Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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Option Grant (right to buy)
| $
13
| 05/20/2008 | | M | | |
15,000
| 06/20/2007 | 06/20/2016 |
Common Stock
|
15,000
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$
0
|
0
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I
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by Trust
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Option Grant (right to buy)
| $
30.25
| 05/20/2008 | | M | | |
5,000
| 05/01/2008 | 05/01/2017 |
Common Stock
|
5,000
|
$
0
|
0
|
I
|
by Trust
|
|
Option Grant (right to buy)
| $
17.36
| 05/20/2008 | | M | | |
5,000
| 05/08/2009 | 05/08/2018 |
Common Stock
|
5,000
|
$
0
|
0
|
I
|
by Trust
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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 21st day of June, 2006.
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/s/ Wilson
B. Sexton
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Wilson
B. Sexton
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