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<br />Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
<br />T V St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
<br />POWER 0FATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and
<br />0. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws ,f the State of Connecticut (herein
<br />collectively called the ^nompaniov^).and that the Companies oohereby make, constitute and appoint JOSHUA R LOFnS of
<br />M|NNEupoUm . Minnesota . their true and |ewxu| A«umoy(o)-in'Fuct to oign, mmouta 000| and
<br />ommow|vugo any and all bvnds, m*,on|zmno,a, conditional undertakings and mmor nmnngn obligatory in the nature thereof on behalf of
<br />the Companies in \xoi, huumeoa of quanon8*oinQ the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or
<br />guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required o, permitted in any actions o,proceedings allowed oylaw.
<br />|wWITNESS WHEREOF, the Companies have caused this instrument touesigned, and their corporate seals tounhereto affixed, this o1otday mApril,
<br />2021
<br />State ofConnecticut
<br />City of Hartford ss.
<br />By: 4,4al-4�
<br />Robert L. Raneyctenior Vice President
<br />On this the 21st day of April, 2021, before me personally appeared Robert L. Raney, who acknowledged himself to be the Senior
<br />Vice President of each of the Companies, and that he, as such, being authorized vu to do, executed the foregoing meuumom for the
<br />purposes therein contained by signing on behalf or said Companies uyhimself eaaduly authorized officer.
<br />|wWITNESS WHEREOF, / hereunto set mvhand and official seal.
<br />myCommission expires the aotxday vfJune, um2m -of- Za
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<br />Anna P. Nowik, Notary Public
<br />This Power of Attorney is Qnomad under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of each of
<br />the Companies, which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as follows:
<br />RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
<br />President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary o, any Assistant Secretary may appoint
<br />mmmeynmfactpnu Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority
<br />may prescribe m sign with the Company's name and ooa| with the Company's nnu/ bvndv, recvgnizanm,o, contracts o, mdomn|ty, and other writings
<br />obligatory in the nature of o hmnu, renoon|zunoo, o, conditional onUonamng, and any of said offioam o, the Board of Directors at any time may
<br />remove any such appointee and revoke the power given him u,her; and itio
<br />punTnsm mseOu/so, that the oha/nnen, the President, any vice Chairman, any Executive wun pmniuont, any aanm, wmv President or
<br />any Vice President may ue|oyum all o, any port o, the ovmnuing authority to one o, more officers or employees of this Company, pmvmau
<br />that each such delegation iainwriting and acopy thereof isfiled inthe office nvthe Secretary; and xio
<br />FURTHER REmOLvED, that any hvnd, reon8nizanoo, contract of mUemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of o bond, recognizance,
<br />u,conditional undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vloo Chairman, any E^eouUwo
<br />Vice President, any Senior Vlrm President or any Vice President, any Second vim, President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
<br />Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and duly anemmu and ooa/ou with the oompmnyo seal by r Secretary or Assistant Secretary;
<br />or (u) duly executed if ,rqviv,u) by one or more Aunmoys-in'pmm and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his o, her
<br />certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESPuvED, that the signature of each of the hd|mwino officers: Pmuiuom. any Executive vima President, any Senior Vice preaidem,
<br />any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to
<br />any Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Pmaiuunm. nooidom Assistant Secretaries o, Aovmoys-in'
<br />Fact for purposes only of executing andouosti bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such Power of
<br />Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed
<br />and certified uvsuch facsimile signature and facsimile aua| oh*o be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond o,
<br />understanding mwhich itioattached.
<br />|. Kevin �Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of each of the Companies, certify that the above and foregoing is
<br />true and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which remains in full force and effect.
<br />Dated this 7m day of February . 2022
<br />,coft COWL
<br />6 Kevin E. Hughes, Assistant Secretary
<br />To verify the authenticity ofthis Power of Attorney, please call wsat 1-800-421-3880.
<br />Please refer to the above-namedA and the details of the bond to which this Power of Attorney is attached.
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