SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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* PEARSON DAVID T. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 N. CANAL SUITE 325 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60606 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/30/2022	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol POTBELLY CORP [ PBPB ]
		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)
			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 Beneficially Owned
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)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Adiya Dixon as Attorney-in-Fact	04/06/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Robert D. Wright, Adiya Dixon and Steven Cirulis, 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 Potbelly Corporation (the
        "Company"), Form ID, including other documents necessary to obtain EDGAR
        codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
        with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
        "Commission") and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
        and the rules thereunder (collectively, the "Required Filings");

    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
        Required Filings, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
        thereto, and timely file such form with the 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-facts 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.

    The undersigned hereby revokes all previous powers of attorney that have
been granted by him in connection with his reporting obligations, if any, under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to his holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company. 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 April 1, 2022.


By:    /s/ David Pearson
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Name:  David Pearson