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* WAS CONN'S ANNUITY TRUST ONE (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 CENTER ST. (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72201 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/21/2009	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CONNS INC [ CONN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) 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	2,000,000(1)	I	By voting trust

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:

1. The reported shares were received in a transfer from Warren A. Stephens. These shares have been reported as indirectly owned by Warren A. Stephens and Harriet C. Stephens in prior Form 4s filed by them, and will continue to be reported as indirectly owned by Warren A. Stephens and Harriet C. Stephens in future filings.

Remarks:

	Todd Ferguson, as attorney in fact for reporting person	11/02/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 and

Schedules 13G and 13D



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints David A. Knight, William B. Keisler and Todd C.

Ferguson the undersigned's 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 (the "34 Act"), and the rules thereunder; and

Schedules 13G and 13D in accordance with Section 13 of the 34 Act 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 or Schedules 13G and 13D, and the timely filing of such forms

and schedules 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 Sections 13 and 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 21st day of October, 2009.



WAS CONN'S ANNUITY TRUST ONE





By: /s/ Harriet C. Stephens

Harriet C. Stephens, Trustee