0001225208-24-004529.txt : 20240326 0001225208-24-004529.hdr.sgml : 20240326 20240326173911 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001225208-24-004529 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240323 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240326 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240326 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ferree Deborah L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001331252 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32545 FILM NUMBER: 24784960 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4150 EAST FIFTH AVE. CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43219 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Designer Brands Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001319947 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-SHOE STORES [5661] ORGANIZATION NAME: 07 Trade & Services IRS NUMBER: 310746639 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0203 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 810 DSW DRIVE CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43219 BUSINESS PHONE: (614) 872-1473 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 810 DSW DRIVE CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DSW Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050307 4 1 doc4.xml X0508 4 2024-03-23 0001319947 Designer Brands Inc. DBI 0001331252 Ferree Deborah L 810 DSW DRIVE COLUMBUS OH 43219 1 V. Chair; Ch Product Off 0 Class A Common Shares 2024-03-23 4 M 0 235908.0000 0.0000 A 432721.0000 D Class A Common Shares 2024-03-23 4 F 0 93631.0000 11.2200 D 339090.0000 D Dividend Equivalent Rights 2024-03-23 4 M 0 8358.0000 0.0000 D Class A Common Shares 8358.0000 8798.0000 D Restricted Stock Unit 2024-03-23 4 M 0 227570.0000 0.0000 D 2024-03-23 2024-03-23 Class A Common Shares 227570.0000 0.0000 D The dividend equivalent rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with the RSUs to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Issuer's Class A common stock. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer's Class A common stock. EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit 24-Substitute Power of Attorney Katherine Alfano, Attorney-in-Fact 2024-03-26 EX-24 2 dbisubstitutepoaferree.txt EXHIBIT 24 SUBSTITUTE POWER OF ATTORNEY Under the terms of a Power of Attorney previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (the "Original Power of Attorney") the undersigned was appointed an attorney-in-fact for Deborah L. Ferree (the "Section 16 Reporting Person"), to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the Section 16 Reporting Person, in the Section 16 Reporting Person's capacity as an officer and/or director of Designer Brands Inc. (the "Company"), a Form ID, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any other documents necessary to facilitate the filing of reports 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 Section 16 Reporting Person which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID or Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) 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 Section 16 Reporting Person, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the Section 16 Reporting Person pursuant to this Substitute 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. In accordance with the authority granted under the Original Power of Attorney, including power of substitution, the undersigned hereby appoints Lisa Yerrace and Katherine Alfano as substitute attorneys-in-fact, on behalf of the Section 16 Reporting Person, with the power to act without any other and with the full power of substitution to exercise and execute all of the powers granted or conferred in the Original Power of Attorney. This Substitute Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the Section 16 Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Section 16 Reporting Person in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Substitute Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of March, 2024. /s/ Michelle Krall ___________________________________ Signature Printed Name: Michelle Krall