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<br /> * OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY
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<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:That OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY,a Wisconsin stock insurance corporation,does make,constitute and
<br /> appoint:
<br /> Randy Spohn,Matthew R.Dobyns,Hamilton Kenney,Ashley M.Spohn of Santa Ana, CA
<br /> its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact,with full power and authority for and on behalf of the company as surety, to execute and
<br /> deliver and affix the seal of the company thereto(if a seal is required), bonds, undertakings, recognizances or other written obligations in the nature thereof,
<br /> (other than bail bonds, bank depository bonds, mortgage deficiency bonds, mortgage guaranty bonds, guarantees of installment paper and note
<br /> guaranty bonds, self-insurance workers compensation bonds guaranteeing payment of benefits, or black lung bonds),as follows:
<br /> ALL WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS
<br /> and to bind OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY thereby,and all of the acts of said Attorneys-in-Fact,pursuant to these presents,are ratified and confirmed.
<br /> This appointment is made under and by authority of the board of directors at a special meeting held on February 18,1982.
<br /> This Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the OLD
<br /> REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY on February 18,1982.
<br /> RESOLVED that, the president, any vice-president or assistant vice president, in conjunction with the secretary or any assistant secretary, may appoint
<br /> attorneys-in-fact or agents with authority as defined or limited in the instrument evidencing the appointment in each case,for and on behalf of the company to
<br /> execute and deliver and affix the seal of the company to bonds,undertakings,recognizances,and suretyship obligations of all kinds;and said officers may
<br /> remove any such attorney-in-fact or agent and revoke any Power of Attorney previously granted to such person.
<br /> RESOLVED FURTHER,that any bond,undertaking,recognizance,or suretyship obligation shall be valid and binding upon the Company
<br /> (i) when signed by the president,any vice president or assistant vice president,and attested and sealed(if a seal be required)by any secretary or assistant
<br /> secretary;or
<br /> (ii) when signed by the president,any vice president or assistant vice president,secretary or assistant secretary,and countersigned and sealed(if a seal be
<br /> required)by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact or agent;or
<br /> (iii) when duly executed and sealed (if a seal be required) by one or more attorneys-in-fact or agents pursuant to and within the limits of the authority
<br /> evidenced by the Power of Attorney Issued by the company to such person or persons.
<br /> RESOLVED FURTHER that the signature of any authorized officer and the seal of the company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power of Attorney or
<br /> certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond,undertaking,recognizance,or other suretyship obligations of the company;and such
<br /> signature and seal when so used shall have the same force and effect as though manually affixed.
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by Its proper officer,and its corporate seal to be
<br /> affixed this 11th day of August 2022 ,
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<br /> On this 11th day of August 2022 ,personally came before me, Alan Pavlic
<br /> and Karen J Haffner ,to me known to be the individuals and officers of the OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY
<br /> who executed the above instrument,and they each acknowledged the execution of the same, and being by me duly sworn,did severally depose and say:that
<br /> they are the said officers of the corporation aforesaid,and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the seal of the corporation,and that said corporate seal
<br /> and their signatures as such officers were duty affixed and subscribed to the said instrument by the authority of the board of directors of said corporation.
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<br /> My Commission Expires: September 28, 2026
<br /> CERTIFICATE (Expiration of notary's commission does not invalidate this instrument)
<br /> I, the undersigned,assistant secretary of the OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY,a Wisconsin corporation,CERTIFY that the foregoing and attached
<br /> Power of Attorney remains in full force and has not been revoked; and furthermore, that the Resolutions of the board of directors set forth in the Power of
<br /> Attorney,are now in force.
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<br /> = 8th August 2024
<br /> 74 7097 g', SEAL ji Signed and sealed at the City of Brookfield,WI this day of g
<br /> ORSC 22262(3-06)
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