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Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual) POWER OF ATTORNEY Know All Persons By These Pr¢sents, that the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL). a corporation tluly org armed urttler the laws of the Sla le of Iowa, end having its principal office in the City of Des Moines. County of Polk. Stale of Iowa, barn mane. constituted and appointed, and does by these presents make, constitute ono appoint Les M. Mantle, Ryan Mantle of Fullerton and State of California its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, with full power and authority hereby conferred in its name. place and stead. to sign, execute, acknowledge and d¢liver in its behalf as sur¢ty any and all bonds, undertakings. recognizances or other written obligations in the nature thereof. subject to the limitation that any such instrument Shall not exceed the amount of: SIX A7ILLIOV ($6,000.000.00) DOLLARS and to bind the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such bond or undertaking was Signed by the duly authorized officers of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL). and ail the acts of said Attomey-in-Fact, pursuant to the authority herein given, are ,hereby ratified and confirmed. This Power-of-Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following Amended Substituted and Restated By- Laws adopted by the Board of Directors of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) on November l6. 2002. ARTICLE II. SECTION 8 -The Chairman of the Board or President or any Vice President or Secretary shall have power and authority to appoint Attorneys-in-Fact, and to authorize them to ax¢cuta on behalf of the Company, and attach the Seal of the Company thereto. bonds and undertakings, r¢cognizances, contracts of indemnity and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof ARTICLE 11, SECTION 9 -The signature of any authorized officer and the Seal of the Company may be affixetl by }a rsimile to any Power of Attorney or Certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking, recognizance, or olh¢r suretyship obligations oT the Company, and Such Signature and seal when so used Shall have the same force and effect as though manually fixed. In Witness Whereol, MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL) has caused these presents to be signed by its President and its corporate seal to be hereto off xed, this 20th day of January 2009 . ?o?p\N P O O,?p ?? MERCHANTS 90NOING COMPANY (MUTUAL) .? 9?:y<: . y,. 1933 ?? ey z . ???T? STATE OF IOWA ?' .. President COUNTY OF POLK ss. On this 20th day of January 2009 ,before me appeared Larry Taylor, [o me personally known, who being by me duly sworn did say that he is President of [he MERG HANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), [he corporation described in the foregoing instrument, and that the Seal affixed,to [he said instrument is the Corporate Seal o! the said Corporation and that the saitl instrument was signetl and sealed in behal/ of saitl Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors. In Testimony Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand antl off xed my Official Seal at the Ci[y of Des Moines, Iowa. the day and year firs[ above written. y CINDY SMYTH / i.L ??,r/t?/1??u? i Commission Numbsr 1?750a L??ti (;// YY" e? My Commlaaion Ezpi?es March 16, 2009 Notary Pub/!c, Polk Covnry. Iowa STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF POLK ss. I, William Warner, Jr., Secretary of the MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL), do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of [he POWER-OF-ATTORNEY executed by said MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY (MUTUAL)- which is still in full force and effect antl has not been amended or revoked. In Witness Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Company on [his 7th day or Februarys 2011 LNG cp R q9 . ?_.. ?: 3? Secrete " s?' 1933 c. ry .• Y POA 0001 (1/06) J6-?sy'-...-"\'\-ate: - _