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SECTION A Bond.No. 107095723
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BOND
By this Bond, We Charley Toppino&Sons, Inc. , as Principal, whose
principal business address is US Highway 1, Mm 8.5, Rockland Key, Key West, FL 33040 , . as
Travelers sual[ nd Suret C pany or nca
corporation, as ure(y, uge°�ouna'to Monroe County hereinafter called County, in
the sum of.U.S. Dollars $ 56,900.00 (Minimum 100% of total bid amount) for
payment which we bind ourselves, our heirs, personal representatives, successors, and
assigns,jointly and severally.
THE.CONDITION OF THIS BOND is that if Principal:
1. Performs the contract dated,S +ern. l8,2019 between Principal and County for
construction of Former Hertz Building Demolition the Contract being made a part of
this Bond by reference, at the times and in the manner prescribed in the Contract.
2. Promptly make payments to all claimants, as defined in Section 255.05 (1), Florida
Statutes, supplying Principal with labor, materials, or supplies, used directly or indirectly by
Principal in the prosecution of the work provided for in the Contract,_which is made a part
of this bond by reference, and in the times and in the manner prescribed in the Contract;
and
3. Pays the County all losses, damages, expenses, costs and attorney's fees,
including appellate proceedings, that County sustains because of a failure by Principal
under the Contract; and
4. Performs the guarantee of all work and materials furnished under the Contract for
the time specified in the Contract, then this Bond is void; otherwise it remains in full
force.
This bond is subject to the provisions of Section 255.05, Florida Statues. Any changes
in or under the Contract Documents and compliance or non-compliance with any
formalities connected with the Contract or the changes does not affect Surety's
obligation under this Bond. .
Bond of contractor constructing public buildings; form; action by material men
(Florida Statues-Section 255.05)
(1)(a) Any person entering into a formal contract with the state or any county; city, or
political subdivision thereof, or other public authority or private entity, for the
construction of a public building, for the prosecution and completion of a public work, or for
repairs upon a public building or public work shall be required, before commencing
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the work or before recommencing the work after a default or abandonment, to execute, deliver
to the public owner, and record in the public records of the county where the improvement is
located, a payment and performance bond with a surety insurer authorized to do
business in this state as surety. A public entity may not require a contractor to secure a
surety bond under this section from a specific agent or bonding company. The bond must state
on its front page: the name, principal business address, and phone number of the
contractor, the surety, the owner of the property being improved, and, if different from
the owner, the contracting public entity; the contract number assigned by the contracting
public entity; and a description of the project sufficient to identify it, such as a legal
description or the street address of the property being improved, and a general description of
the improvement. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the contractor's performance of the
construction work in the time and manner prescribed in the contract and- promptly making
payments to all persons defined in s. 713.01 who furnish labor, services, or materials for the
prosecution of the work provided for in the contract. Any claimant may apply to the
governmental entity having charge of the work for copies of the contract and bond and shall
thereupon be furnished with a certified copy of the contract and bond. The claimant shall have
a right of action against the contractor and surety for the amount due him or her, including
unpaid finance charges due under the claimant's contract. Such action shall not involve
the public, authority in any expense. At the discretion of the official or board awarding such
contract when such work is done for any county, city, political subdivision, or public
authority, any person entering into such a contract which is for $200,000 or less may be
exempted from executing the payment and performance bond. In the event such
exemption is granted, the officer or officials shall not be personally liable to persons suffering
loss because of granting such exemption. Any provision in a payment bond furnished for public
work contracts as provided by this subsection which restricts the classes of persons as defined
in s. 713.01 protected by the bond or the venue of any proceeding relating to such bond is
unenforceable.
(b) The Department of Management Services shall adopt rules with respect to all
contracts for$200,000 or less, to provide:
1. Procedures for retaining up to 10 percent of each request for payment submitted by a
contractor and procedures for determining disbursements from the amount retained on a pro
rata basis to laborers, material men, and subcontractors, as defined in s. 713.01.
2. Procedures for requiring certification from laborers, material men, and subcontractors, as
defined in s. 713.01, prior to final payment to the contractor that such laborers, material men,
and subcontractors have no claims against the contractor resulting from the completion of
the work provided for in the contract.
The state shall not be held liable to any laborer, material man, or subcontractor for any
amounts greater than the pro rata share as determined under this section.
(c)1. The amount of the bond shall equal the contract price, except that for a contract in excess
of$250 million, if the state, county, municipality, political subdivision, or other public entity
finds that a bond in the amount of the contract price is not reasonably available, the public
owner shall set the amount of the bond at the largest amount reasonably available,
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but not less than $250 million.
2. For construction-management or design-build contracts, if the public owner does not
include in the bond amount the cost of design or other non-construction services, the
bond may not be conditioned on performance of such services or payment to persons
furnishing such services. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), such a bond may exclude
persons furnishing such services from the classes of persons protected by the bond.
(2)(a)1 . If a claimant is no longer furnishing labor, services, or materials on a project, a
contractor or the contractor's agent or attorney may elect to shorten the prescribed time in
this paragraph within which an action to enforce any claim against a payment bond provided. .
pursuant to this section may be commenced by recording in the clerk's office a notice in
substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF CONTEST OF CLAIM
AGAINST PAYMENT BOND
To: (Name and address of claimant)
You are notified that the undersigned contests your notice of nonpayment, dated
, and served on the undersigned on
, and that the time within which you may file suit to
enforce your claim is limited to 60 days after the date of service of this notice.
Dated On:
Signed: (Contractor or Attorney)
The claim of any claimant upon whom such notice is served and who fails to institute a suit to
enforce his or her claim against the payment bond within 60 days after service of such notice
shall be extinguished automatically. The clerk shall mail a copy of the notice of contest to the
claimant at the address shown in the notice of nonpayment or most
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recent amendment thereto and shall certify to such service on the face of such notice
and record the notice. Service is complete upon mailing.
2. A claimant, except a laborer, who is not in privity with the contractor shall, before
commencing or not later than 45 days after commencing to furnish labor, services, or
materials for the prosecution of the work, furnish the contractor with a written notice that he
or she intends to look to the bond for protection. A claimant who is not in privity with the
contractor and who has not received payment for his or her labor, services, or
materials shall deliver to the contractor and to the surety written notice of the
performance of the labor or delivery of the materials or supplies and of the nonpayment.
The notice of nonpayment may be served at any time during the progress of the work or
thereafter but not before 45 days after the first furnishing of labor, services, or materials,
and not later than 90 days after the final furnishing of the labor, services, or materials by
the claimant or, with respect to rental equipment, not later than 90 days after the date
that the rental equipment was last on the job site available for use. Any notice of
nonpayment served by a claimant who is not in privity with the contractor which includes
sums for retainage must specify the portion of the amount claimed for retainage. No
action for the labor, materials, or supplies may be instituted against the contractor or the
surety unless both notices have been given. Notices required or permitted under this
section may be served in accordance with s. 713.18. A claimant may not waive in
advance his or her right to bring an action under the bond against the surety. In any
action brought to enforce a claim against a payment bond under this section, the
prevailing party is entitled to recover a reasonable fee for the services of his or her
attorney for trial and appeal or for arbitration, in an amount to be determined by the
court, which fee must be taxed as part of the prevailing party's costs, as allowed in
equitable actions. The time periods for service of a notice of nonpayment or for bringing an
action against a contractor or a surety shall be measured from the last day of
furnishing labor, services, or materials by the claimant and shall not be measured by
other standards, such as the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or the issuance of a
certificate of substantial completion.
(b)When a person is required to execute a waiver of his or her right to make a claim against
the payment bond in exchange for, or to induce payment of, a progress payment,
the waiver may be in substantially the following form:
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO CLAIM
AGAINST THE PAYMENT BOND
(PROGRESS PAYMENT)
The undersigned, in consideration of the sum of$ , hereby waives its right to claim
against the payment bond for labor, services, or materials furnished through (insert
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date)to (insert the name of your customer) on the job of(insert the name of the owner),_
for improvements to the following described project:
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This waiver does not cover any retention or any labor, services, or materials furnished after
the date specified.
DATED ON
(Claimant)
By:
(c) When a person is required to execute a waiver of his or her right to make a claim against
the payment bond, in exchange for, or to induce payment of, the final payment, the waiver
may be in substantially the following form:
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO CLAIM
AGAINST THE PAYMENT BOND (FINAL PAYMENT)
The.undersigned, in consideration of the final payment in the amount of$ , hereby
waives its right to claim against the payment bond for labor, services, or materials
furnished to (insert the name of your customer) on the job of (insert the,name of the owner),
for improvements to the following described project:
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DATED ON
(Claimant)
By:
(d) A person may not require a claimant to furnish a waiver that is different from the
forms in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(e)A claimant who executes a waiver in exchange for a check may condition the waiver
on payment of the check.
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• (f)A waiver that is not substantially similar to the forms in this subsection is enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
(3)The bond required in subsection (1) maybe in substantially the following form: PUBLIC
CONSTRUCTION BOND
Bond No. 107095723
Charley Toppino& Travelers Casualty and Surety
- BY THIS BOND, We sons,Inc. , as Principal and Company of America , a corporation, as Surety, are
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bound tOCo�"oroery Bo, ereln called Owner, in the sum of$ 56,900.00 , for payment of which we
bind oursefgr,"fir heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns,jointly and severally.
THE CONDITION OF THIS BOND is that if Principal:
1. Performs the contract dated , , between Principal and Owner for
construction of Former Hertz Building Demolitio; the contract being made a part of this bond by reference, at the
times and in the manner prescribed in the contract; and
2. Promptly makes payments to all claimants, as defined in Section 255.05(1), Florida Statutes,
supplying Principal with labor, materials, or supplies, used directly or indirectly by Principal in the.
prosecution of the work provided for in the contract; and
3. Pays Owner all losses, damages, expenses, costs, and attorney's fees, including appellate
proceedings, that Owner sustains because of a default by Principal under the contract; and
4.. Performs the guarantee of all work and materials furnished under the contract for the time
specified in the contract, then this bond is void; otherwise it remains in full force. .
Any action instituted by a claimant under this bond for payment must be in accordance.with the
notice and time limitation provisions in Section 255.05(2), Florida Statutes.
Any changes in or under the contract,documentsand compliance or noncompliance with any
formalities connected with the contract or the changes does not affect Surety's obligation under this
bond.
- DATED ON September 23rd,2019 ,
Charley Toppino&Sons,Inc.
By
Travelers Casualty and S r ty ompany of America
By:
William L.Parker,Att ne in Fact&FL Resident Agent
(4) The,payment bond provisions of all bonds required by subsection (1) shall be construed
and deemed statutory payment bonds furnished pursuant to this section and such bonds shall not
under any circumstances be converted into common law bonds.
• This bond is given to comply with section 255.05
Florida Statutes,and any action instituted by a
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necordnnce-with the notice and time limitation
provisions in Section 255.05(2).Florida Statutes
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(5) In addition to the provisions of chapter 47, any action authorized under this section may
be brought in the county in which the public building or public work is being constructed
or repaired. This subsection shall not apply to an action instituted prior to May 17, 1977.
(6) All payment bond forms used by a public owner and all payment bonds executed pursuant
to this section by a surety shall make reference to this section by number and shall contain
reference to the notice and time limitation provisions in subsection (2).
(7) In lieu of the bond required by this section, a contractor may file with the state, county,
city, or other political authority an alternative form of security in the form of cash, a money order,
a certified check, a cashier's check, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a security of a type listed
in part II of chapter 625. Any such alternative form of security shall be for the same
purpose and be subject to the same conditions as those applicable to the bond required
by this section. The determination of the value of an alternative form of security shall be made
by the appropriate state, county, city, or other political subdivision.
(8)When a contractor has furnished a payment bond pursuant to this section, he or she may,
when the state, county, municipality, political subdivision, or other public authority makes any
payment to the contractor or directly to a claimant, serve a written demand on any claimant
who is not in privity with the contractor for a written statement under oath of his or her
account showing the nature of the labor or services performed and to be performed, if any; the
materials furnished; the materials to be furnished, if known; the amount paid on account to
date; the amount due; and the amount to become due, if known, as of the date of the
statement by the claimant. Any such demand to a claimant who is not in privity with the
contractor must be served on the claimant at the address and to the attention of any person
who is designated to receive the demand in the notice to contractor served by the
claimant. The failure or refusal to furnish the statement does not deprive the claimant
of his or her rights under the bond if the demand is not served at the address of the claimant
or directed.to the attention of the person designated to receive the demand in the notice to
contractor. The failure to furnish the statement within 30 days after the demand, or the
furnishing of a false or fraudulent statement, deprives the claimant who fails to furnish the
statement, or who furnishes the false or fraudulent statement, of his or her rights under the
bond. If the contractor serves more than one demand for statement of account on a claimant
and none of the information regarding the account has changed since the claimant's last
response to a demand, the failure or refusal to furnish such statement does not deprive the
claimant of his or her rights under the bond. The negligent inclusion or omission of any
information deprives the claimant of his or her rights under the bond to the extent that the
contractor can demonstrate prejudice from such act or omission by the claimant. The
failure to furnish a response to a demand for statement of account does not affect the validity
of any claim on the bond being enforced in a lawsuit filed before the date the demand for
statement of account is received by the claimant.
(9) On any public works project for which the public authority requires a performance and
payment bond, suits at law and in equity may be brought and maintained by and
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against the public authority on any contract claim arising from breach of an express provision or an
implied covenant of a written agreement or a written directive issued by the public authority
pursuant to the written agreement. In any such suit, the public authority and the contractor.
shall have all of the same rights and obligations as a private person under a like contract
except that no liability may be based on an oral modification of either the written contract
or written directive. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the sovereign immunity of the state
and its political subdivisions from equitable claims and equitable remedies. The provisions of this
subsection shall apply only to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 1999.
(10)An action, except an action for recovery of retainage, must be instituted against the contractor
or the surety on the payment bond or the payment provisions of a combined payment and
performance bond within 1 year after the performance of the labor or completion of delivery of the
materials or supplies. An action for recovery of retainage must be instituted against the
contractor or the surety within 1 year after the performance of the labor or completion of
delivery of the materials or supplies; however, such an action may not be instituted until one of the
following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The public entity has paid out the claimant's retainage to the contractor, and the time provided
under s. 218.735 or s. 255.073(3)for payment of that retainage to the claimant has expired;
(b) The claimant has completed all work required under its contract and 70 days have passed
since the contractor sent its final payment request to the public entity; or
(c) At least 160 days have passed since reaching substantial completion of the
construction services purchased, as defined in the contract, or if not defined in the contract,
since reaching beneficial occupancy or use of the project.
(d) The claimant has asked the contractor, in writing,.for any of the following information and the
contractor has failed to respond to the claimant's request, in writing, within 10 days after receipt of
the request:
1. Whether the project has reached substantial completion, as that term is defined in the contract,
or if not defined in the contract, if beneficial occupancy or use of the project has occurred.
2. Whether the contractor has received payment of the claimant's retainage, and if so, the date
the retainage was received by the contractor.
3. Whether the contractor has sent its final payment request to the public entity, and if so, the
date on which the final payment request was sent.
If none of the conditions described in paragraph (a), paragraph (b), paragraph (c), or paragraph (d)
is satisfied and an action for recovery of retainage cannot be instituted within the 1-year limitation
period set forth in this subsection, this limitation period shall be extended until 120 days after one
of these conditions is satisfied. .
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Principal agrees to record this Bond in the Official Records for Monroe County before
the commencement of the work subject of this Bond.
Dated on:September 23rd, 2019
PRINCIPAL: Charley Toppino&Sons, Inc.
Address: US Highway 1, Mm 8.5, Rockland Key, Key West, FL 33040
By:
William L. Parker, FL sident Agerit and
As Attorn y-in-Fact
SURETY: Address: Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
One Tower Square
Hartford, CT 06183
Claims against this Bond are subject to the notice and time provisions set forth in Section
255.05, Florida Statutes.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 255.05, Florida Statutes, the Contractor shall
provide to the County a hundred (100) percent Performance Bond and a hundred (100) percent
Labor and Material Payment Bond each in an amount not less than the total construction cost.
To be acceptable to the County as Surety for Performance Bonds and Labor and Material
Payment Bonds, a Surety Company shall comply with the following provisions:
1. The Surety Company shall have a currently valid Certificate of Authority,
issued by the State of Florida, Department of Insurance, authorizing it to write
surety bonds in the State of Florida.
2. The Surety Company shall have currently valid Certificate of Authority
issued by the United States Department of Treasury under Sections 9304 to 9308
of Title 31 of the United States Code.
3. The Surety Company shall be in full compliance with the provisions of the
Florida Insurance Code.
4. The Surety Company shall have at least twice the minimum surplus and
capital required by the Florida Insurance Code at the time the invitation to
bid is issued.
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5. If the Contract Award Amount exceeds Five Hundred Thousand
($500,000), the Surety Company shall also comply with the following
provisions:
A. The Surety Company shall have at least the following minimum ratings in
the latest issue of Best's Key Rating Guide.
POLICYHOLDER'S REQUIRED
CONTRACT AMOUNT RATING FINANCIAL RATING
$ 500,000 TO 1,000,000 A- CLASS
$1,000,000 TO 2,000,000 A- CLASS II
$2,000,000 TO 5,000,000 A- CLASS III
$5,000,000 TO 10,000,000 A- CLASS IV
$10,000,000 TO 25,000,000 A- CLASS V
$25,000,000 TO 50,000,000 A- CLASS VI
$50,000,000 TO 100,000,000 A- CLASS VII
$50,000,000 TO 100,000,000 A- CLASS VII
B. The Surety Company shall not expose itself to any loss on any one risk in
an amount exceeding ten (10) percent of its surplus to policyholders,
provided:
(a) Any risk or portion of any risk being reinsured shall be
deducted in determining the limitation of the risk as prescribed in
this section. These minimum requirements shall apply to the
reinsuring carrier providing authorization or approval by the State
of Florida, Department of Insurance to do business in;this state
have been met.
(b) In the case of the surety insurance company, in addition to
the deduction for reinsurance, the amount assumed by any co-
surety, the value of any security deposited, pledged or held
subject to the consent of the surety and for the protection of
the surety shall be deducted.
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Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
TRAVELERS.J. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St.
Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (herein collectively called the
"Companies"),and that the Companies do hereby make,constitute and appoint William L.Parker of MIAMI ,
Florida , their true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact to sign, execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, recognizances,
conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the
fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any
actions or proceedings allowed by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed, and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed,this 3rd day of February,
2017.
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City of Hartford ss. 6.Robert L.Raney,Seer Vice President
On this the 3rd day of February, 2017, before me personally appeared Robert L. Raney, who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,and that
he, as such, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations by
himself as a duly authorized officer.
In Witness Whereof,I hereunto set my hand and official seal. tar\
My Commission expires the 30th day of June, 2021Vi A, C .��MRA .1�
* *at. * Marie C.Tetreault,Notary Public
This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Travelers Casualty and
Surety Company of America,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,which resolutions are now in full
force and effect,reading as follows:
RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint 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 may prescribe to sign with
the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings 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 remove any such appointee and revoke the
power given him or her; and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice
President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that each such delegation
is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional
undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a)signed by the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior
Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary; 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 certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more
Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority;and it is
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of each of the following officers: President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior.Vice President, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power of
Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys-in-Fact for purposes only of
executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing
such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed 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 understanding to which it is attached.
I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, Travelers Casualty and Surety
Company, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of
Attorney executed by said Companies,which remains in full force and effect.
Dated this 23rd day of September , 2019 .
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Kevin E.Hughes,Assistant Secretary
To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney,p/ease call us at 1-800-421 3880,
• P/ease refer to the above-named Attorney-in-Fact and the details of the bond to which the power is attached,