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<br />0 SOMPO INTERNATIONAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS. that Endurance Assurance Corporation, a Delaware corporation ('EAC'), Endurance American Insurance Company, a Delaware
<br />corporation ('EAIC'), Lexon Insurance Company, a Texas corporation ('LIC'), and/or Bond Safeguard Insurance Company, a South Dakota corporation ('BSIC"), each,
<br />a 'Company' and collectively, ' Sompo Intemational," do hereby constitute and appoint. Kelly A. Gardner
<br />as true and lawful Attomey(syln Fact to make, execute, seal, and deliver for, and on its behalf as surety or co -surety, bonds and undertakings given for any and all
<br />purposes, also to execute and deliver on its behalf as aforesaid renewals, extensions, agreements. waiver:, consents or stipulations relating to such bonds or undertakings
<br />provided, however, that no single bond or undertaking so made, executed and delivered shall obligate the Company for any portion of the penal sum thereof in excess of
<br />the sum of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00).
<br />Bond No.: LICX1985865
<br />Principal: Green Development Ventures, LLC
<br />Obirgee; City of South Bend
<br />Such bonds and undertakings for said purposes, when duty executed by said attomey(s)-in-fact, shall be binding upon the Company as fully and to the same extent as if
<br />signed by the President of the Company under its corporate seal attested by its Corporate Secretary.
<br />This appointment is made under and by authority of certain resolutions adopted by the board of directors of each Company by unanimous written consent effective the 301"
<br />day of March, 2023 for BSIC and LIC and the 171" day of May, 2023 for EAC and EAIC. a copy of which appears below under the heading entitled 'Certificate"
<br />This Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by authority of the following resolution adopted by the board of directors of each Company by
<br />unanimous written consent effective the 30'" day of March, 2023 for BSIC and LIC and the 1 r day of May, 2023 for EAC and EAIC and said resolution has not since
<br />been revoked, amended or repealed
<br />RESOLVED, that the signature of an individual named above and the seal of the Company may be affixed to any such power of attorney or any cerbficate relating thereto
<br />by facsimile, and any such power of attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company in the future with respect
<br />to any band or undertaking to which it is attached
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Company has caused this instrument to be signed by the following officers, and its corporate seal to be affixed this 25th day of
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<br />I, the undersigned Officer of each Company, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that:
<br />1. That the original power of attorney of which the foregoing is a copy was duty executed on behalf of each Company and has not since been revoked, amended or modified,
<br />that the undersigned has compared the foregoing copy thereof with the original power of attorney, and that the some is a true and correct copy of the original power of
<br />attorney and of the whole thereof,
<br />2. The following are resolutions which were adopted by the board of directors of each Company by unanimous written consent effective 300, day of March, 2023 for BSIC
<br />and LIC and the 170, day of May, 2023 for EAC and EAIC and said resolutions have not since been revoked, amended or modified:
<br />'RESOLVED, that each of the individuals named below is authorized to make, execute, seal and deliver for and on behalf of the Company any and all bonds,
<br />undertakings or obligations in surety or co -surety with others: RICHARD M. APPEL, MATTHEW E. CURRAN, MARGARET HYLAND, SHARON L. SIMS.
<br />CHRISTOPHER L. SPARRO,
<br />and be it further
<br />RESOLVED, that each of the individuals named above is authorized to appoint attorneys -in -fact for the purpose of making, executing, seating and delivering bonds,
<br />undertakings or obligations in surety or co -surety for and on behalf of the Company.'
<br />3. The undersigned further certifies that the above resolutions are true and correct copies of the resolutions as so recorded and of the whole thereof.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal this 11 th day of Jul 2025
<br />Da S rie, etary
<br />NOTICE: U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL fOFACI
<br />No coverage Is provided by this Notice nor can it be construed to replace any provisions of any surety bond or other surety coverage provided This Notice provides information concerning
<br />possible Impact on your surety coverage due to directives Issued by OFAC Please read this Notice carefully.
<br />The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces sanctions polity, based on Presidential declarations of 'national emergency' OFAC has Identified and listed
<br />numerous foreign agents, front organizations, terrorists, terrorist organizations, and narcotics traffickers as'Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons' This list can be located
<br />on the United States Treasurys website — httosJ/www.treasury.00vtresource-centerlsanc8ons=N-List
<br />In accordance with OFAC regulations, If it Is determined that you or any other person or entity claiming the benefits of any coverage has violated U S sanctions law or is a Specialty
<br />Designated National and Blocked Person, as identified by OFAC, any coverage will be considered a blocked or frozen contract and all provisions of any coverage provided are immediately
<br />subject to OFAC. When a surety bond or other form of surety coverage Is considered to be such a blocked or frozen contract, no payments nor premium refunds may be made without
<br />authorization from OFAC. Other limitations on the premiums and payments may also apply
<br />Any reproductions are void.
<br />Surety Claims Submission: LexonClaimAdministratlon&sompo-intl.com
<br />Telephone: 618-883•8800 Mailing Address: Sompo Intemational; 12890 Lebanon Road; Mount Juliet, TN 37122.2870
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