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Western Surety Company
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY -IN -FACT
<br />Know All Men By These Presents, That WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, a South Dakota corporation, is a duly organized and existing corporation having its
<br />principal office in the City of Sioux Falls, and State of South Dakota, and that it does by virtue of the signature and seal herein affixed hereby make, constitute and appoint
<br />Thomas J Mc Govern, Elaine K Miller, Thomas J Van Dyck, Jada M Karst, Stephanie Kowalski, Tracie M McBride,
<br />Laura L Diver, Individually
<br />of Fort Wayne, IN, its true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on its behalf bonds, undertakings
<br />and other obligatory instruments of similar native
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<br />and to bind it thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by a duly authorized officer of the corporation and all the acts of said Attorney,
<br />pursuant to the authority hereby given, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the Authorizing By -Laws and Resolutions printed at the bottom of this page, duly
<br />adopted, as indicated, by the shareholders of the corporation.
<br />In Witness Whereof, WESTERN SURETY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by its Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed on
<br />this 23rd day of September, 2023.
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<br />On this 23rd day of September, 2023, before me personally came Larry A. Kasten, to me known, who, being by me duly swom, did depose and say: that lie resides
<br />in the City of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota; that he is a Vice President of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY described in and which executed the above instrument;
<br />that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed pursuant to authority given by the Board
<br />of Directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereto pursuant to like authority, and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said corporation.
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<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney hereinabove set forth is still in force, and further
<br />certify that the By -Law and Resolutions of the corporation printed below this certificate are still in force. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and
<br />affixed the seal of the said corporation this 26th day of March, 2024.
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<br />Authorizing By -Laws and Resolutions
<br />ADOPTED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS OF WESTERN SURETY COMPANY
<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following By -Law duly adopted by the shareholders of the Company.
<br />Section 7. All bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers of Attorney, or other obligations of the corporation shall be executed in the corporate name of the Company by
<br />the President, Secretary, and Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, or any Vice President, or by such other officers as the Board of Directors may authorize. The President, any
<br />Vice President, Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer may appoint Attomeys in Fact or agents who shall have authority to issue bonds, policies, or undertakings
<br />in the name of the Company. The corporate seal is not necessary for the validity of any bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other obligations of the
<br />corporation. The signature of any such officer and the corporate seal may be printed by facsimile.
<br />This Power of Attorney is signed by Larry A. Kasten, Vice President, who has been authorized pursuant to the above Bylaw to execute power of attorneys on behalf of
<br />Western Surety Company.
<br />This Power of Attomey may be signed by digital signature and sealed by a digital or otherwise electronic -formatted corporate seal under and by the authority ofthe following
<br />Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent dated the 27`I' day of April, 2022:
<br />"RESOLVED: That it is in the best interest of the Company to periodically ratify and confirm any corporate documents signed by digital signatures and to ratify and
<br />confirm the use of a digital or otherwise electronic -formatted corporate seal, each to be considered the act and deed of the Company."
<br />Go to www.enasuretv.com > Owner / Obligee Services > Validate Bond Coverage, if you want to verify bond authenticity.
<br />Form F4280-6-2023
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