SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*
Greene John

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2500 LAKE COOK ROAD

(Street)
RIVERWOODS IL 60015

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Discover Financial Services [ DFS ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/22/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/22/2024 A 29,324(1) A $0.00 57,427 D
Common Stock 02/22/2024 A 9,051(2) A $0.00 66,478 D
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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Explanation of Responses:
1. Award of restricted stock units pursuant to the Discover Financial Services 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
2. Special retention award of restricted stock units pursuant to the Discover Financial Services 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Efie Vainikos as Attorney-In-Fact for John Greene 02/26/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Hope D. Mehlman, Efie Vainikos, Christine R. Strong, Gina M. Chereck, and Lachelle Koon, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, all reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any successor forms) (the “Section 16 Reports”) with respect to the equity securities of Discover Financial Services (the "Company"); and

 

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Section 16 Reports, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such report with the U.S. 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 that, 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 powers granted above may be exercised by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, individually, and on behalf of the undersigned in any fiduciary or representative capacity in which the undersigned may be acting.

 

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 Exchange Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall be effective as of the date set forth below and shall continue in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Section 16 Reports with respect to the equity securities of the Company, unless earlier (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (b) superseded by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein as of a later date.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of February, 2024.

 

 

Signature: /s/ John T. Greene Print Name: John T. Greene

 



 

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Hope D. Mehlman, Efie Vainikos, Christine R. Strong, Gina M. Chereck, and Lachelle Koon, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, all reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any successor forms) (the “Section 16 Reports”) with respect to the equity securities of Discover Financial Services (the "Company"); and

 

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Section 16 Reports, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such report with the U.S. 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 that, 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 powers granted above may be exercised by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, individually, and on behalf of the undersigned in any fiduciary or representative capacity in which the undersigned may be acting.

 

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 Exchange Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall be effective as of the date set forth below and shall continue in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Section 16 Reports with respect to the equity securities of the Company, unless earlier (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (b) superseded by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein as of a later date.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of February, 2024.

 

 

Signature: /s/ John T. Greene Print Name: John T. Greene

 



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