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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Each of the undersigned officers and directors of CheckFree Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") hereby appoints Peter J. Kight, Peter F.
Sinisgalli, and Curtis A. Loveland as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, or
any of them, with power to act without the others, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, in his name and on his behalf, and in any and all capacities
stated below, to sign and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, up to 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Company
to be sold and distributed by the Company pursuant to the CheckFree Corporation
1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and such other number of shares as may be
issued under the anti-dilution provision of the Plan, and any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement,
hereby granting unto such attorneys-in-fact, and to each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned, in
any and all such capacities, every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done
in and about the premises as fully as the undersigned could or might do in
person, hereby granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution
and revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney-in-fact or his
substitute may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these presents this 1st day
of November, 2000.
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/s/ Peter J. Kight Chairman of the Board of Directors and
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Peter J. Kight Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ David E. Mangum Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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David E. Mangum (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Gary A. Luoma, Jr. Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
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Gary A. Luoma, Jr. Assistant Secretary
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ William P. Boardman Director
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William P. Boardman
/s/ James D. Dixon Director
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James D. Dixon
/s/ Henry C. Duques Director
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Henry C. Duques
/s/ Mark A. Johnson Director
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Mark A. Johnson
/s/ Lewis C. Levin Director
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Lewis C. Levin
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/s/ Eugene F. Quinn Director
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Eugene F. Quinn
/s/ Jeffrey M. Wilkins Director
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Jeffrey M. Wilkins
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