EXHIBIT 24
WACHOVIA CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of WACHOVIA CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) hereby constitute and appoint Mark C. Treanor and Ross E. Jeffries, Jr., and each of them severally, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation, one or more Registration Statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any necessary or appropriate amendments or supplements thereto relating to the registration of series of the Corporation’s Junior Subordinated Debentures, the rights of holders of such Debentures under the related indenture, the Corporation’s Guarantees of trust preferred securities, the rights of holders of such trust preferred securities under such Guarantees, the shares of the Corporation’s Class A Preferred Stock and/or depositary shares thereof, as described in the foregoing Registration Statements, and to sign any and all amendments or supplements to such Registration Statements.
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| Signature | | Capacity |
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| /s/ G. Kennedy Thompson G. KENNEDY THOMPSON | | Chairman, President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director |
| /s/ Robert P. Kelly ROBERT P. KELLY | | Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
| /s/ David M. Julian DAVID M. JULIAN | | Executive Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
| /s/ John D. Baker, II JOHN D. BAKER, II | | Director |
| /s/ James S. Balloun JAMES S. BALLOUN | | Director |
| /s/ Robert J. Brown ROBERT J. BROWN | | Director |
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| Signature | | Capacity |
PETER C. BROWNING | | Director |
| /s/ John T. Casteen, III JOHN T. CASTEEN, III | | Director |
| /s/ William H. Goodwin, Jr. WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR. | | Director |
| /s/ Robert A. Ingram ROBERT A. INGRAM | | Director |
| /s/ Donald M. James DONALD M. JAMES | | Director |
| /s/ Wallace D. Malone, Jr. WALLACE D. MALONE, JR. | | Vice Chairman and Director |
| /s/ Mackey J. McDonald MACKEY J. MCDONALD | | Director |
| /s/ Joseph Neubauer JOSEPH NEUBAUER | | Director |
| /s/ Lloyd U. Noland, III LLOYD U. NOLAND, III | | Director |
| /s/ Van L. Richey VAN L. RICHEY | | Director |
| /s/ Ruth G. Shaw RUTH G. SHAW | | Director |
| /s/ Lanty L. Smith LANTY L. SMITH | | Director |
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| Signature | | Capacity |
| /s/ John C. Whitaker, Jr. JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR. | | Director |
| /s/ Dona Davis Young DONA DAVIS YOUNG | | Director |
Dated: September 9, 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina
