Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
<br />A4W Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
<br />TRAVELERS J St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casually and Surely Company, and
<br />St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (herein
<br />collectively called the "Companies"), and that the Companies do hereby make, constitute and appoint Peter S Forker of
<br />ROLLING MEADOWS , Illinois their [me and lawful Atlomey(s)-in-Fact to sign, execute, seal and
<br />acknowledge any and all bonds, recognlzances, conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory In the nature thereof on behalf of
<br />the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or
<br />guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed, and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed, this 21st day of April,
<br />2021,
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<br />State of Connecticut
<br />By:
<br />City of Hartford as, Robert L. Raney,enior Vice President
<br />On this the 27st day
<br />of April, 2021, before
<br />me personally appeared
<br />Robert L. Raney, who acknowledged himself to 6e the Senior
<br />Vice Presftlent of each
<br />of the Companies, and
<br />that he, as such, being
<br />authorized so to do, executed the foregoing Instrument for the
<br />purposes therein contained
<br />by signing on behalf
<br />of said Companies by himself as a duly authorized officer.
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<br />IN WITNESS WHEhv.h
<br />REOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. �i�%G
<br />My Commission expires the 30th day of June, 2026 n°N^ /////!
<br />ru41ro,,¢ff! "` Anna P. NoWk, Notary Public
<br />This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of each of
<br />the Companles, which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as follows:
<br />RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
<br />President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint
<br />Attorneys -In -Fact and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority
<br />may prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognlzances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings
<br />obligatory In the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking, and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may
<br />remove any such appointee and revoke the power given him or her; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or
<br />any Vice President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided
<br />that each such delegation is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary; and It Is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of Indemnity, or writing obligatory In the nature of a bond, recognizance,
<br />or conditional undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive
<br />Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
<br />Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary;
<br />or (b) duly executed (under seal, if required) by one or more Attorneys -in -Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed In his or her
<br />certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority; and It is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of each of the following officers: President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President,
<br />any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to
<br />any Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attomeys-in-
<br />Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory In the nature thereof, and any such Power of
<br />Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed
<br />and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company In the future with respect to any bond or
<br />understanding to which it is attached.
<br />I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of each of the Companies, do hereby certify That the above and foregoing is a
<br />we and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which remains in full force and effect.
<br />Dated this 9th dayof July ,2024 . IF iL 1•� ,
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<br />tKevin E. Hughes, Assistant secretary
<br />To verify the authenticity of this Power ofAttorney, Please call u� aC:-80G-411-3880,
<br />P/ease refer to the above-namedAttomey(s)-/n-Factand the details of the bond to which. tGts PowerofAttorney /s attached.
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