-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FMEbQigrPLHCSFSYU3//q7uFL1G5bvL5OgBxtGBVySMfLHltp+4OFutOqx3CMTSd eK9uZNbq15Hi7xYqC1268Q== 0001140361-08-013583.txt : 20080527 0001140361-08-013583.hdr.sgml : 20080526 20080527120105 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-08-013583 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080527 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080527 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080527 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Houston Wire & Cable CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001356949 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-ELECTRICAL APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT, WIRING SUPPLIES [5063] IRS NUMBER: 364151663 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10201 NORTH LOOP EAST CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77029 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 609-2100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10201 NORTH LOOP EAST CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77029 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sheffield William H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372817 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-52046 FILM NUMBER: 08859908 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 416 591 3848 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 401 QUEENS QUAY WEST STREET 2: SUITE 104 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5V 2Y2 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0202 4 2008-05-27 0 0001356949 Houston Wire & Cable CO HWCC 0001372817 Sheffield William H 10201 NORTH LOOP EAST HOUSTON TX 77029 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2007-05-27 4 P 0 1200 20.2899 A 3200 D /s/ William H. Sheffield 2008-05-27 EX-24.1 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charles A. Sorrentino, Nicol G. Graham and Eric W. Davis, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
 
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Houston Wire & Cable Company (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 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 undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such 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 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 discretion.
 
The undersigned hereby grants to each such 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 such 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.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
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 by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of July, 2006.
 
 
/s/ William H. Sheffield
  
Signature
  
   
William H. Sheffield
  
Print Name
  
 
 

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