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THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS NOT VALID UNLESS IT IS PRINTED ON RED BACKGROUND.
<br /> CERTIFIED COPY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> THE OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
<br /> WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
<br /> No.43-135
<br /> Know All Men by These Presents: That THE OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, and WEST
<br /> AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY,an Indiana Corporation,pursuant to the authority granted by Article III,Section 9 of the Code of
<br /> Regulations and By-Laws of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and West American Insurance Company, do hereby nominate, constitute and
<br /> appoint: Gretchen G.LaNier or William Scott LaNier of Hillsborough,North Carolina its true and lawful agent(s)and attorney(s)-in-fact, to
<br /> make; execute; seal and deliver for and on its behalf as surety, and as its act and deed any and all BONDS, UNDERTAKINGS, and
<br /> RECOGNIZANCES,not exceeding in any single instance FOUR MILLION ($4,000,000.00) DOLLARS, excluding,however, any bond(s) or
<br /> undertaking(s)guaranteeing the payment of notes and interest thereon
<br /> And the execution of such bonds or undertakings in pursuance of these presents,shall be as binding upon said Companies,as fully and amply,to all
<br /> intents and purposes,as if they had been duly executed and acknowledged by the regularly elected officers of the Companies at their administrative
<br /> offices in Fairfield,Ohio,in their own proper persons.
<br /> The authority granted hereunder supersedes any previous authority heretofore granted the above named attomey(s)-in-fact.
<br /> In WITNESS WHEREOF,the undersigned officer of the said The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and West American Insurance Company has
<br /> hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the Corporate Seal of each Company this 15th day of January,2010.
<br /> m J.Timothy D'Errico,Assistant Secretary
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<br /> On this 15th day of January,2010 before the subscriber,a Notary Public of the State of Ohio,in and for the County of Butler,duly commissioned
<br /> and qualified, came J.Timothy D'Errico,Assistant Secretary of THE OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY and WEST AMERICAN c
<br /> ca INSURANCE COMPANY,to me personally known to be the individual and officer described in,and who executed the preceding instrument,and he _
<br /> cc acknowledged the execution of the same,and being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he is the officer of the Companies aforesaid,and that the O
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<br /> d tm seals affixed to the preceding instrument are the Corporate Seals of said Companies,and the said Corporate Seals and his signature as officer were 0I__
<br /> V d duly affixed and subscribed to the said instrument by the authority and direction of the said Corporations. W
<br /> O > IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at the City of Hamilton,State of Ohio,the day and year first C Q.
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<br /> C L Notary Public in and for County of Butler,State of Ohio
<br /> My Commission expires August 17,2013. O
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<br /> C This power of attorney is granted under and by authority of Article III, Section 9 of the Code of Regulations and By-Laws of The Ohio Casualty m O
<br /> L Insurance Company and West American Insurance Company,extracts from which read: O
<br /> pr(n Article III;Section 9. Appointment of Attomeys-in-Fact. The Chairman of the Board,the President,any Vice-President,the Secretary or any O
<br /> 0 d Assistant Secretary of the corporation shall be and is hereby vested with full power and authority to appoint attorneys in-fact for the purpose of
<br /> V_w signing the name of the corporation as surety to,and to execute,attach the seal of the corporation to,acknowledge and deliver any and all bonds, «d
<br /> O recognizances,stipulations,undertakings or other`instruments of suretyship and policies of insurance to be given in favor of any individual, firm,
<br /> E6 corporation,partnership,limited liability company or other entity,or the official representative thereof or to any county or state,or any official board )
<br /> O R or boards of any county or state,or the United States of America or any agency thereof,or to any other political subdivision thereof d r
<br /> a v This instrument is signed and sealed as authorized by the following resolution adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Companies on October 21, M
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<br /> 2004:RESOLVED,That the signature of an officer of the Com an authorized under Article III,Section 9 of its Code-of Regulations and By-laws £tno
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<br /> and the Company seal may be affixed by facsimile to any power of attorney or copy thereof issued on behalf of the Company to make,execute, seal O Cl)
<br /> and deliver for and on its behalf as surety any and all bonds, undertakings or other written obligations in the nature hereof; to prescribe their 0 r
<br /> respective duties and the respective limits of their authority;and to revoke any such appointment. Such signatures and seal are hereby adopted by the r
<br /> Company as original signatures and seal and shall,with respect to any bond,undertaking or other written obligations in the nature thereof to which it
<br /> is attached,be valid and binding upon the Company with the same force and effect as though manually affixed.
<br /> CERTIFICATE
<br /> I,the undersigned Assistant Secretary of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and West American Insurance Company,do hereby certify that the
<br /> foregoing power of attorney,the referenced By-Laws of the Companies and the above resolution of their Boards of Directors are true and correct
<br /> copies and are in full force and effect on this date. e,, —
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and the seals of the Companies this 9 day of ��-t7�^� , a�l�
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<br /> Assistant Secretary
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