SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* JACOBY JON E M (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 CENTER STREET (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72201 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/24/2003	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CONNS INC [ CONN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	676,804	I	By voting trust
Common Stock	451,176	I	By LLC
Common Stock	182,609	I	By LLC
Common Stock	36,122	I	By LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	Todd Ferguson, attorney in fact for reporting person	11/24/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned

hereby constitutes and appoints David A. Knight,

William B. Keisler and Todd C. Ferguson his true and

lawful attorneys-in-fact to:



(1) execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned,

any one or more Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with

Section 16(a) of the Securities and 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, that 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 that, in the opinion of

any 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 the foregoing

attorneys-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 such attorneys-in-fact might or

could do if personally present, with full power of

substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and

confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or their

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, as amended, or other applicable securities

laws or rules.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of January,

2002.



/s/ Jon E. M. Jacoby

Signature





Jon E. M. Jacoby

Printed Name