EX-24 9 0009.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY 1 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of F.N.B. Corporation (the "Corporation") and the several undersigned officers and directors thereof whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Peter Mortensen and John D. Waters, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the following registration statements of the Corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), together with any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such registration statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof: (1) registration statement on Form S-3 relating to $250,000,000 of the Corporation's Subordinated Notes, (2) registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Corporation's Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan, (3) registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Corporation's 401(k) Plan, and (4) registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Corporation's 1998 Directors' Stock Option Plan. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, F.N.B. Corporation has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below. This Power of Attorney may be executed in counterparts which, when taken together, shall constitute a single original thereof. F.N.B. CORPORATION By: /s/ Peter Mortensen -------------------------------------- Peter Mortensen Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dated: May 31, 2000
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Peter Mortensen Chairman, Chief Executive Officer May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- and Director (Principal Executive Peter Mortensen Officer) /s/ Stephen J. Gurgovits Vice Chairman and Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Stephen J. Gurgovits /s/ Gary L. Tice President, Chief Operating Officer May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- and Director Gary L. Tice
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Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ John D. Waters Vice President and Chief Financial May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Officer (Principal Accounting John D. Waters Officer) Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- W. Richard Blackwood Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Alan C. Bomstein /s/ William B. Campbell Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- William B. Campbell /s/ Charles T. Cricks Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Charles T. Cricks /s/ Henry M. Ekker Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Henry M. Ekker /s/ James S. Lindsay Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- James S. Lindsay /s/ Paul P. Lynch Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Paul P. Lynch Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Edward J. Mace Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Robert S. Moss Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- William A. Quinn /s/ William J. Strimbu Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- William J. Strimbu /s/ Archie O. Wallace Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Archie O. Wallace /s/ James T. Weller Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- James T. Weller Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Eric J. Werner Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Benjamin Wiley Director May 31, 2000 --------------------------------- Donna C. Winner
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