-----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, TaDi3CRGpg+uOnc+O8yh9+sZOHlG6hLgc7crKgUVeUdPlduIPiOPhlFqN4OWUIbV izrpekoNXUGha05j5uQp8w== <SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-08-064815.txt : 20081209 <SEC-HEADER>0001209191-08-064815.hdr.sgml : 20081209 <ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20081209144742 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-08-064815 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080314 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081209 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SWEETMAN MARY E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387419 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00091 FILM NUMBER: 081238076 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 314-984-0727 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 336 GILL AVENUE CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63122 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000050957 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE [2510] IRS NUMBER: 430337683 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 N BRENTWOOD BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 BUSINESS PHONE: 3148631100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 N BRENTWOOD BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690313 </SEC-HEADER> <DOCUMENT> <TYPE>4/A <SEQUENCE>1 <FILENAME>c78078_4ax0.xml <DESCRIPTION>MAIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION <TEXT> <XML> <?xml version="1.0"?> <ownershipDocument> <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion> <documentType>4/A</documentType> <periodOfReport>2008-03-14</periodOfReport> <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2008-03-17</dateOfOriginalSubmission> <issuer> <issuerCik>0000050957</issuerCik> <issuerName>FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName> <issuerTradingSymbol>FBN</issuerTradingSymbol> </issuer> <reportingOwner> <reportingOwnerId> <rptOwnerCik>0001387419</rptOwnerCik> <rptOwnerName>SWEETMAN MARY E</rptOwnerName> </reportingOwnerId> <reportingOwnerAddress> <rptOwnerStreet1>FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1> <rptOwnerStreet2>1 N. 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Bisher, Attorney-in-Fact for Mary E. Sweetman</signatureName> <signatureDate>2008-12-09</signatureDate> </ownerSignature> </ownershipDocument> </XML> </TEXT> </DOCUMENT> <DOCUMENT> <TYPE>EX-24 <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>c78078_24.htm <DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY <TEXT> <html> <head> <title>POWER OF ATTORNEY</title> </head> <body> <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: .25in; width: 7.20in"> <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Exhibit 24</B> </DIV> <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B> </DIV> <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jon D. Botsford, Meredith M. Graham and Dianna Bisher the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: </DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 10pt"> <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt"> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent"> </TD> <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director or officer of Furniture Brands International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</TD> </TR> <TR style="font-size: 8pt"> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent"> </TD> <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD>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 timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</TD> </TR> <TR style="font-size: 8pt"> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent"> </TD> <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD>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.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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. </DIV> <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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 issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. </DIV> <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of December, 2008. </DIV> <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt"> <TR> <TD width="48%"> </TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD width="1%"> </TD> <TD width="35%"> </TD> <TD width="15%"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign="top" align="left"> </TD> <TD colspan="3" align="left"> </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR><TR> <TD align="left"> </TD> <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"> /s/ Mary E. Sweetman</TD> <TD> </TD> </TR><TR> <TD align="left"> </TD> <TD colspan="3" align="left">Mary E. Sweetman </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR><TR> <TD align="left"> </TD> <TD colspan="3" align="left"> </TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="5"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"> <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio --><!-- /Folio --> </DIV> </body> </html> </TEXT> </DOCUMENT> </SEC-DOCUMENT> -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----