EX-24 12 ex241.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

 

 

WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April 2003.

 

 

/s/ Roland Berger

Roland Berger

Director

 


 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

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WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April 2003.

 

 

/s/ Clarence J. Chandran

Clarence J. Chandran

Director


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

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WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April 2003.

 

 

/s/ L. Yves Fortier

L. Yves Fortier

Director, Chairman


POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

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WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April 2003.

 

 

/s/ J. E. Newall

J. E. Newall

Director

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

 

 

WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April 2003.

 

 

/s/ Guy Saint-Pierre

Guy Saint-Pierre

Director

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

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WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April 2003.

 

 

/s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer

Gerhard Schulmeyer

Director

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

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WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Authorized Representative in the United States of America of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of May 2003.

 

 

/s/ Gordon Becker

Gordon Becker

Authorized Representative in the United States of America

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

 

 

WHEREAS, ALCAN INC., a Canadian corporation (the "Corporation"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the issue of debentures, notes and/or other debt obligations, including convertible debt obligations (collectively "Debt Securities"), guarantees of the debt securities of one or more of the Corporation's subsidiaries ("Guarantees") and/or additional Common Shares, Preference Shares or other equity securities, and/or warrants, rights or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities (collectively, "Equity Securities"; and together with the Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the "Authorised Securities");

WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Authorized Representative in the United States of America of the Corporation as indicated below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roy Millington, Pierre D. Chenard and David L. McAusland, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name place and stead, and in each of the undersigned's offices and capacities as an Officer and/or a Director of the Corporation, to execute and file such Registration Statement, including the related Prospectus, and thereafter to execute and file any amended Registration Statement or Statements (including post-effective amendments) and amended prospectus or prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of May 2003.

 

 

/s/ William H. Jairrels

William H. Jairrels

Authorized Representative in the United States of America