC SGGH.PK 0001178445 MATTHEWS NORMAN S 299 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10171-0002 1 0 0 0 /s/ Norman Matthews 2010-06-21 EX-24 2 c02687_24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Donald E. Royer, Kyle Ross, David Brody and Lance McKinlay, signing individually, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     
(1)
  Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities of Signature Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), 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 Forms 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto and timely file such forms or amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and any stock exchange or similar authority, including the completion and execution of Form ID needed to acquire SEC filing codes; and
(3)
  Take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing authority, 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.

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 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 of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of June, 2010.

/s/ Norman Matthews               
Name: Norman Matthews

 

 

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