EX-24 4 l83697aex24.txt EXHIBIT 24 1 Exhibit 24 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Robert W. Gillespie Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director 2 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Henry L. Meyer, III President, Chief Operating Officer and Director 3 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of December 9, 1999. /s/ K. Brent Somers Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 4 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of December 19, 1999. /s/ Lee Irving Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer 5 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Cecil D. Andrus Director 6 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ William G. Bares Director 7 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ A.C. Bersticker Director 8 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Edward P. Campbell Director 9 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Carol Cartwright Director 10 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Thomas A. Commes Director 11 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Kenneth M. Curtis Director 12 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Henry S. Hemingway Director 13 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Charles R. Hogan Director 14 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Douglas J. McGregor Director 15 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Steven A. Minter Director 16 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Bill R. Sanford Director 17 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Ronald B. Stafford Director 18 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Dennis W. Sullivan Director 19 KEYCORP POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and sold under the KeyCorp Signing Bonus Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as of November 23, 1999. /s/ Peter G. Ten Eyck Director