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<br />POWER~OF A1~0 RNE~
<br />INTERNA.TIONlit FID EtITY. .INSURANCECOmANY
<br />nOME OFFlCE:ONENEW ARK GENTER, 20TH FLOOR
<br />NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 01102~5207
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<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing
<br />laws of the State of New Jersey, and having its principal office in the City of Newark, New Jersey, does hereby constitute and appoint
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<br />R.A. BASSt JAMES B. SHBAt TSBRBSB A. HCHULTYt JOHN J. CASEY
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<br />its true and lawful attQrne.'t. (s)-in.fact to execute, se.al and deliver for and on its beha.lf as surety, any and all bonds and undenakings,.c.Oiltracts of indemnity and
<br />other writings obligato.ry m the nature thereof, which are or may be allowed, required or pennitted by law. statute, rule,. [Æulation, .contract or O. therwise, and
<br />the execution of such instrument(s) in pursuance of these presents, shall be as bindIng upon the said INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE
<br />COMPANY, as fully and amply, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been duly executed and acknowledged by its regularly elected officers at its
<br />principal office.
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<br />This P. ower of Attorney is executed., and ma:iþe revoked, pursuant to and by authority of Article 3-Section 3, of the BYeLaw. s adopted by the Board of
<br />Directors of INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY at a meeting called and held on the 7th day of February, 1974.
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<br />The President or any Vice President, Executive Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary, shall have power and authority
<br />(1) To appoint Attorneys-in-fact, and to authorize them to execute on behalf of the Company, and attach the Seal of the Company thereto, bonds and
<br />undertakings, contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof and,
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<br />(2) To remove, at any time, any such attorney-in-fact and revoke the authority given.
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<br />Further, this Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors of said Company adopted at a meeting
<br />duly called and held on the 29th day of April, 1982 of which the following is a true excerpt:
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<br />Now therefore the signatures of such officers and the seal of the Company may be affixed to any such power of attorney or any certificate relating thereto by
<br />facsimile, and any such power of attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile sIgnatures or facsimile seaT shall be valid and binding UIX)ß the Company and any
<br />such power so executed and certified by facsimile signatures and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company in the future with respect to any
<br />bond or undertaking to which it is attached.
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<br />TN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY has caused this instrument to be
<br />signed and its corporate seal to be affixed by its authorized officer, this 31st day of August, A.D. 1998.
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<br />STATE OF NEW JERSEY INTERNATIONAL ~.. ~
<br />County of Essex
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<br />Vice-Pr ident
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<br />On this 31st day of August 1998, before me came the individual who executed the preceding instrument, to c'J!CIIersonally known,..a. nd, being by me duly
<br />sworn, said the he is the therein described and authorized officer of the INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY; that the seal affixed to
<br />said instrument is the Corporate Seal of said Company; that the said Corporate Seal and his signature were duly affixed by order of the Board of Directors of
<br />said Company.
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<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed my Official Seal,
<br />at the City of Newark, New Jersey the day and year first above written.
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<br />A NOTARY J>UBLIC OF NEW JERSEY
<br />My Commission Expires Nov. 21,2005
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<br />CERTIFICATION
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<br />I. the undersigned officer ofINTERN"ATJONAL FlDELITYJNSt,JRANCE COMPANY.do. hereby certîfy. thatJh¡¡ve. compared the foregoing copy of the
<br />P(}we{of AttomeYand affid!ivit,andtbe copy Qfilie ~tionôf the By-Laws!}f said Coll1pâny asStJ~ forth illsaidPdwerof Attorney, with theQRIPINALSON
<br />IN THE HOME OFFIÇE OF SAID COMPANY ,¡¡¡tdthat the same arecorrept transcripts thereof, and of thewho~oftbesaid originals, andtha~the said Power
<br />of Aitorney has notÞeenrevokedàrtd is nowil1.full force and effect
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<br />INTESTXMONY WJ{ISREOF.I have here\ti1f.osetmyhandthis
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