EX-24 15 h65798exv24.htm EX-24 exv24
Exhibit 24.0
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Stephen G. Butler    
  Stephen G. Butler   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Robert M. Devlin    
  Robert M. Devlin   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Ivor J. Evans    
  Ivor J. Evans   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Linda A. Hill    
  Linda A. Hill   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Lawrence D. Kingsley    
  Lawrence D. Kingsley   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ James J. Postl    
  James J. Postl   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Dan F. Smith    
  Dan F. Smith   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Gerald B. Smith    
  Gerald B. Smith   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Mark S. Thompson    
  Mark S. Thompson   
     

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director or officer of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (“Cooper”), a Bermuda corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Bruce M. Taten and Terrance V. Helz, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorney with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, and in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, the Cooper Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any and all amendments thereto. The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th day of February 2009.
         
     
  /s/ James R. Wilson    
  James R. Wilson