POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Reference is made to the Signature Page)
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Hampshire Group, Limited
hereby severally constitutes and appoints Ludwig Kuttner and Charles W. Clayton,
and each of them acting alone, as the attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in
any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
pre- or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file
the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Ludwig Kuttner
----------------------- Chairman of the Board, January 16, 2001
Ludwig Kuttner President and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principle Executive Officer)
/s/ Joel Goldberg
----------------------- Director January 16, 2001
Joel Goldberg
/s/ Harvey L. Sperry
----------------------- Director January 16, 2001
Harvey L. Sperry
/s/ Eugene Warsaw
----------------------- Director January 16, 2001
Eugene Warsaw
/s/ Peter W. Woodworth
----------------------- Director January 16, 2001
Peter W. Woodworth
/s/ Charles W. Clayton
----------------------- Vice President, January 16, 2001
Charles W. Clayton Secretary and Treasurer
(Principle Accounting Officer)
/s/ William W. Hodge
----------------------- Vice President and January 16, 2001
William W. Hodge Chief Financial Officer
(Principle Financial Officer)