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10-K - FORM 10-K - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCd10k.htm
EX-23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCdex23.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCdex21.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATION - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCdex321.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCdex311.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INCdex312.htm

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

Each of the undersigned Directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. hereby appoints John M. Stropki, Jr., Vincent K. Petrella and Frederick G. Stueber, and each of them, as attorneys for the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned in the capacity specified, to prepare or cause to be prepared, to execute and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 relating to Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., such other periodic reports as may be required pursuant to the Act, amendments and exhibits to any of the foregoing and any and all other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or elsewhere pertaining to such reports, with full power and authority to take any other action deemed necessary or appropriate to effect the filing of the documents.

Executed the date set forth below.

 

/s/    John M. Stropki, Jr.

 

/s/    Harold L. Adams

 

/s/    David H. Gunning

John M. Stropki, Jr., Director   Harold L. Adams, Director   David H. Gunning, Director
February 9, 2010   February 10, 2010   February 8, 2010

 

/s/    Stephen G. Hanks

 

/s/    Robert J. Knoll

 

/s/    G. Russell Lincoln

Stephen G. Hanks, Director   Robert J. Knoll, Director   G. Russell Lincoln, Director
February 10, 2010   February 10, 2010   February 10, 2010

 

/s/    Kathryn Jo Lincoln

 

/s/    William E. MacDonald, III

 

/s/    Christopher L. Mapes

Kathryn Jo Lincoln, Director   William E. MacDonald, III, Director   Christopher L. Mapes, Director
February 10, 2010   February 10, 2010   February 10, 2010

 

/s/    Hellene S. Runtagh

 

/s/    George H. Walls, Jr.

 
Hellene S. Runtagh, Director   George H. Walls, Jr., Director  
February 9, 2010   February 10, 2010