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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of F.N.B.
Corporation (the "Corporation") and the several undersigned officers and
directors thereof whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Peter Mortensen, Gary Tice or John D. Waters, and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the following registration statements
of the Corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), together with any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to such registration statements, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes as
he might do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof (a) registration statement on
Form S-8 relating to the Corporation's Salary Savings Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, F.N.B. Corporation has caused this Power
of Attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned officers and
directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand
as of the date indicated below. This Power of Attorney may be executed in
counterparts which, when taken together, shall constitute a single original
thereof.
F.N.B. CORPORATION
By: /s/ Peter Mortenson
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Peter Mortenson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: June 27, 2000
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/s/ Peter Mortensen Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and June 27, 2000
--------------------------------- Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Peter Mortensen
/s/ Stephen J. Gurgovits Vice Chairman and Director June 27, 2000
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Stephen J. Gurgovits
/s/ Gary L. Tice President, Chief Operating Officer and June 27, 2000
--------------------------------- Director
Gary L. Tice
/s/ John D. Waters Vice President and Chief Financial June 27, 2000
--------------------------------- Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
John D. Waters
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Director June 27, 2000
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W. Richard Blackwood
Director June 27, 2000
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Alan C. Bomstein
/s/ William B. Campbell Director June 27, 2000
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William B. Campbell
/s/ Charles T. Cricks Director June 27, 2000
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Charles T. Cricks
/s/ Henry M. Ekker Director June 27, 2000
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Henry M. Ekker
Director June 27, 2000
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James S. Lindsay
/s/ Paul P. Lynch Director June 27, 2000
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Paul P. Lynch
Director June 27, 2000
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Edward J. Mace
/s/ Robert S. Moss Director June 27, 2000
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Robert S. Moss
Director June 27, 2000
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William A. Quinn
/s/ William J. Strimbu Director June 27, 2000
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William J. Strimbu
/s/ Archie O. Wallace Director June 27, 2000
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Archie O. Wallace
/s/ James T. Weller Director June 27, 2000
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James T. Weller
Director June 27, 2000
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Eric J. Werner
/s/ Benjamin Wiley Director June 27, 2000
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Benjamin Wiley
/s/ Donna C. Winner Director June 27, 2000
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Donna C. Winner
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