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Perfomance Bondaaio-~73y~ THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ,` , I, AIA Document A312 Performance Bond Bond No's. 929499446 & 6536336 Any singular reference to Contractor, Surety, Owner or other party shall be considered plural where applicable. CONTRACTOR (Name and Address): SURETY (Name and Principal Place of Business): Ameresco, Inc. Western Surety Company 111 Speen Street, Suite 410 101 South Phillips Street Framingham, MA 01701 Sioux Falls, S.D. And OWNER (Name and Address): Safeco Insurance Company of America City of Miami Beach Safeco Plaza 1700 Convention Center Drive Seattle, WA 98185 Miami Beach, FL 33139 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT Date: May 25, 2010 Amount:$14,053,259.00 Description (Name and Location): Energy Services - Installation of ECM's in accordance with Schedules A&D BOND Date (Not earlier than Construction Contract Date): May 25, 2010 Amount: $14, 053, 259.00 Modifications to ond: ^ None ^D See Page 3 CONTRACTO NCIPAL SURETY Company: (Corporate Seal) bmpany: (Corporate Seal) Ameresco, c. Western Surety Company Signature. Signatur Name and ~ ~ Aftdre . $peflCe, Treasurer me ~ e: Richard F. Caruso Attorney-in-Fact (Any additional signatures appear on page 3) (FOR INFORMATION ONLY -Name, Address and Telephone) AGENT or BROKER: OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE (Architect, Engineer or Curtin International Insurance & Bonding Agcy., Inc. 33 Bedford Street, Suite 16 Lexington, MA 02420 781-863-0044 other party): AIA DOCUMENT A312 • PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND • DECEMBER 1984 ED. •AIA THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 A312-1984 1 THIRD PRINTING • MARCH 1987 1 The Contractor and the Surety, jointly and severally, bind themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns to the Owner for the performance of the Construction Contract, which is incorporated herein by reference. 2 If the Contractor performs the Construction Contract, the Surety and the Contractor shall have no obligation under this Bond, except to participate in conferences as provided in Subparagraph 3.1. 3 If there is no Owner Default, the Surety's obligation under this Bond shall arise after: 3.1 The Owner has notified the Contractor and the Surety at its address described in Paragraph 10 below that the Owner is considering declaring a Contractor Default and has requested and attempted to arrange a conference with the Contractor and the Surety to be held not later than fifteen days after receipt of such notice to discuss methods of performing the Construction Contract. If the Owner, the Contractor and the Surety agree, the Contractor shall be allowed a reasonable time to perform the Construction Contract, but such an agreement shall not waive the Owner's right, if any, subsequently to declare a Contractor Default; and 3.2 The Owner has declared a Contractor Default and formally terminated the Contractor's right to complete the contract. Such Contractor Default shall not be declared earlier than twenty days after the Contractor and the Surety have received notice as provided in Subparagraph 3.1; and 3.3 The Owner has agreed to pay the Balance of the Contract Price to the Surety in accordance with the terms of the Construction Contract or to a contractor selected to perform the Construction Contract in accordance with the terms of the contract with the Owner. 4 When the Owner has satisfied the conditions of Paragraph 3, the Surety shall promptly and at the Surety's expense take one of the following actions: 4.1 Arrange for the Contractor, with consent of the Owner, to perform and complete the Construction Contract; or 4.2 Undertake to perform and complete the Construction Contract itself, through its agents or through independent contractors; or 4.3 Obtain bids or negotiated proposals from qualified contractors acceptable to the Owner for a contract for performance and completion of the Construction Contract, arrange for a contract to be prepared for execution by the Owner and the contractor selected with the Owner's concurrence, to be secured with performance and payment bonds executed by a qualified surety equivalent to the bonds issued on the Construction Contract, and pay to the Owner the amount of damages as described in Paragraph 6 in excess of the Balance of the Contract Price incurred by the Owner resulting from the Contractor's default; or 4.4 Waive its right to perform and complete, arrange for completion, or obtain a new contractor and with reasonable promptness under the circumstances: 1 After investigation, determine the amount for which it may be liable to the Owner and, as soon as practicable after the amount is determined, tender payment therefor to the Owner: or .2 Deny liability in whole or in part and notify the Owner citing reasons therefor. 5 If the Surety does not proceed as provided in Paragraph 4 with reasonable promptness, the Surety shall be deemed to be in default on this Bond fifteen days after receipt of an additional written notice from the Owner to the Surety demanding that the Surety perform its obligations under this Bond, and the Owner shall be entitled to enforce any remedy available to the Owner. If the surety proceeds as provided in Subparagraph 4.4, and the Owner refuses the payment tendered or the Surety has denied liability, in whole or in part, without further notice the Owner shall be entitled to enforce any remedy available to the Owner. 6 After the Owner has terminated the Contractor's right to complete the Construction Contract, and if the Surety elects to act under Subparagraph 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 above, then the responsibilities of the Surety to the Owner shall not be greater than those of the Contractor under the Construction Contract, and the responsibilities of the Owner to the Surety shall not be greater than those of the Owner under the Construction Contract. To the limit of the amount of this Bond, but subject to commitment by the Owner of the Balance of the Contract Price to mitigation of costs and damages on the Construction Contract, the Surety is obligated without duplication for: 6.1 The responsibilities of the Contractor for correction of defective work and completion of the Construction Contract; 6.2 Additional legal, design professional and delay costs resulting from the Contractor's Default, and resulting from the actions or failure to act of the Surety under Paragraph 4; and 6.3 Liquidated damages, or if not liquidated damages are specified in the Construction Contract, actual damages caused by delayed performance or non- performance of the Contractor. 7 The Surety shall not be liable to the Owner or others for obligations of the Contractor that are unrelated to the Construction Contract, and the Balance of the Contract Price shall not be reduced or set off on account of any such unrelated obligations. No right of action shall accrue on this Bond to any person or entity other than the Owner or its heirs, executors, administrators or successors. 8 The Surety hereby waives notice of any change, including changes of time, to the Construction Contract or to related subcontracts, purchase orders and other obligations. 9 Any proceeding, legal or equitable, under this Bond may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction in the location in which the work or part of the work is located and shall be instituted within two years after Contractor Default or within two years after the Contractor ceased working or within two years after the Surety refuses or fails to perform its obligations under this Bond, whichever occurs first. If the provisions of this Paragraph are void or prohibited by law, the minimum period of limitation available to sureties as a defense in the jurisdiction of the suit shall be applicable. AIA DOCUMENT A312 • PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND • DECEMBER 1984 ED. • AIA THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 A312-1984 THIRD PRINTING • MARCH 1987 10 Notice to the Surety, the Owner or the Contractor shall be mailed or delivered to the address shown on the signature page. 11 When this Bond has been furnished to comply with a statutory or other legal requirement in the location where the construction was to be performed, any provision in this Bond conflicting with said statutory or legal requirement shall be deemed deleted herefrom and provisions conforming to such statutory or other legal requirement shall be deemed incorporated herein. The intent is that this Bond shall be construed as a statutory bond and not as a common law bond. 12 DEFINITIONS 12.1 Balance of the Contract Price: The total amount payable by the Owner to the Contractor under the Construction Contract after all proper adjustments have been made, including allowance to the Contractor of any amounts received or to be received by the Owner in settlement of insurance or other claims for damages to which the Contractor is entitled, reduced by all valid and proper payments made to or on behalf of the Contractor under the Construction Contract. 12.2 Construction Contract: The agreement betwen the Owner and the Contractor identified on the signature page, including all Contract Documents and changes thereto. 12.3 Contractor Default: Failure of the Contractor, which has neither been remedied nor waived, to perform or otherwise to comply with the terms of the Construction Contract. 12.4 Owner Default: Failure of the Owner, which has neither been remedied nor waived, to pay the Contractor as required by the Construction Contract or to perform and complete or comply with the other terms thereof. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS BOND ARE AS FOLLOWS: The Performance Bond applies only to the installation portion of the contract and does not apply in any way to energy savings guarantees, payments or maintenance provisions, except that the Performance Bond shall guarantee that the installation will be free of defective materials and workmanship for a period of twelve (12) months following completion and acceptance of the work. (Space is provided below for additional signatures of added parties, other than those appearing on the cover page.) CONTRACTOR AS PRINCIPAL Company: (Corporate Seal) Signature: _ Name and Title: Address: SURETY Company: (Corporate Seal) Safeco Insurance Company of America Signatur Nam an :Richard F. aruso Attorney-in-Fact Address:Safeco Plaza, Seattle, Washington AIA DOCUMENT A312 • PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND • DECEMBER 1984 ED. • AIA THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 A312-1984 THIRD PRINTING • MARCH 1987 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ,\ , i, AIA Document A312 Payment Bond Bond No's. 929499446 & 6536336 Any singular reference to Contractor, Surety, Owner or other party shall be considered plural where applicable. CONTRACTOR (Name and Address): Ameresco, Inc. 111 Speen Street, Suite 410 Framingham, MA 01701 OWNER (Name and Address): City of Miami Beach 1700 Convention Center Drive Miami Beach. FL 33139 SURETY (Name and Principal Place of Business): Western Surety Company 101 South Phillips Street Sioux Falls, S.D. And Safeco Insurance Company of America Safeco Plaza Seattle, WA 98185 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT Date: May 25, 2010 Amount: $14, 053,259.00 Description (Name and Location): Energy Services- Installation of ECM's in accordance with Schedules A&D BOND Date (Not earlier than Construction Contract Date): May 25, 2010 Amount: $14, 053, 259.00 Modifications to this B~1 ^ None ^D See Page 6 CONTRACTOR AS P INCIPAL Company: (Corporate Ameresco, I / Signature: Name and Title: Rndrew B. Spence, Treasurer (Any additional signatures appear on page 6) SURETY Company: (Corporate Seal) Western Surety Company Signature: Name an ichard F. Caruso Attorney-in-Fact (FOR INFORMATION ONLY -Name, Address and Telephone) AGENT or BROKER: OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE (Architect, Engineer or Curtin International Insurance & Bonding Agcy., Inc. 33 Bedford Street, Suite 16 Lexington, MA 02420 781-863-0044 other party): AIA DOCUMENT A312 • PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND • DECEMBER 7984 ED. •AIA THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 A312-1984 4 THIRD PRINTING • MARCH 1987 1 The Contractor and the Surety, jointly and severally, bind themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns to the Owner to pay for labor, materials and equipment furnished for use in the performance of the Construction Contract, which is incorporated herein by reference. 2 With respect to the Owner, this obligation shall be null and void if the Contractor: 2.1 Promptly makes payment, directly or indirectly, for all sums due Claimants, and 2.2 Defends, indemnifies and holds harmless the Owner from claims, demands, liens or suits by any person or entity whose claim, demand, lien or suit is for the payment for labor, materials or equipment furnished for use in the performance of the Construction Contract, provided the Owner has promptly notified the Contractor and the Surety (at the address described in Paragraph 12) of any claims, demands, liens or suits and tendered defense of such claims, demands, liens or suits to the Contractor and the Surety, and provided there is no Owner Default. 3 With respect to Claimants, this obligation shall be null and void if the Contractor promptly makes payment, directly or indirectly, for all sums due. 4. The Surety shall have no obligation to Claimants under this Bond until: 4.7 Claimants who are employed by or have a direct contract with the Contractor have given notice to the Surety (at the address described in Paragraph 12) and sent a copy, or notice thereof, to the Owner, stating that a claim is being made under this Bond and, with substantial accuracy, the amount of the claim. 4.2 Claimants who do not have a direct contract with the Contractor: .1 Have furnished written notice to the Contractor and sent a copy, or notice thereof, to the Owner, within 90 days after having last performed labor or last furnished materials or equipment included in the claim stating, with substantial accuracy, the amount of the claim and the name of the party to whom the materials were furnished or supplied or for whom the labor was done or performed; and .2 Have either received a rejection in whole or in part from the Contractor, or not received within 30 days of furnishing the above notice any communication from the Contractor by which the Contractor has indicated the claim will be paid directly or indirectly; and .3 Not having been paid within the above 30 days, have sent a written notice to the Surety (at the address described in Paragraph 12) and sent a copy, or notice thereof, to the Owner, stating that a claim is being made under this Bond and enclosing a copy of the previous written notice furnished to the Contractor. 5 If a notice required by Paragraph 4 is given by the Owner to the Contractor or to the Surety, that is sufficient compliance. 6 When the Claimant has satisfied the conditions of Paragraph 4, the Surety shall promptly and at the Surety's expense take the following actions: 6.1 Send an answer to the Claimant, with a copy to the Owner, within 45 days after receipt of the claim, stating the amounts that are undisputed and the basis for challenging any amounts that are disputed. 6.2 Pay or arrange for payment of any undisputed amounts. 7 The Surety's total obligation shall not exceed the amount of this Bond, and the amount of this Bond shall be credited for any payments made in good faith by the Surety. 8 Amounts owed by the Owner to the Contractor under the Construction Contract shall be used for the performance of the Construction Contract and to satisfy claims, if any, under any Construction Performance Bond. By the Contractor furnishing and the Owner accepting this Bond, they agree that all funds earned by the Contractor in the performance of the Construction Contract are dedicated to satisfy obligations of the Contractor and the Surety under this Bond, subject to the Owner's priority to use the funds for the completion of the work. 9 The Surety shall not be liable to the Owner, Claimants or others for obligations of the Contractor that are unrelated to the Construction Contract. The Owner shall not be liable for payment of any costs or expenses of any Claimant under this Bond, and shall have under this Bond no obligations to make payments to, give notices on behalf of, or otherwise have obligations to Claimants under this Bond. 10 The Surety hereby waives notice of any change, including changes of time, to the Construction Contract or to related subcontracts, purchase orders and other obligations. 11 No suit or action shall be commenced by a Claimant under this Bond other than in a court of competent jurisdiction in the location in which the work or part of the work is located or after the expiration of one year from the date (1) on which the Claimant gave the notice required by Subparagraph 4.1 or Clause 4.2.3, or (2) on which the last labor or service was performed by anyone or the last materials or equipment were furnished by anyone under the Construction Contract, whichever of (1) or (2) first occurs. If the provisions of this Paragraph are void or prohibited by law, the minimum period of limitation available to sureties as a defense in the jurisdiction of the suit shall be applicable. 12 Notice to the Surety, the Owner or the Contractor shall be mailed or delivered to the address shown on the signature page. Actual receipt of notice by Surety, the Owner or the Contractor, however accomplished, shall be sufficient compliance as of the date received at the address shown on the signature page. 13 When this Bond has been furnished to comply with a statutory or other legal requirement in the location where the construction was to be performed, any provision in this Bond conflicting with said statutory or legal requirements shall be deemed deleted herefrom and provisions conforming to such statutory or other legal requirement shall be deemed incorporated herein. The intent is that this AIA DOCUMENT A312 • PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND • DECEMBER 1984 ED. •AIA THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20008 A312-1984 THIRD PRINTING • MARCH 1987 Bond shall be construed as a statutory bond and not as a common law bond. 14 Upon request by any person or entity appearing to be a potential beneficiary of this Bond, the Contractor shall promptly furnish a copy of this Bond or shall permit a copy to be made. 15 DEFINITIONS 15.1 Claimant: An individual or entity having a direct contract with the Contractor or with a subcontractor of the Contractor to furnish labor, materials or equipment for use in the performance of the Contract. The intent of this Bond shall be to include without limitation in the terms "labor, materials or equipment" that part of water, gas, power, light, heat, oil, gasoline, telephone service or rental equipment used in the Construction Contract, architectural and engineering services required for performance of the work of the Contractor and the Contractor's subcontractors, and all other items for which a mechanic's lien may be asserted in the jurisdiction where the labor, materials or equipment were furnished. 15.2 Construction Contract: The agreement between the Owner and the Contractor identified on the signature page, including all Contract Documents and changes thereto. 15.3 Owner Default: Failure of the Owner, which has neither been remedied nor waived, to pay the Contractor as required by the Construction Contract or to perform and complete or comply with the other terms thereof. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS BOND ARE AS FOLLOWS: Paragraph 6 of this Bond is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following provision: Within a reasonable time (1) after the Claiminat has satisfied the conditions of Paragraph 4 and (2) after the Surety has reviewed all supporting documentation it requested to substantiate the amount of the claim, the Surety shall pay or arrange for payment of any undisputed amounts. Failure of the Surety to satisfy the above requirements shall not be deemed a forfeiture or waiver of the Surety's or the Contractor's defenses under this Bond or their right to dispute such claim. However, in such event the Claimant may bring suit against the Surety as provided under this Bond. This Payment Bond applies only to the installation portion of the Contract and does not apply in any way to energy savings guarantees, payments or maintenance provisions thereof. (Space is provided below for additional signatures of added parties, other than those appearing on the cover page.) CONTRACTOR AS PRINCIPAL SURETY Company: (Corporate Seal) Company: (Corporate Seal) Safeco Insurance Company of America Signature: Name and Title: Address: Signature Name a ~ ichard F. Caruso Attorney-in-Fact Addfess~5afeco Plaza, Seattle, Washington AIA DOCUMENT A372 • PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND • DECEMBER 1984 ED. •AIA THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 A312-1984 THIRD PRINTING • MARCH 1967 DUAL OBLIGEE RIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL OBLIGEE AFTER EXECUTION OF BOND TO BE ATTACHED TO AND FORM PART OF Bond No 929499446 & Bond No 6536336 issued by the WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, a SOUTH DAKOTA corporation, and SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a WASHINGTON Corporation as Co- Sureties, on the 25th day of May A.D. 2010 , on behalf of Ameresco ,Inc. as Principal in favor of City of Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL., as Obligee . WHEREAS, upon the written request of the Principal and Obligee the attached bond (s) is (are) hereby amended to add Chase Equipment Finance, Inc., 1111 Polaris Parkway, Suite 3-A, Columbus, OH 43240,as an additional Obligee. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, there shall be no liability on the part of the Principal or Surety under this bond to the Obligees, or either of them, unless the Obligees, or either of them, shall make payments to the Principal, or to the Surety in case it arranges for completion of the Contract upon default of the Principal, strictly in accordance with the terms of said Contract as to payments, and shall perform all the other obligations required to be performed under said Contract at the time and in the manner therein set forth. Aggregate liability of Surety hereunder to Obligees is limited to the penal sum above stated and Surety, upon making payment hereunder, shall be entitled to an assignment of all rights of the payee with respect to the particular obligation discharged by the payment, either against principal or against any other party liable to the payee on the discharged obligation. IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED that nothing herein contained shall be held to change, alter or vary the terms of the above described bond (s) except as hereinbefore set forth. SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED this 25th day of May A.D 2010 WESTERN SURETY COMPANY By: is F. Caruso, orney-in-Fact SURANC CA By: Rica . Caruso A orney-in-Fact Rndrew B. Spence, Treasurer Citfof Miami Beach (Ob ' Q.oJo~{- . Mid ~~r' Western Surety Company POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT Know All Men By These Presents, That WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, a South Dakota corporation, is a duly organized and existing corporation having its principal office in the City of Sioux Falls, and State of South Dakota, and that it does by virtue of the signature and seal herein affixed hereby make, constitute and appoint Richard F Caruso, Individually of Lexington, MA, its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on its behalf bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instmments of similar nature - In Unlimited Amounts - and to bind it thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such instmments were signed by a duly authorized officer of the corporation and all the acts of said Attomey, pursuant to the authority hereby given, are hereby ratified and confirmed. This Power of Attomey is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the By-Law printed on the reverse hereof, duly adopted, as indicated, by the shareholders of the corporazion. In Witness Whereof, WESTERN SURETY COMPANY has caused these presents [o be signed by its Senior Vice President and its corporate seal [o be hereto affixed on this 22nd day of Febmary, 2010. State of South Dakota ss County of Minnehaha WESTERN SURETY COMPANY ~,'""~~ W°? vo ~s ////~/ w 4~P ~~P Y ~/ $~Sfp~v ~~ /lA //~ 4i,oo^r'S Paul . Bmflat, Senior Vice President On this 22nd day of Febmary, 2010, before me personally came Paul T. Bmtlat, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that he resides in the City of Sioux Falls, Staze of South Dakota; that he is the Senior Vice President of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY described in and which executed the above instmment; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the said instmment is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed pursuant to authority given by the Board of Directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereto pursuant to like authority, and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said corporation. My commission expires f~4\\4\\•1\ti\\\tititiVVwti•~h ~ + D. KRELL + r E L NOTARY PUBLIC $ L November 30, 2012 + SOUTH DAKOTA r ••\rtititi\\r\\r4~4~~\~titiMy ~ D. Krell, No Public CERTIFICATE I, L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY do hereby certify that the Power of Attomey hereinabove set forth is still in force, and further certify that the By-Law of [he corporation printed on the reverse hereof is still in force. [n testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said corporation this 25th day of May 2010 '~'"`rYC WESTERN SURETY COMPANY .W'? ~vogq °sa W40 ,~.Z ~~II DD-- ~ / ~~>til p`PM~ L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary Form F4280.09-06 Safeco Insurance Company of America General Insurance Company of America ~~ POWER 1001 4th Avenue OF ATTORNEY suns t7oo ~Utilale Seattle, WA 98154 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS: No. 13006. That SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, each a Washington corporation, does each hereby appoint ***************RICHARD F. CARUSO; IOEL P. CURTIN;IUDY A. DEAN; Lexington, Massachusetts**************** its true and lawful attorney(s)-in-fact, with full authority to execute on its behalf fidelity and surety bonds or undertakings and other documents of a similar character issued in the course of its business, and to bind the respective company thereby. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA have each executed and attested these presents April 2009 this 8th day of Dexter R Leoo Secretary Timothy A. Mikolaiewski, Vice President__ CERTIFICATE Extract from the By-Laws of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA: "Article V, Section 13. -FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS ... the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, and any Assistant Vice President appointed for that purpose by the officer in charge of surety operations, shall each have authority to appoint individuals as attorneys-in-fact or under other appropriate titles with authority to execute on behalf of the company fidelity and surety bonds and other documents of similar character issued by the company in the course of its business... On any instrument making or evidencing such appointment, the signatures may be affixed by facsimile. On any instrument conferring such authority or on any bond or undertaking of the company, the seal, or a facsimile thereof, may be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced; provided, however, that the seal shall not be necessary to the validity of any such insVument or undertaking." Extract from a Resolution of the Board of Directors of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA adopted July 28, 1970. "On any certificate executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company setting out, (i) The provisions of Alticie V, Section 13 of the By-Laws, and (ii) A copy of the power-of-attomey appointment, executed pursuant thereto, and (iii) Certifying that said power-of-attomey appointment is in full force and effect, the signature of the certifying officer may be by facsimile, and the seal of the Company may be a facsimile thereof." I, Dexter R. Legg , Secretary of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, do hereby certify that the foregoing extracts of the By-Laws and of a Resolution of the Board of Directors of these corporations, and of a Power of Attorney issued pursuant thereto, are true and wrrect, and that both the By-Laws, the Resolution and the Power of Attorney are still in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the facsimile seal of said corporation 25th day of May ~ 2010 this '\ SEAL ~ ~~~~ Dexter R. Legg, Secretary WEB PDF 5-0974lDS 3/09