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Exhibit 16
Power of Attorney
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Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James J.
Connors, II, Howard A. Matlin, Frank J. Loverro and Stanley de J. Osborne, and
each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:
(1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) relating to Endo
Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (the "Company") and required to be filed in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder and (ii) any and all
schedules relating to the company required to be filed in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder (together, the
"Forms and Schedules"), in each of the undersigned's capacity as a director
and/or con trolling person of the Company and/or as a partner of Kelso
Partners V, L.P., and/or Kelso Investment Associates V, L.P. and/or Kelso
Equity Partners V, L.P., and in and all other capacities pursuant to which
such Forms and Schedules may be required to be filed by the undersigned;
(2) do and perform any and all acts on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely
file such Forms and Schedules with the United States Securities and Ex
change Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the under signed pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
Each of the undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact and
agent 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 under signed might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution of revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue
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of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein grants. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents, in
servicing in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file the Forms and
Schedules 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents.
This Power of Attorney may be signed in two or more counterparts by
the parties hereto, each of which when so executed will be an original, but all
of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of the 26th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Michael B. Goldberg
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Michael B. Goldberg
/s/ David I. Wahrhaftig
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David I. Wahrhaftig
/s/ Frank J. Loverro
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Frank J. Loverro
/s/ Philip E. Berney
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Philip E. Berney
/s/ Frank K. Bynum, Jr.
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Frank K. Bynum, Jr.
/s/ George E. Matelich
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George E. Matelich
/s/ Frank T. Nickell
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Frank T. Nickell
/s/ Joseph S. Schuchert
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Joseph S. Schuchert
/s/ Thomas R. Wall, IV
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Thomas R. Wall, IV
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Power of Attorney
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Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Carol A. Ammon
and Jeffrey R. Black, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:
(1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) relating to Endo
Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (the "Company") and required to be filed in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder and (ii) any and all
schedules relating to the company required to be filed in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder (together, the
"Forms and Schedules"), in each of the undersigned's capacity as a director
of the Com pany, and in and all other capacities pursuant to which such
Forms and Schedules may be required to be filed by the undersigned;
(2) do and perform any and all acts on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely
file such Forms and Schedules with the United States Securities and Ex
change Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the under signed pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
Each of the undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact and
agent 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 under signed might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution of revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein grants. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact and agents, in servicing in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
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responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file the Forms and Schedules 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents.
This Power of Attorney may be signed in two or more counterparts by
the parties hereto, each of which when so executed will be an original, but all
of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of the 26/th/ day of July, 2000.
/s/ Carol A. Ammon
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Carol A. Ammon
/s/ David Fyfe
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David Fyfe
/s/ Michael W. Mitchell
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Michael W. Mitchell
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