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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William R. Johnson, Paul F. Renne and
Laura Stein, and each of them, such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person
and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
H. J. Heinz Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May
3, 2000 and to sign any and all amendments to such Annual Report, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange 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 to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them, or such persons' or person's substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney has been signed below as of the 12th day of
July, 2000 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature Title
/s/ Anthony J. F. O'Reilly
------------------------------------ Chairman of the Board of Directors
Anthony J. F. O'Reilly
/s/ William R. Johnson
------------------------------------ President and Chief Executive Officer
William R. Johnson and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Nicholas F. Brady
------------------------------------ Director
Nicholas F. Brady
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/s/ Mary C. Choksi
------------------------------------ Director
Mary C. Choksi
/s/ Edith E. Holiday
------------------------------------ Director
Edith E. Holiday
/s/ Samuel C. Johnson
------------------------------------ Director
Samuel C. Johnson
/s/ Candace Kendle
------------------------------------ Director
Candace Kendle
/s/ Donald R. Keough
------------------------------------ Director
Donald R. Keough
/s/ Dean R. O'Hare
------------------------------------ Director
Dean R. O'Hare
/s/ Paul F. Renne
------------------------------------ Executive Vice President and Chief
Paul F. Renne Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ A. G. Malcolm Ritchie
------------------------------------ Director
A. G. Malcolm Ritchie
/s/ Herman J. Schmidt
------------------------------------ Director
Herman J. Schmidt
/s/ Eleanor B. Sheldon
------------------------------------ Director
Eleanor B. Sheldon
/s/ William P. Snyder III
------------------------------------ Director
William P. Snyder III
/s/ S. Donald Wiley
------------------------------------ Director
S. Donald Wiley
/s/ David R. Williams
------------------------------------ Director
David R. Williams
/s/ James M. Zimmerman
------------------------------------ Director
James M. Zimmerman
/s/ William J. Showalter
------------------------------------ Vice President - Corporate Controller
William J. Showalter (Principal Accounting Officer)
