| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/2009 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ANDERSONS INC
[ANDE]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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COMMON STOCK
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0
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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 Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| John T. Stout, Jr., by: Nicholas C. Conrad, Limited Power of Attorney | 10/26/2009 |
| ** 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).
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see Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John T. Stout, Jr. , the undersigned,
of _31 W 69th Street_ (address), City of _Mission Hills_, County of _Johnson_,
State of _KS_, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Mary J. Schroeder,
Nicholas C. Conrad, and Russell J. Mitchell each of The Andersons, Inc., 480 W.
Dussel Drive, Maumee, Ohio 43537, my true and lawful limited attorney-in-fact
for me and in my name, place and stead, giving severally unto said Mary J.
Schroeder, Nicholas C. Conrad, and Russell J. Mitchell full power individually
to (i) execute and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
as my limited attorney-in-fact, any and all SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 required to
be filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, each as amended, and (ii) execute and deliver any and all exercise orders,
certificates, commitments and other agreements necessary or appropriate in
connection with any exercise of my stock options for shares in The Andersons,
Inc., do any and all other acts to effectuate the foregoing, and execute and
submit all SEC filings necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, in
connection with my beneficial ownership of equity securities of The Andersons,
Inc., or options for such equity securities, for the calendar years 2009, 2010,
and 2011.
The rights, powers, and authority of each limited attorney-in-fact herein
granted shall commence and be in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
and such rights, powers, and authority shall remain in full force and effect
thereafter through and including January 6, 2012.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney
as of this ___23rd____ day of __October__, 2009.
__John T. Stout Jr._____
(Signature) John T. Stout, Jr.
State of ___Ohio_______)
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County of __Lucas______)
On this ___23rd_____ day of __October____, 2009, before me a notary public in
and for said state, personally appeared __John T. Stout, Jr.__ , to me
personally known, who being duly sworn, acknowledged that he/she had executed
the foregoing instrument for purposes therein mentioned and set forth.
_____Judy A. Baldwin________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
____02/01/2010_______