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1570 * Vogel Bros Performance Bond 0� b • . rs Bond No. 105958220 Q- 0- ■-d c n PERFORMANCE BOND FORM 4. tv 4. cro 0 C al ca. O 7 -,r KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we (1) Vogel Bros. Building Co., . 2720 Drane Field Rd.,Lakeland,FL 33811 a C b (2) Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and regularly authorized to do business in the State of Florida as the Principal, hereinafter o CD St) b called the Contractor, and (3) TravPIPrs Casualty anri Surety Company of America, E, L One Tower Square,Hartford,CT 06183 a (2) Corporation (, t organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut and regularly authorized to do t. Li business in the State of Florida as Surety, hereinafter called the Surety, are held and firmly bound tra c. unto the City of Sanford, Florida, hereinafter called the Owner in accordance with a Contract d ;,: hereinafter referred to, in the full and just sum of (4) Two Million Six Hundred `4 -:t Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($ 7,678,500.00 ) in C� `; lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made unto �; Y P Y Y ,7<+ `'`' x_ o the said Owner, we, the Contractor and Surety, bind ourselves, successors, heirs, executors, , z.) administrators and assignees, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. v 'w o o THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION is such that whereas, the Contractor has entered into a written Agreement (including all associated Contract Documents rel t d th reto and as the o Agreement may be amended from time-to-time) with the Owner dated terJ J/, `) 2014 for the work designated as the Sanford South WRC: Phase 11 Expansion located in b "5_ Sanford, Florida,in conformity with Contract Documents hereby referred to and made a part hereof, P0 {?- di the same to all intents and purposes as if written at length herein, in which Contract the said ,i1 Contractor has contracted to perform the work specified in said Contract in accordance with the c I-- -) terms thereof; ix Li V2 1 The Sanford South WRC: Phase I/Expansion Project is "briefly" described as follows: CD O Ii ca • Tertiary filtration system expansion including a cast-in-place concrete structure, one disc °• `d' ,... filtration unit, handrail/toeplate and associated equipment, piping, grating and matting and '� appurtenances. w u; • Chlorine contact chamber expansion including a cast-in-place concrete structure, weir J ci gates, grating and matting, and associated equipment, piping, and appurtenances. u in • Addition of a "new" transfer pump to the "existing" Transfer Pump Station and associated ,~; .. equipment, piping, valving and appurtenances. CD v' a. • Expansion of the "existing" Operations Building (Additive Bid Item "A"). rn {r7 iii (1) Contractor Name and Address QY' It (2) Sole Proprietor,Partnership,or Corporation W' c. (3) Surety Name and Address .--4 (4) 110 percent of the Contract 4 .-• c. • • Chemical feed skid and system modifications. • Superior Tuning and Control (STAC) System installation. • Electrical, controls, instrumentation and SCADA system improvements. • Site work,yard piping and plant internal roadway improvements,stormwater management system improvements,signage,sodding,and miscellaneous appurtenances and ancillaries. This Performance Bond is being entered into, at a minimum,to satisfy the requirements of Section 255.05, Florida Statutes and the Agreement referenced above, as the same may be amended. The Surety shall be bound by any and all alternative dispute resolution awards and settlements to the same extent as Contractor is bound. NOW, THEREFORE, the condition of this obligation is such that if the Contractor: 1. Promptly and faithfully performs it duties with respect to the Contract on his (its) part, and satisfies all covenants,terms, conditions and agreements incurred by the Contractor in the performance of said Agreement Contract, during the original term thereof, and any extensions thereof which may be granted by the Owner,with or without notice to the Surety, and shall satisfy all claims and demands arising thereunder; and 2. Satisfy all claims and demands incurred under this Agreement, and fully indemnifies and hold harmless the Owner and Engineer from all costs and damages that they might suffer by reason of the failure of the Contractor to do so; and 3. Fully reimburse and repay to the Owner all costs, losses, damages (liquidated or actual), expenses, costs and attorney's feeds, including costs and attorney's fees on appeal that the Owner sustains resulting directly or indirectly from any breach or default by the Contractor,including any default based upon failure of the Contractor,to fulfill his obligation to furnish maintenance, repairs, or replacements for any period of time after the work is completed, if provided for in said Contract,then this bond/obligation shall be null and void, otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect. IN ADDITION, the Contractor and Surety, jointly and severally, expressly guarantee that all materials furnished and workmanship performed under the Contract and in the construction of the work shall fulfill all requirements of the Contract and the Contract Documents with respect to them. This bond shall remain in effect for a period of two (2) years from the date of Final Project Acceptance by the Owner. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that any suit based upon any default of the Contractor in fulfilling his obligations to furnish maintenance, repairs, or replacements for any period of time after the Work is completed, if provided for in the Contract, may be brought at any time up to six (6) months after the expiration of the time specified in the Contract during which the Contractor has agreed to furnish such maintenance or make such repairs or replacements. THE SAID SURETY,for value received,hereby stipulates and agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be direct and immediate and not conditional or contingent upon the Owner's pursuit of its remedies against the Contractor, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding: 1. Amendments or modifications to the Agreement entered into by Owner and Contractor without the Surety's knowledge or consent; 2. Waivers of compliance with or any default under the Agreement granted by Owner to Contractor without the Surety's knowledge or consent; or 3. The discharge of Contractor from its obligations under the Agreement as a result of any proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as the same may be amended, or any similar state or federal law,or any limitation of the liability or Contractor or its estate as a result of any such proceeding. THE SAID SURETY, for the value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that any changes in or under the Agreement and Contract Documents and compliance or noncompliance with any formalities connected with the Agreement or the changes therein shall not affect Surety's obligations under this Bond and Surety hereby waives notice of any such changes, extension of time, alteration or addition to the terms of the Contract or to the Work or to the Contract Documents. Further, the Contractor and Surety acknowledge that the Sum of this Bond shall increase or decrease in accordance with Change Orders (unilateral and bilateral) or other modifications to the Agreement and Contract Documents. THE COVERAGE OF THIS PERFORMANCE BOND is"co-equal"with each and every obligation of the Contractor under the above referenced Agreement and the Contract Documents of which the Agreement is a part. IN THE EVENT that the Contractor shall fail to perform any of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Agreement and the Contract Documents of which the Agreement is a part during the period in which this Performance Bond is in effect,the Surety shall remain liable to the Owner for all such loss or damage. IN THE EVENT that the Surety fails to fulfill its obligations under this Performance Bond, then the Surety shall also indemnify and hold the Owner harmless from any and all loss, damage, cost and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs for all trial and appellate proceedings, resulting directly or indirectly from the Surety's failure to fulfill its obligations hereunder. This subsection shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Performance Bond. THE SURETY STIPULATES and agrees that its obligation is to perform the Contractor's work under the Agreement under the Bond. The following shall not be considered performance under the Bond: 1. Surety's financing of the Contractor,under the Bond,to keep the Contractor from defaulting under the Agreement; 2. Surety's offers to the Owner to buy back the Bond; and 3. Surety's election to do nothing under the Bond shall be construed as a material breach of the Bond and bad faith by the Surety. THE SURETY AGREES that its obligation under the bond is to: 1. To fully take over performance of the Contractor's Work under the Agreement in a plenary manner and be the completing Surety even if performance of the Contractor's Work exceeds the Contractor's Contract Price under the Agreement; or 2. Re-bid and re-let the Contractor's Work to a completing contractor with the Surety remaining liable for the completing the Contractor's performance of the Contractor's Work and furnishing adequate funds to complete the Work in the required plenary manner. THE SURETY ACKNOWLEDGES that its cost of completion, upon default by the Contractor, may exceed the Contract Price set forth in the Agreement. In any event,the Contractor's Contract Time is of the essence and applicable delay damages are not waived by Owner. THE SURETY,for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be direct and immediate and not conditional or contingent upon the Owner's pursuit of its remedies against the Contractor, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding: 1. Amendments or modifications to the Agreement entered into by the Owner and Contractor without the Surety's knowledge or consent; 2. Waivers of compliance with or may default under the Agreement granted by the Owner to the Contractor without the Surety's knowledge or consent; or 3. The discharge of the Contractor from its obligations under the Agreement as a result of any proceeding initiated under the bankruptcy laws of the United States of America, as the same may be amended, or any similar State or Federal law, or any limitation of the liability or Contractor or its estate as a result of any such proceeding. Any changes in or under the Agreement and compliance or noncompliance with any formalities connected with the Agreement or the changes therein shall not affect Surety's obligations under this Bond and Surety hereby waives notice of any such changes. Further, Contractor and Surety acknowledge that the Sum of this Bond shall increase or decrease in accordance with change orders (unilateral and bilateral)or other modifications to the Agreement. The Contractor may have obligations to the Surety, but the failure of the Contractor to perform, comply with or accomplish any such obligation, in whole or part, shall not, in any way or to any extent, limit or interfere with the rights and benefits of the Owner under this Bond. THIS BOND and any other bond, or similar document, and the covered amounts of each, are separate and distinct from each other and the Owner shall be entitled to the totality of rights and benefits from all such documents. • THIS BOND is intended to comply,at a minimum,with the requirements of Section 255.05, Florida Statutes, as amended, and additionally, to provide common law rights more expansive than as required by statute; provided, however, that the Owner shall be entitled to all such common law rights notwithstanding the language used herein. The Surety agrees that this Bond shall be construed as a common law bond when such construction will benefit the Owner.The undersigned signatories represent to the Owner that they are authorized, permitted and empowered to execute this document and bind the entity or person for which they are executing this document and recognize that the Owner is relying, to its detriment. upon the signature set forth below and the representations, promises, covenants, guarantees and assurances made herein. PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no final settlement between the Owner and the Contractor shall abridge the right of any beneficiary hereunder, whose claim may be unsatisfied. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrume is executed in several nterp rts, each one of which shall be deemed an original, this the 9/ day of / l , 2014. Vogel Bros. Building Co. ATTEST: Contract. Contractor's Secretary By (Signature) Eric J. Ballweg Peter C. Vogel, President Typed Notre Typed Name and Title . � t 2720 Drane Field Rd. (CORPORATE SEAL) Address • 4i A y ti 54*' Lakeland, FL 33811 City, State, Zip (Witness to Contractor) _863-646-5078 863-644-5107 Telephone No. FAX No. Mary S.Spurlin Typed Name ATTEST: Travelers Casualty and Surety By Company of America (Surety) Secretary Surety 860-277-0111 Typed Name Telephone No. FAX No. (CORPORATE SEAL) By cg ratci, Witness as to S ety Attorney-in-Fact Amy Shaver Bradley S. Babcock Typed Name Typed Name W70N455 Cedar Pointe Ave. Witn s as to Surety Address Jennifer Bellante Cedarburg, WI 53012 Typed Name City, State, Zip 262-853-4622 262-546-0708 Telephone No. FAX No. NOTE: The date of the Bond must not be prior to date of the Agreement. If the Contractor is a joint venture, all venturers shall execute the Bond. If the Contractor is a partnership, all partners shall execute the Bond. The Surety's obligations run as to all such parties. IMPORTANT: Surety companies executing Bonds must appear on the Treasury Department's most current list(Circular 570 as amended)and be authorized to transact business in the State of Florida, unless otherwise specifically approved in writing by Owner. ATTACH: A certified copy of the Power-of-Attorney appointing individual Attorney-in-Fact for execution of the Performance Bond on behalf of Surety. Bond No. 105958220 LABOR AND MATERIALS PAYMENT BOND FORM KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we (1) Vogel Bros. Building Co. a (2) Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and regularly authorized to do business in the State of Florida as Principal, and we (3)_ Travelers Casualty and Surety Compwy pf„Qmerica Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut and regularly authorized to do business in the State of Florida as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the City of Sanford, Florida hereinafter called the Owner in accordance with a Contract hereinafter referred to, in the full and just sum of (4) Two Million Six Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($ 2,678,500.00 ) in lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made unto the said Owner,we bind ourselves,our heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assignees, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. WHEREAS, the said Contractor has entered into a written Agreement (including all associated contract documents rel d theret,and as the Agreement may be amended from time- to-time) with the Owner dated Ma`s / , 2014, a copy of which may be hereto attached, but, in any event, is maintained in the records of the Owner, said Agreement being hereby made a part hereof by this reference thereto as if fully set forth herein verbatim, said Agreement being entered generally for the construction of the Sanford South WRC: Phase II Expansion. The Sanford South WRC: Phase II Expansion Project is "briefly" described as follows: • Tertiary filtration system expansion including a cast-in-place concrete structure, one disc filtration unit, handrail/toeplate and associated equipment, piping, grating and matting and appurtenances. • Chlorine contact chamber expansion including a cast-in-place concrete structure, weir gates, grating and matting, and associated equipment, piping, and appurtenances. • Addition of a "new" fourth transfer pump to the "existing" Transfer Pump Station and associated equipment, piping, valving and appurtenances. • Expansion of the "existing" Operations Building (Additive Bid Item "A"). (1) Contractor (2) Sole Proprietor,Partnership or Corporation (3) Surety (4)110 percent of the Contract • Chemical feed skid and system modifications. • Addition of a Superior Tuning and Control (STAC) System. • Electrical, controls, instrumentation and SCADA system improvements. • Stormwater Management System improvements. • Site work, yard piping and plant internal roadway improvements, signage, sodding, and miscellaneous appurtenances and ancillaries. NOW,THEREFORE,the condition of this obligation is such that if the Contractor shall promptly and faithfully satisfy all claims and demands incurred by the Contractor of said Contract, and shall pay all obligations arising thereunder, and shall fully indemnify and save harmless the Owner from all cost and damage which the Owner might suffer by reason of the failure of the Contractor to do so, and shall fully reimburse and repay to the Owner all costs, damages, and expenses which the Owner may incur in making good any default by the Contractor,and shall promptly make payment to all persons or claimants, as defined in Section 255.05(1), Florida Statutes, supplying labor, equipment or materials for use in the prosecution of work, whether by subcontractor or otherwise, and including all insurance premiums on said work as provided for in such Contract, and shall perform the guarantee of all materials furnished under the Contract for the time specified in the Contract, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect subject, however, to the following conditions: 1. This Bond is furnished for the purpose of complying with the requirements of Section 255.05, Florida Statutes, as amended as well as for other intents and purposes for the benefit of the OWNER. 2. Any action instituted by a claimant under this bond for payment must be in accordance with the notice and time limitation provisions in Sections 713.23 and 713.18, Florida Statutes. 3. Therefore,a claimant,except a laborer,who is not in privity with the Contractor shall, before commencing to furnish labor, materials, or supplies for the prosecution of the work, or not later than forty-five (45)days after commencing to furnish labor, materials, or supplies for the prosecution of the work, furnish the Contractor with a notice that he or she intends to look to this Bond for protection. A claimant who is not in privity with the Contractor and who has not received payment for his or her labor, materials, or supplies 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 forty-five (45) days after the first furnishing of labor, services, or materials, and not later than ninety(90) days after the final furnishing of the labor, services, or materials by the claimant or, with respect to rental equipment, not later than ninety(90)days after the date that the rental equipment was last on the job site available for use. Claimant 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. No action for the labor, materials or supplies may be instituted against the Contractor or the Surety on the bond after one year from the performance of the labor or completion of the delivery of the materials or supplies. 4. The Said Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be direct and immediate and not conditional or contingent upon the Owner's pursuit of its remedies against the Contractor, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding: a. Amendments or modifications to the Agreement entered into by the Owner and Contractor without the Surety's knowledge or consent; b. Waivers of compliance with or any default under the Agreement granted by the Owner to the Contractor without the Surety's knowledge or consent; or c. The discharge of the Contractor from its obligations under the Agreement as a result of any proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States of America, as the same may be amended, or any similar state or Federal law, or any limitation of the liability or Contractor or its estate as a result of any such proceeding. 5. Any changes in or under the Agreement and Contract Documents and compliance or noncompliance with any formalities connected with the Agreement or the changes therein shall not affect the Surety's obligations under this Bond and the Surety hereby waives notice of any such changes. Further,the Contractor and Surety acknowledge that the Sum of this Bond shall increase or decrease in accordance with Change Orders (unilateral and bilateral)or other modifications to the Agreement. The Contractor may have obligations to the Surety, but the failure of the Contractor to perform, comply with or accomplish any such obligation, in whole or part, shall not, in any way or to any extent, limit or interfere with the rights and benefits of the Owner under this Bond. THE OWNER may sue on this Bond,and any person furnishing material or performing labor, either as an individual or as a Subcontractor, shall have the right to sue on this Bond in the name of the Owner for his use and benefit. THE BOND and any other BOND or similar document, and the covered amounts of each, are separate and distinct from each other and the Owner shall be entitled to the totality of rights and benefits from all such documents. IN ADDITION,the Contractor and Surety,jointly and severally,expressly guarantee that the Owner will be held harmless from any liens, claims, demands or obligations in conjunction with materials or services provided with respect to this Contract. This Bond shall remain in effect for a period of two (2)years from the date of Final Project Acceptance by the Owner. THE SURETY shall be bound by any and all alternative dispute resolution awards and settlements to the same extent as Contractor is bound. PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no final settlement between the Owner and the Contractor shall abridge the right of any beneficiary hereunder, whose claim may be unsatisfied. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed in veral counterparts, each one of which shall be deemed an original, this the % day of /Vt'C/al , 2014. Vogel Bros. Building Co. ATTEST: (Contract. ) // (Contractor):Secretary By (Signatu Erie .t. Ballweg Peter C. Vogel, President i. Typed Name Typed Name and Title 2720 Drane Field Rd. (CORPQRATE SEAL) Address Lakeland, FL 33811 Witness t Contractor City, State, Zip p Mary S. Spurlin Typed Name . ` .Y a Witness to C•ictor D. LeighWagner Typed Name ATTEST: Travelers Casualty and Surety By Company of America (Surety) Secretary Surety 860-277-0111 860-277-7002 Typed Name Telephone No. FAX No. (CORPORATE SEAL) a UVa -e' a001-Wr-,2SL /�COCJ� Witness as to rety Attorney-in-FdVt Amy Shaver Bradley S. Babcock Typed Name Typed Name qit 2 ��' „ W70N455 Cedar Pointe Ave. Wes1 as to Surety Address Jennifer Bellante Cedarburg, WI 53012 Typed Name City, State, Zip 262-853-4622 262-546-0708 Telephone No. FAX No. NOTE: The date of the Bond must not be prior to date of the Agreement. If the Contractor is a joint venture, all venturers shall execute the Bond. If the Contractor is partnership, all partners shall execute the Bond. The Surety's obligations run as to all such parties. IMPORTANT: Surety companies executing Bonds must appear on the Treasury Department's most current list(Circular 570 as amended)and be authorized to transact business in the State of Florida, unless otherwise specifically approved in writing by Owner. ATTACH: A certified copy of the Power-of-Attorney appointing individual Attorney-in-Fact for execution of the Payment Bond on behalf of Surety. i 1 WARNING:THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER 411116. POWER OF ATTORNEY TRAVELERS.1 Farmington Casualty Company St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company St.Paul Guardian Insurance Company Attorney-In Fact No. 225943 Certificate No. 0 0 5 5 5 1 0 3 0 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Farmington Casualty Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St.Paul Guardian Insurance Company,St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut,that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Iowa,and that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc.,is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin(herein collectively called the"Companies"),and that the Companies do hereby make,constitute and appoint Bradley S.Babcock,Becky A.Heaston,and Kimberly L.Babcock of the City of Cedarburg ,State of Wisconsin ,their true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, each in their separate capacity if more than one is named above,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 2nd day of July 2013 Farmington Casualty Company St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company St.Paul Guardian Insurance Company G1.su,, rt 41,, am° a"'Ex'"6x �N CMS ".,�--... .. Tr AN „a. ? <l4 "eons . �' O\ G9 .:i......,Dq\ vJP` p9 m 4\ -q0 \oW},y4 0 y •Rf�. C!t o G �9 <ip RGOR 7." G+' tip' y !// 0 5 • �•i 0 ° INCO"RATrD EN m ,II W,1>e m op .47..e-.7,` 1 ,0+ 1982 0 � _ +sr � c,; _._ 4 a• �- a ��morto 1977 � t z .�; NaarFORD, NAStTronD, � o e t s 1 n �: 'o: W CDN CONN. £g in 1896 �y` ccet a y 1951 s 0-1�o „SEAL/°! id SEAL 41 N' o E i f o 4.y• 1,\' 1� •/ :,Z,,' '''. ' v;lS.....-,iitt °>1:.. tea”f y a; c\Q'.r, �f , i State of Connecticut By: r' / City of Hartford ss. r' /of/ L.Raney, e Al for Vice President On this the 2nd day of July 2013 before me personally appeared Robert L.Raney,who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company,Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc.,St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,St.Paul Guardian Insurance Company,St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,and United States Fidelity and Guaranty 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. tTAA 7%Tt7 In Witness Whereof,I hereunto set my hand and official seal. ( l CC My Commission expires the 30th day of June,2016. * *MLA * Marie C.Tetreault,Notary Public Co ' FCTP 58440-8-12 Printed in U.S.A. WARNING:THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER WARNING:THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Farmington Casualty Company,Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company,Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc.,St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,St.Paul Guardian Insurance Company,St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,and United'States Fidelity and Guaranty 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 Farmington Casualty Company,Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company,Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters,Inc.,St.Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,St.Paul Guardian Insurance Company,St.Paul Mercury Insurance Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company,Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America,and United States Fidelity and Guaranty 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 is in full force and effect and has not been revoked. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seals of said Companies this day of ,20 . S44 e,,,.. X79' Kevin E.Hughes,Assistant Sec tary �nr onsu,r`� t:. r. �oa"F�aca+, ,�N..:NSp P�,�es4gq J��tvnpom �rY o�tYgy4, p`��c,Ow' r �'��' F 6 i '+' p�J~ooh :!f . ct 6' d e�� 64. 1982 0 R 1977 � i �: t^+ z; � 2 a wtarrorw, �t >: a s �`•� n i 'o n GONtr u1i 1951 seALio t y a �. "=i ` o o, o�.S81LL;%s m ro y , �t+ ar -4 •b,ti �'M� r+t� n S.AN'�a °la....�...'�a ``,1 rt 'has f•....��as¢ To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney,call 1-800-421-3880 or contact us at www.travelersbond.com.Please refer to the Attorney-In-Fact number,the above-named individuals and the details of the bond to which the power is attached. t:. WARNING:THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER