EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Officers and Directors
of Catherines Stores Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, hereby constitute and
appoint Bernard J. Wein and David C. Forell and each of them, the true and
lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of them, to sign for
the undersigned, in their respective names as Officers and Directors of the
Corporation, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, relating to the
Catherines Stores Corporation 1999 Diane V. Missel Non-Qualified Incentive Plan;
hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and
attorneys-in-fact, or any one or more of them, as herein authorized.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Bernard J. Wein Chairman of the Board, August 23, 1999
- -------------------------------- President and Chief Executive
Bernard J. Wein Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Stanley H. Grossman Director August 23, 1999
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Stanley H. Grossman
/s/ David C. Forell Executive Vice President, August 23, 1999
- -------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
David C. Forell and Director (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
/s/ James H. Lindy Director August 23, 1999
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James H. Lindy
/s/ Allen B. Morgan, Jr. Director August 23, 1999
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Allen B. Morgan, Jr.
/s/ Wellford L. Sanders, Jr. Director August 23, 1999
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Wellford L. Sanders, Jr.
/s/ Elliot J. Stone Director August 23, 1999
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Elliot J. Stone
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