EX-24 5 d390794dex24.htm EXHIBIT 24 Exhibit 24

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints any person listed below or Humbert de Wendel, Treasurer of TOTAL S.A., as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act, without any other, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including under any other appropriate Form) of TOTAL S.A., a French société anonyme, and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, relating to the registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of common shares, nominal value 2.50 euros each, of TOTAL S.A. that may be issued pursuant to the TOTAL 2011 and 2010 Stock Option Plans, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any state regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together, shall constitute one instrument.

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DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Christophe de Margerie
  

Christophe de Margerie

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Director

DATE: JUNE 22, 2012    /s/ Patrick Artus
  

Patrick Artus

Director

DATE: JUNE 21, 2012    /s/ Patricia Barbizet
  

Patricia Barbizet

Director

DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Gunnar Brock
  

Gunnar Brock

Director

DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Claude Clément
  

Claude Clément

Director

DATE: JUNE 25, 2012    /s/ Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette
  

Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette

Director

DATE: JUNE 25, 2012    /s/ Bertrand Collomb
  

Bertrand Collomb

Director

[Signature page of Power of Attorney.]


DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Paul Desmarais Jr.
  

Paul Desmarais Jr.

Director

DATE:     
  

Thierry Desmarest

Director

DATE: JUNE 22, 2012    /s/ Anne-Marie Idrac
  

Anne-Marie Idrac

Director

DATE:     
  

Barbara Kux

Director

DATE: JUNE 22, 2012    /s/ Gérard Lamarche
  

Gérard Lamarche

Director

DATE: JUNE 22, 2012    /s/ Anne Lauvergeon
  

Anne Lauvergeon

Director

DATE: JUNE 29, 2012    /s/ Claude Mandil
  

Claude Mandil

Director

[Signature page of Power of Attorney.]


DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Michel Pébereau
  

Michel Pébereau

Director

DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Patrick de La Chevardière
  

Patrick de La Chevardière

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Dominique Bonnet
  

Dominique Bonnet

Chief Accounting Officer

DATE: JULY 2, 2012    /s/ Robert O. Hammond
  

Robert O. Hammond

Authorized Representative in the United States

[Signature page of Power of Attorney.]