POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTII\'G 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 Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company (herein called "the CNA Companies"), are
<br />duly organized and existing insuance companies having theirprincipal offices in the City of Chicago, 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 , Individually
<br />of Carmel, IN tbeir true and lawful Attomey(s)-m-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on their behalf
<br />bolds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nature
<br />- In Unlimited Amounts -
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<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 authorized officer 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 Ultness \S`hereo€, 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
<br />p National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford
<br />_' oowowurg Q r. �rG rrrro American Casualty Company of F:(1adin Pennsylvania
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<br />1897 'w"' Larry Kasten Vice President
<br />State of South Dakota, Canty of Mimnebaha, ss:
<br />On this 9th day of January, 2024, before we 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 be knows the seals of said insurance codes; that the seats 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 namee thereto pursuant to hiss authority,
<br />and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said insurance companies.
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<br />Mauch 2.2026 M. Bent Notary Public
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, an Illinois
<br />insurance company, 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 ce * that the By -Laws and Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the insurance companies printed below are still
<br />in force. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said insurance companies this 27th day of May , 2025 .
<br />��o;>•stct(r wa,4 Continental Casualty Company
<br />National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford
<br />' owoavg n •'c o x American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania
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<br />D. Johnson or Assistant Secretary
<br />Authorizing By -Laws and Resolutions
<br />ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH OF CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
<br />HARTFORD, and AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA (as defined above, the "CNA Cbmpames"j:
<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by autharity of the following resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of each 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 />Ibs 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 eacb of the above
<br />Companies by unanimous written consent dated the 25m 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 like 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 provided 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 nnaninmuus 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 -formatted corporate seal, each to be considered the act and deed of the Company. -
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<br />Form F6853-M023
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