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EX-16.(A)(23A) - PWC CONSENT - PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT REAL PROPERTY ACCOUNTauditorsconsent.htm
EX-16.(B) - SCHEDULE III EXHIBIT - PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT REAL PROPERTY ACCOUNTscheduleiii.htm
POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _16__ day of December 2011.



 
 

 
/s/ Thomas J. Baltimore Jr.
 
     Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
                                                                                                                     Director

 
 

 

 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _6__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Gordon Bethune
 
     Gordon M. Bethune
                                                                                                                    Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _16th__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Gaston Caperton
 
     Gaston Caperton
                                                                                                                   Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _6th__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Gilbert F. Casellas
 
     Gilbert F. Casellas
                                                                                                                    Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _31__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ James G. Cullen
 
     James G. Cullen
                                                                                                                    Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _6th__ day of December 2011.



 
 

 
/s/ William H. Gray, III
 
     William H. Gray III
                                                                                                                    Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _20__ day of December 2011.



 
 

 
/s/ Mark B. Grier
 
     Mark B. Grier
                                                                                                                    Director

 
 

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _21st__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Constance J. Horner
 
     Constance J. Horner
                                                                                                                    Director


 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _6th__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Martina Hund-Mejean
 
     Martina T. Hund-Mejean
                                                                                                                   Director


 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _18th__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Karl J. Krapek
 
     Karl J. Krapek
                                                                                                                    Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _23rd__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ Christine Poon
 
     Christine A. Poon
                                                                                                                   Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _31st__ day of December 2011.



 
 

 
/s/ John R. Strangfeld
 
     John R. Strangfeld
                                                                                                                   Director

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _20th__ day of December 2011.




 
 

 
/s/ James A. Unruh
 
     James A. Unruh
                                                                                                                   Director


 
 

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _31__ day of December 2011.



 
 

 
/s/ Richard J. Carbone
 
     Richard J. Carbone
                                                                                                                   EVP and Chief Financial Officer

 
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being a director or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Margaret M. Foran and Sun-Jin Moon, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with all exhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto and to any other documents filed with the Commission, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _31__ day of December 2011.



 
 

 
/s/ Peter Sayre
 
     Peter B. Sayre
                                                                                                                   SVP, Principal Accounting Officer,
                                                                                                        and Controller