Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Reference is hereby made to the registration by TOTAL SA. (“TOTAL”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of debt securities to be issued, from time to time, by TOTAL (the “Securities”). Such Securities will be registered on a registration statement on Form F-3, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints any person listed below or Jérôme Schmitt, Treasurer of TOTAL S.A., as his or her attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority, with the power of substitution, to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together, shall constitute one instrument.
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Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Christophe de Margerie | ||
Christophe de Margerie | ||||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Patrick Artus | ||
Patrick Artus | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Patricia Barbizet | ||
Patricia Barbizet | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Daniel Bouton | ||
Daniel Bouton | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Gunnar Brock | ||
Gunnar Brock | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Claude Clément | ||
Claude Clément | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Bertrand Collomb | ||
Bertrand Collomb | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Thierry Desmarest | ||
Thierry Desmarest | ||||
Director | ||||
[Signature page of Power of Attorney]
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Bertrand Jacquillat | ||
Bertrand Jacquillat | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Anne Lauvergeon | ||
Anne Lauvergeon | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Lord Levene of Portsoken | ||
Lord Levene of Portsoken | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Claude Mandil | ||
Claude Mandil | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Michel Pébereau | ||
Michel Pébereau | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Thierry de Rudder | ||
Thierry de Rudder | ||||
Director | ||||
Date: July 30, 2010 | By: | /s/ Patrick de La Chevardière | ||
Patrick de La Chevardière | ||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Dominique Bonnet | ||
Dominique Bonnet | ||||
Chief Accounting Officer | ||||
[Signature page of Power of Attorney]
Date: July 29, 2010 | By: | /s/ Robert O. Hammond | ||
Robert O. Hammond | ||||
Authorized Representative in the United States | ||||
[Signature page of Power of Attorney]