EX-24 3 dex24.htm RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND POWER OF ATTORNEY Resolution of Board of Directors and Power of Attorney

EXHIBIT 24

 

RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

RESOLVED: that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints John G. Connors, John A. Seethoff, and Keith R. Dolliver his or her attorneys-in-fact, for any of them in any and all capacities, to sign any post-effective amendments to the S-4 and S-8 registration statements indicated on Schedule A hereto, and to file the same, with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/    STEVEN A. BALLMER        

Steven A. Ballmer

   

Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer)

   March 9, 2003

/s/    WILLIAM H. GATES III      

William H. Gates III

   

Chairman, Chief Software Architect, Director

   March 9, 2003

/s/    JOHN G. CONNORS        

John G. Connors

   

Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer

   March 9, 2003

/s/    JAMES I. CASH        

James I. Cash

   

Director

   March 9, 2003

/s/    RAYMOND V. GILMARTIN        

Raymond V. Gilmartin

   

Director

   March 9, 2003

/s/    DAVID F. MARQUARDT        

David F. Marquardt

   

Director

   March 9, 2003

/s/    ANN MCLAUGHLIN KOROLOGOS        

Ann McLaughlin Korologos

   

Director

   March 9, 2003

/s/    W. G. REED, JR.        

W. G. Reed, Jr.

   

Director

   March 9, 2003

/s/    JON A. SHIRLEY        

Jon A. Shirley

   

Director

   March 9, 2003

Schedule A – List of S-4 and S-8 Registration Statements

 

SEC File Number

    Dates Filed and Amended

033-57651

    2/9/95; Amended 2/17/95

333-26411

    5/2/97; Amended 6/3/97; Amended 6/13/97

333-90119

    11/2/99

333-54810

    2/1/01; Amended 2/22/01

33-51583

    November 1991; Amended 11/22/96; Amended 12/28/00

333-06298

    11/22/96

333-16665

    11/22/96

333-61729

    8/18/98

333-75243

    3/30/99

333-91755

    11/30/99

333-52852

    12/28/00

333-102240

    12/27/02