EX-24 9 a08-2392_1ex24.htm EX-24

 

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, Jayne M. Donegan 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 29, 2007, 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, as of the 19th day of February, 2008.

 

 

 

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/Thomas B. Wheeler

R. Kerry Clark

 

Thomas B. Wheeler

Director

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Ivor J. Evans

 

/s/James L.Ziemer

Ivor J. Evans

 

James L. Ziemer

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

 

/s/Richard L. Yates

Joe T. Ford

 

Richard L. Yates

Director

 

Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller

 

 

(principal accounting officer)