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NAS SURETY GROUP
<br />NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
<br />WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL INSLJRANCE COMPANY
<br />GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT North American Specialty Insurance Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under
<br />the laws of the State of New Hampshire, and having its principal office in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Washington International
<br />Insurance Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona and having its principal office in the City of [tasca,
<br />Illinois, each does hereby make, constitute and appoint:
<br />�CHOLAS L. NEWTON, JEFFREY R. MAAS, CHERYL L. BREYEN.
<br />STACEY SCHNIIDT and MARGARET WUEBKERS
<br />jointly or severally
<br />its hue and lawful AKomey(s)-in-Fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver, for and on its behalf and as its act and deed, bonds or other writings
<br />obligatory in the nature of a bond on behalf of each of said Companies, as surety, on contracts of suretyship as are or may be required or permitted by
<br />law, regulation, contract or otherwise, provided that no bond or undertaking or contract of suretyship executed under this authority shall exceed the
<br />amount of: TEN MII,LION (10,000,000.00) DOLLARS
<br />This Power of Attorney is granted and is signed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following Resolutions adopted by the Boards of
<br />Directors of both North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington International lnsuranCe Company at meetings duly called and held
<br />on the 24`h of March, 2000:
<br />"RESOLVED, that any two of the President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary or any
<br />Assistant Secretary be, and each or any of them hereby is authorized to execute a Power of Attorney qualifying the attorney named in the given Power
<br />of Attorney to execute on behalf of the Company, bonds, undertakings and all contracts of surety, and that each or any of them hereby is authorized to
<br />attest to the execution of any such Power of Attorney, and to attach therein the seal of the Company; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of such officers and the seal of the Company may be affixed to any such Power of Attorney or to any
<br />ccrtificate relating thereto by facsimile, and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signatures or facsimile seal shall be
<br />binding upon the Company when so affiYed and in the future with regard to any bond, undertaking or contract of surety to which it is attached.
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<br />/'f,''/ ��01 111111 ���\``\\\\ Stevrn P. Aadersee. Sr. Vice President of WuAington Ia�ensNaul l�nruce Campany & ,,' '��r••� *��'",:
<br />Vlce Presidm� of �ert6 Amerieae SpecW�y Insunue Conpany
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, North American Specialty Insurance Company and Washington International Insurance Company have caused their
<br />official seals to be hereunto affixed, and these presents to be signed by their authorized offtcerst�his day of April �Zp 02
<br />North American Specialty Insurance Company
<br />Washington International Insurance Company
<br />State of Illinois
<br />County of DuPage ss:
<br />0 5 day f April ,20 02 , before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared Paul D. Amstutz , President and CEO of
<br />Washington International Insurance Company and Vice Resident of North American Specialty Insurance Company and Steven P. Ander�n�
<br />Sr. Vice President of Washington International Insurance Company & Vice President of North American Specialty Insurance Company, personally lmown
<br />to me, who being by me duly sworn, aclmowledged that they signed the above Power of Attorney as uffieers of, and aclmowledged said instrument to be
<br />the voluntary act and deed of, their respective companies.
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<br />�`°OM`�"DN°O""°""'°' Yasmin A. Patel, Notary Public
<br />I, James A. Carpenter ,�/ic�e President & Assistant Secretary of Washington International Insurance Company and the Assistant Secretary of
<br />North American Speciality Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Power of Attorney given
<br />by dte companies, which is still in full force and effect
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seals of the Companies this 11 day of Apri 1 �2002 .
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<br />As�ittut Seercury of �an► Amerieaa SpetlaUty Insunnte Campany
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