POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY -IN -FACT
<br />Know All Men By These Presents, That Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, an
<br />Illinois insurance company, and American Casualty Con4xmy of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company (herein called `the CNA Companies-), are
<br />duly organized and existing insurance companies having their principal offices in the City of ChicW, and State of Illinois, and that they do by virtue of the signatures
<br />and seals herein affixed hereby make, constitute and appoint
<br />Angela M. Riley a Individually
<br />of Carmel, IN their true and lawful Attcmmy(s)-in Fact with fWl power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on their behalf
<br />bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nature
<br />- In Unlimited Amounts -
<br />Surety Bond No: Bid Bond
<br />Principal: Milestone Contractors, L.P.
<br />Obligee: City of South Bend
<br />and to bind them thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by a duly audmrized offices of their insurance companies and all the acts of
<br />said Attorney, pursuant to the authority hereby given is hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the By -Laws and Resolutions_ printed below, duly adopted, as indicated, by the
<br />Boards of Directors of the insurance companies.
<br />In %Vltness Whereot; the CNA Companies have caused these presents to be signed by their Vice President and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed on this
<br />9th day of January, 2024.
<br />Continental Casualty Company
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<br />National Fire Insurance Company ofHartford
<br />xAmerican Casualty Company ofReadin Pennsylvania
<br />1rIrY rr, r>tLarry Kasten Vice Resident
<br />State of South Dakota, County of Minnehaha, ss.
<br />On this 9th day of January, 2024, before me personally came Larry Kasten to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say. that he resides in the
<br />City of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota; that he is a Vice President of Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire. Insurance
<br />Company of Hartford, an Illinois insurance company, and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company described in and
<br />which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seals of said insurance companies; that the seals affixed to the said instrument are such corporate seals; that
<br />they were so affixed pursuant to authority given by the Boards of Directors of said insurance companies and that he signed his name Hereto pursuant to like authority,
<br />and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said insurance companies.
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<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />1, D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartfm* an Illinois
<br />insurance may, and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney
<br />herein above set forth is still in force, and further certify that the By-laws and Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the insurance companies printed below are still
<br />inform. In testiw�y whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said insurance companies this 25th day of March , 2025.
<br />c ^sink>h �, arm Continental Casualty Company
<br />National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford.
<br />�osvoa�rE n c+t American Casualty Company ofReading, Pennsylvania
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<br />D. Johnson Assistant Secretary
<br />Authorizing By -Yaws and Resolutions
<br />ADOPTJM BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH OF CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COWANY OF
<br />HARTFORD, and AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA (as defined above, the "CNA Companies-):
<br />This Poor of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to stud by authority of the following resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors ofeach of the above CNA
<br />Companies at a meeting held on May 12,1995:
<br />"RESOLVED: That any Senior or Group Vice President may authorize an officer to sign specific documents, agreements and instruments on behalf of the
<br />Company provided that the name of such authorized officer and a description of the documents, agreements or instruments that such officer may sign will be
<br />provided in writing by the Senior or Group Vice President to the Secretary of the Company prior to such execution becoming effective."
<br />This Power of Attorney is signed by Larry Kasten, Vice President, who has been authorized pursuant to the above resolution to execute power of attorneys on
<br />behalf of each of the CNA Companies.
<br />This Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of each of the above
<br />Companies by unanimous written consent dated the 251 day of April, 2012:
<br />"Whereas, the bylaws of the Company or specific resolution of the Board of Directors has authorized various officers (the "Authorized Officers') to execute
<br />various policies, bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of lice nature; and
<br />Whereas, from time to time, the signature of the Authorized Officers, in addition to being provided in original, hard copy format, may be pmvicked via facsimile or
<br />otherwise in an electronic format (collectively, "Electronic Signatures"); Now therefore be it resolved: that the Electronic Signature of any Authorized Officer
<br />shall be valid and binding on the Company."
<br />This Power of Attorney may be signed by digital signature and sealed by a digital or otherwise electronic -formatted corporate seal under and by the authority of the
<br />following Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of each of the above CNA Companies by unanimous written consent dated the 27th 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
<br />and confirm the use of a digital or otherwise electronic-foruaatted corporate seal.. each to be considered the act and deed of the Company."
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<br />Form F6953-WD23
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