EX-24 9 a06-1864_1ex24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, Textron Inc. (“Textron”) a Delaware corporation, and the undersigned directors and officers of Textron, do hereby constitute and appoint Terrence O’Donnell, Arnold M. Friedman, Michael D. Cahn and Ann T. Willaman, and each of them, with full powers of substitution, their true and lawful attorneys and agents to do or cause to be done any and all acts and things and to execute and deliver any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable Textron to comply with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of Textron’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned directors and officers in the capacities indicated below and to sign the names of such officers on behalf of Textron to such Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to any and all amendments to such Annual Report, to any instruments or documents or other writings in which the original or copies thereof are to be filed as a part of or in connection with such Annual Report or amendments thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall do or cause to be done hereunder and such attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall have, and may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Textron has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and delivered in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized officer and its corporate seal affixed, and each of the undersigned has signed his or her name thereto, on this 22nd day of February, 2006.

 

 

TEXTRON INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lewis B. Campbell

 

 

 

Lewis B. Campbell

 

 

Chairman, President and Chief

 

 

Executive Officer

ATTEST:

 

 

/s/ Frederick K. Butler

 

Frederick K. Butler

Vice President and Secretary

 



 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lewis B. Campbell

 

/s/ Paul E. Gagné

 

Lewis B. Campbell

Paul E. Gagné

Chairman, President and Chief Executive

Director

Officer, Director

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ H. Jesse Arnelle

 

/s/ Dain M. Hancock

 

H. Jesse Arnelle

Dain M. Hancock

Director

Director

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kathleen M. Bader

 

/s/ Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG

 

Kathleen M. Bader

Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG

Director

Director

 

 

 

 

/s/ R. Kerry Clark

 

/s/ Brian H. Rowe

 

R. Kerry Clark

Brian H. Rowe

Director

Director

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ivor J. Evans

 

/s/ Thomas B. Wheeler

 

Ivor J. Evans

Thomas B. Wheeler

Director

Director

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lawrence K. Fish

 

/s/ Ted R. French

 

Lawrence K. Fish

Ted R. French

Director

Executive Vice President

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

(principal financial officer)

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joe T. Ford

 

 

Joe T. Ford

/s/ Richard L. Yates

 

Director

Richard L. Yates

 

Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller

 

(principal accounting officer)