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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) 03/01/2008 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CARTERS INC [ CRI ] |
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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 | 6,481(1) | 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: |
| 1. The shares of common stock reported are subject to certain service restrictions that lapse upon the third anniversary of the grant date. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Brendan M. Gibbons, Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew Bruce Cleverly | 03/04/2008 | |
| ** 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. | ||
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
The
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Brendan M. Gibbons, Secretary of
Carter’s, Inc., signing singly, as the undersigned’s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
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(1)
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execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an
officer and/or director of Carter's, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Act”), and the rules
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 and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and to timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar 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, 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.
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The undersigned hereby grants to the
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 the
acts such attorney-in-fact 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 attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the
undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Act.
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 attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of the
date listed below.
| Date: March 4, 2008 | |||
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By:
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/s/ A. Bruce Cleverly | |
| Name: | A. Bruce Cleverly | ||