0001181431-12-048915.txt : 20120906 0001181431-12-048915.hdr.sgml : 20120906 20120906135431 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-048915 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120906 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120906 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120906 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harker William R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001349666 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35641 FILM NUMBER: 121076379 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3333 BEVERLY ROAD CITY: HOFFMAN ESTATES STATE: IL ZIP: 60179 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001548309 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 800808358 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0130 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3333 BEVERLY ROAD CITY: HOFFMAN ESTATES STATE: IL ZIP: 60179 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-286-1911 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3333 BEVERLY ROAD CITY: HOFFMAN ESTATES STATE: IL ZIP: 60179 3 1 rrd355263.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2012-09-06 1 0001548309 Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores, Inc. SHOS 0001349666 Harker William R 3333 BEVERLY ROAD HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60179 1 0 0 1 Chairman of the Board By: /s/ Charles J. Hansen, as Attorney-in-Fact for William R. Harker 2012-09-06 EX-24.1 2 rrd318822_360293.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY DC12604.pdf -- Converted by SEC Publisher 4.2, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING PURPOSES

     Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Charles J. Hansen as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

     (1) execute for, and on behalf of, the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

     (2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the attorney-in-fact and further approves and ratifies any such release of information;

     (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, and any amendments thereto, or other required report and timely file such Forms or reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the NASDAQ Capital Market and any stock exchange or similar authority as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act; and

     (4) 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 sole discretion.

     The undersigned hereby gives and grants to the 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 the 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.

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     The undersigned hereby acknowledges that (a) the foregoing attorney-in-fact is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned; (b) this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information; (c) any documents prepared and/or executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable; (d) neither the Company nor the attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and (e) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

     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 as to the attorney-in-fact by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of September, 2012.

Signature: /s/ WILLIAM R. HARKER

Name: William R. Harker

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