0001104659-19-073421.txt : 20191217 0001104659-19-073421.hdr.sgml : 20191217 20191217161644 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-19-073421 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191216 FILED AS OF DATE: 20191217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20191217 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bender Patricia A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532171 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35239 FILM NUMBER: 191289905 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE HUDSON CIRCLE CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Francesca's Holdings CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001399935 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES [5600] IRS NUMBER: 208874704 FISCAL YEAR END: 0201 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8760 CLAY ROAD CITY: Houston STATE: TX ZIP: 77080 BUSINESS PHONE: 713-864-1358 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8760 CLAY ROAD CITY: Houston STATE: TX ZIP: 77080 4 1 tm19264301_form4.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2019-12-16 0 0001399935 Francesca's Holdings CORP FRAN 0001532171 Bender Patricia A. C/O FRANCESCA'S HOLDINGS CORPORATION 8760 CLAY ROAD HOUSTON TX 77080 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2019-12-16 4 P 0 5000 10.15 A 25032 D Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Cindy Thomassee, as attorney in fact 2019-12-17 EX-24 2 tm19264301_ex24.htm EXHIBIT 24

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144
IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES OF
FRANCESCA’S HOLDINGS CORPORATION

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Cynthia Thomassee and Kate Venturina of Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in his or her name and stead in any and all capacities, to sign and file for and on his or her behalf, in respect of any acquisition, disposition or other change in ownership of any Common Stock of the Company, the following:

(i)

any Form ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”);

(ii)

any Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 to be filed with the SEC;

(iii)

any Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 to be filed with the SEC;

(iv)

any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5 to be filed with the SEC;

(v)

any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed with the SEC; and

(vi)

any and all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other documents in connection therewith.

The undersigned hereby gives full power and authority to the attorney-in-fact to seek and 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 such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information.

The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifies and confirms all that any such attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(i)

neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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

(ii)

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney.

Date: December 4, 2019

	/s/ Patricia A. Bender
	Name: Patricia A. Bender