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Exhibit 8(i)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT each of the undersigned,
as individuals, as Trustees under an agreement of trust between Samuel Bronfman,
as Donor, and Allan Bronfman, Lazarus Phillips, K.C., and Henry Gordon Norman,
as Trustees, dated May 1, 1942, known as the Edgar Miles Bronfman Trust, as
Trustees under an agreement of trust between Samuel Bronfman, as Donor, and
Allan Bronfman, Lazarus Phillips, K.C., and Henry Gordon Norman, as Trustees,
dated May 1, 1942, known as the PBBT/Edgar Miles Bronfman Family Trust, and in
any other capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints EDGAR M. BRONFMAN, EDGAR
BRONFMAN, JR., MATTHEW BRONFMAN, RICHARD KARL GOELTZ, HAROLD R. HANDLER, JOHN L.
WEINBERG and FRANK W. RAYSOR II and each of them severally, as his true and
lawful attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name,
place and stead of each of the undersigned any statement or report, including
any amendment to any statement or report, required to be filed with respect to
each of the undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to
any statement or report, required to be filed with respect to each of the
undersigned under any comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of
any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any of the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory
authorities, said attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned every act necessary
to be done in the premises as fully and as effectually as each of the
undersigned might or could do in person; and each of the undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the undersigned has subscribed
these presents as of the 7th day of January, 1992.
/s/ Edgar M. Bronfman
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EDGAR M. BRONFMAN
/s/ Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
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EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR.
/s/ Matthew Bronfman
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MATTHEW BRONFMAN
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Exhibit 8(ii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The Undersigned hereby appoints Michel Boucher or Andrew
Parsons, each of them acting alone, the Undersigned's true and lawful
Attorneys-in-Fact with full power of substitution to execute in the name, place
and stead of the Undersigned any Statement required to be filed under Schedule
13(d), and any amendments thereto, pursuant to Section 13(d) of the United
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Undersigned, and to
file the same with the Securities and exchange Commission, said Attorney-in-Fact
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the Undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the Undersigned might or could do in person, the Undersigned
hereby ratifying the acts of said Attorneys.
Dated this 16th day of February, 1990
/s/ Charles R. Bronfman
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CHARLES R. BRONFMAN
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Exhibit 8(iii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, as a trustee of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation, and in any other
capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR., MATTHEW BRONFMAN,
MILDRED KALIK and FRANK W. RAYSOR II and each of them severally, as his true and
lawful attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any
amendment to any statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the
undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement
or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any
comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign
jurisdiction, and to file any of the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities,
said attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and perform in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and as effectually as the undersigned might or could do in
person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of this 15th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Samuel Bronfman II
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SAMUEL BRONFMAN II
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Exhibit 8(iv)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, and as a trustee of the Charles Rosner Bronfman Family Trust, and
in any other capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER and ANDREW
J. PARSONS and each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorneys and
agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and stead of each
of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to each of the
undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement
or report, required to by filed with respect to the undersigned under any
comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign
jurisdiction, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said
attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and perform in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and as effectually as each of the undersigned might or could
do in person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the undersigned has subscribed
these presents as of January 6, 1997.
/s/ Stephen R. Bronfman
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STEPHEN R. BRONFMAN
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Exhibit 8(v)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, as a trustee of the Charles Rosner Bronfman Family Trust, and in
any other capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ARNOLD M.
LUDWICK and ROBERT S. VINEBERG and each of them severally, as her true and
lawful attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any
amendment to any statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the
undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement
or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any
comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign
jurisdiction, and to file any of the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities,
said attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and perform in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and as effectually as the undersigned might or could do in
person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of the 18th day of December, 1992.
/s/ Ellen J. Bronfman
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ELLEN J. BRONFMAN
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Exhibit 8(vi)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, as a trustee of the Edgar Miles Bronfman Trust, as a trustee of
the PBBT/Edgar Miles Bronfman Family Trust, and in any other capacity, hereby
constitutes and appoints EDGAR M. BRONFMAN, EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR., MATTHEW
BRONFMAN, MILDRED KALIK and JOHN S. WEINBERG and each of them severally, as his
true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the
others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any
amendment to any statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the
undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement
or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any
comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign
jurisdiction, and to file any of the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities,
said attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and perform in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and as effectually as the undersigned might or could do in
person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of this 15th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Mayo A. Shattuck III
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MAYO A. SHATTUCK III
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Exhibit 8(vii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, as a trustee of the Edgar Miles Bronfman Trust, as a trustee of
the PBBT/Edgar Miles Bronfman Family Trust, and in any other capacity, hereby
constitutes and appoints EDGAR M. BRONFMAN, EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR., MATTHEW
BRONFMAN, MILDRED KALIK and MAYO A. SHATTUCK III and each of them severally, as
his true and lawful attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the
others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any
amendment to any statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the
undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement
or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any
comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign
jurisdiction, and to file any of the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities,
said attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and perform in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and as effectually as the undersigned might or could do in
person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of this 15th day of December, 2000.
/s/ John S. Weinberg
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JOHN S. WEINBERG
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Exhibit 8(viii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, as a trustee of the Charles Rosner Bronfman Family Trust, and in
any other capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorneys and
agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or
report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under Section 13 or
Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any statement or report,
including any amendment to any statement or report, required to be filed with
respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws, rules, regulations and
requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any of the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign
regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents having full power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned every
act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as effectually as the
undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of the 16th day of December, 1992.
/s/ Arnold M. Ludwick
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ARNOLD M. LUDWICK
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Exhibit 8(ix)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned,
individually, and as a trustee of the Charles Rosner Bronfman Family Trust, and
in any other capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER and ANDREW
J. PARSONS and each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorneys and
agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and stead of each
of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to each of the
undersigned under Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
thereunder, or any statement or report, including any amendment to any statement
or report, required to by filed with respect to the undersigned under any
comparable laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign
jurisdiction, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said
attorneys and agents having full power and authority to do and perform in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and as effectually as each of the undersigned might or could
do in person; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the undersigned has subscribed
these presents as of January 6, 1997.
/s/ Robert S. Vineberg
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ROBERT S. VINEBERG
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Exhibit 8(x)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, solely in
the undersigned's capacity as a trustee of the Charles R. Bronfman Trust, hereby
constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ANDREW J. PARSONS and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any
statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or report,
required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws,
rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any
of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of December 30, 1996.
/s/ Steven H. Levin
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STEVEN H. LEVIN
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Exhibit 8(xi)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, solely in
the undersigned's capacity as a trustee of the Charles Bronfman Trust , hereby
constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ANDREW J. PARSONS and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any
statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or report,
required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws,
rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any
of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of December 30,1996.
/s/ Jeffrey D. Scheine
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JEFFREY D. SCHEINE
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Exhibit 8(xii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, solely in
the undersigned's capacity as a trustee of the C. Bronfman Family Trust, hereby
constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ANDREW J. PARSONS and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any
statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or report,
required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws,
rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any
of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of June 3, 1997.
/s/ Dr. Trevor A. Carmichael
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DR. TREVOR A. CARMICHAEL
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Exhibit 8(xiii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, solely in
the undersigned's capacity as a trustee of the C. Bronfman Family Trust, hereby
constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ANDREW J. PARSONS and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any
statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or report,
required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws,
rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any
of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of June 3, 1997.
/s/ Neville LeRoy Smith
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NEVILLE LEROY SMITH
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Exhibit 8(xiv)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, solely in
the undersigned's capacity as a trustee of the C. Bronfman Family Trust, hereby
constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ANDREW J. PARSONS and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any
statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or report,
required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws,
rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any
of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of June 3, 1997.
/s/ Bruce I. Judelson
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BRUCE I. JUDELSON
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Exhibit 8(xv)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, solely in
the undersigned's, capacity as a trustee of the CB Family Trust, hereby
constitutes and appoints MICHEL BOUCHER, ANDREW J. PARSONS and ROBERT S.
VINEBERG and each of them severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents, with power to act with or without the others and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned any statement or report, including any amendment to any
statement or report, required to be, filed with respect to the undersigned under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements thereunder, or any
statement or report, including any amendment to any statement or report,
required to be filed with respect to the undersigned under any comparable laws,
rules, regulations and requirements of any foreign jurisdiction, and to file any
of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
appropriate U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities, said attorneys and agents
having full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned every act necessary to be done in the premises as fully and as
effectually as the undersigned might or could do in person; and the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these
presents as of September 20, 2000.
CODAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED
Per: /s/ Nicholas Johnson
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Per: /s/ Coral Harris
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