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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 01/04/2010 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL STORES INC [ PLCE ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share | 0 | D | |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Jane T. Elfers | 01/05/2010 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
Exhibit
24.1
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Know all
by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Susan J. Riley and James E. Myers her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
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1.
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Execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned Schedules 13D and 13G, Form ID, and
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Sections 13 and 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
and the rules promulgated
thereunder;
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2.
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Do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Schedules 13D or 13G, Form ID, and Forms 3, 4 or 5, and the timely filing
of such schedules and forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other authority;
and
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3.
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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, including,
without limitation, the execution and filing of a Form 4 with respect to a
transaction which may be reported on a Form 5, 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 his or her discretion.
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The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully and to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in
person, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her 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 such attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned’s
responsibilities to comply with Sections 13 and 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 any Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Sections 13 and 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules
promulgated thereunder with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc.,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorneys-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 5th day of
January 2010.
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Jane
T. Elfers
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