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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000101063-11-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110526
FILED AS OF DATE: 20110601
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110601
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Simmons Jeffrey N
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001479079
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01550
FILM NUMBER: 11883756
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: LILLY CORPORATE CENTER
CITY: INDIANAPOLIS
STATE: IN
ZIP: 46285
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000101063
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100]
IRS NUMBER: 041923360
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 250 E FIFTH ST
CITY: CINCINNATI
STATE: OH
ZIP: 45202
BUSINESS PHONE: 5137848880
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
STREET 2: 250 EAST FIFTH STREET
CITY: CINCINNATI
STATE: OH
ZIP: 45202
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED BRANDS CO
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900403
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PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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2011-05-26
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0000101063
CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC
CQB
0001479079
Simmons Jeffrey N
LILLY CORPORATE CENTER
INDIANAPOLIS
IN
46285
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Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
James E. Thompson as Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey N.Simmons
2011-06-01
EX-24
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poa.txt
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of James E. Thompson, Barbara Wagner, Barbara M. Howland, and
Joel Raymer, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms
or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
Company;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5 or other form or report and timely file such form or report
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 23rd day of May, 2011.
Jeffrey N. Simmons
/s/ Jeffrey N. Simmons