EX-24.(B) 10 c70545a1exv24wxby.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24(b) POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, being an officer or director or both of SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., a New York corporation (the "Company"), hereby does constitute and appoint PAUL J. LISKA, GLENN R. RICHTER, LARRY R. RAYMOND, ANASTASIA D. KELLY and THOMAS E. BERGMANN, with full power to each of them to act alone, as the true and lawful attorneys and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution to each of said attorneys, to execute, deliver or file (i) the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of up to an aggregate principal amount of $9,500,000,000 of debt securities; (ii) any registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 or any amendments or supplements to any of such registration statements; (iii) any application for registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) of such debt securities under the blue sky or other federal or state securities laws and regulations; and (iv) any other document or instrument deemed necessary or appropriate by any of them in connection with such application for registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom); and for the purpose of causing any such registration statement or any subsequent amendment or supplement to such registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed his or her name on the date opposite his or her name below.
Signature Title Date /s/ Alan J. Lacy Chairman of the Board of Directors, President July 11, 2002 ---------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Alan J. Lacy (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Paul J. Liska Executive Vice President and Chief July 11, 2002 ---------------------------- Financial Officer Paul J. Liska (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Thomas E. Bergmann Vice President and Controller July 26, 2002 --------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Thomas E. Bergmann /s/ Hall Adams, Jr. Director July 15, 2002 ---------------------------- Hall Adams, Jr. /s/ Brenda C. Barnes Director July 12, 2002 ---------------------------- Brenda C. Barnes /s/ James R. Cantalupo Director July 16, 2002 ---------------------------- James R. Cantalupo
/s/ Donald J. Carty Director July 15, 2002 ---------------------------- Donald J. Carty /s/ W. James Farrell Director July 15, 2002 ---------------------------- W. James Farrell /s/ Michael A. Miles Director July 15, 2002 ---------------------------- Michael A. Miles /s/ Hugh B. Price Director July 15, 2002 --------------------------- Hugh B. Price /s/ Dorothy A. Terrell Director July 12, 2002 ---------------------------- Dorothy A. Terrell /s/ Raul Yzaguirre Director July 12, 2002 ---------------------------- Raul Yzaguirre