Exhibit 24
CONFIRMING STATEMENT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned has authorized and designated and hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas M. Cosenza and Rachel O. Zane, signing singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of October, 2023.
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/s/ Barry S. Sternlicht |
Barry S. Sternlicht Executive Chairman
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