EX-24 5 cmw1677d.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

Nicholas C. Babson

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ Nicholas C. Babson
Nicholas C. Babson


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

Thomas J. Boldt

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ Thomas J. Boldt
Thomas J. Boldt


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

Marcel-Claude Braud

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ Marcel-Claude Braud
Marcel-Claude Braud


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

John T. Byrnes

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ John T. Byrnes
John T. Byrnes


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

Richard J. Fotsch

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ Richard J. Fotsch
Richard J. Fotsch


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

Hans Neunteufel

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ Hans Neunteufel
Hans Neunteufel


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

John W. Splude

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/John W. Splude
John W. Splude


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I

Hermann Viets

hereby constitute and appoint William D. Gehl, Thomas M. Rettler and Michael J. Mulcahy, and each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Gehl Company (the “Company”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering from time to time (1) by the Company of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights), stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, senior debt securities of the Company, subordinated debt securities of the Company and guarantees of the Company’s debt securities by certain subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $75,000,000 (as such amount may be increased pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and (2) by Neuson Finance GmbH and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, “Neuson”) of shares of the Company’s common stock (including the accompanying preferred share purchase rights) beneficially owned by Neuson, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the above-referenced securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of July, 2005.

  /s/ Hermann Viets
Hermann Viets