SEC FORM
3
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*
| 100 MORGAN KEEGAN DRIVE, SUITE 500 |
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(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2008
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CONNS INC
[ CONN ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
X |
10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Common Stock |
5,767,060 |
D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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Ron Clark, attorney in fact for reporting person |
02/05/2008 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 and
Schedules 13D and 13G and Amendments
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitute(s) and appoint(s) Ronald M. Clark the true and lawful attorney-in-fact
of the undersigned to:
(1) execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any one or more Forms 3, 4,
and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); and any
Schedules 13D and 13G, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with
Section 13 of the Exchange 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
Forms 3, 4 or 5, and Schedules 13G and 13D, and any amendments to any
of the foregoing, 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 grant(s) to the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform each 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 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 his
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
acknowledge(s) that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act, or
other applicable securities laws or rules.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has (have) caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of January, 2008.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Schedules 13D and 13G and Amendments
SG-1890, LLC
By: /s/ W.R. Stephens, Jr.
Name: W.R. Stephens, Jr.
Title: Manager
/s/ Bess C. Stephens
Bess C. Stephens
J&J Partners
By: Jon E.M. Jacoby
Name: Jon E.M. Jacoby
Title: Managing Partner
Jacoby Enterprises, Inc.
By: Jon E.M. Jacoby
Name: Jon E.M Jacoby
Title: President
Jackson T. Stephens Grandchildren's Trust AAAA
By: Jon E.M. Jacoby
Name: Jon E.M. Jacoby
Title: Trustee
