Exhibit 24
MBNA CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and
officers of MBNA Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"),
hereby constitute and appoint Charles M. Cawley, M. Scot Kaufman and John W.
Scheflen or any of them, acting singly or jointly, the true and lawful agents
and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said
agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to sign for the undersigned and
in their respective names, as directors and as officers of the Corporation, the
Registration Statement of the Corporation on Form S-8 or other appropriate form
(and any pre-effective or post-effective amendments or supplements to such
Registration Statement), to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the Common
Stock to be issued by the Corporation in connection with the Corporation's 1997
Long Term Incentive Plan.
Capacity Date
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/s/ Alfred Lerner Chairman of the Board, June 15, 2000
------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and
Alfred Lerner Director (principal
executive officer)
/s/ M. Scot Kaufman Senior Executive Vice President June 15, 2000
------------------------- and Chief Financial Officer
M. Scot Kaufman (principal financial and
accounting officer)
/s/ James H. Berick Director June 15, 2000
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James H. Berick
/s/ Charles M. Cawley Director June 15, 2000
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Charles M. Cawley
/s/ Benjamin R. Civiletti Director June 15, 2000
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Benjamin R. Civiletti
/s/ William L. Jews Director June 21, 2000
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William L. Jews
/s/ Randolph D. Lerner Director June 15, 2000
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Randolph D. Lerner
/s/ Stuart L. Markowitz Director June 15, 2000
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Stuart L. Markowitz
/s/ Michael Rosenthal Director June 15, 2000
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Michael Rosenthal
