Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Soumit Roy, Keith Taber, Kathy Sledge, Amanda Hemker and Erik
Hulse, or any of them acting without the other, the undersigned’s true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter
described to:
1. prepare, execute in the undersigned’s
name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the “Exchange Act”) or any rule or regulation of the
SEC;
2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned
(a) any Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, (b) Form 144,
(c) Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) in accordance
with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act, (d) Form 13F or Form 13H
(including amendments thereto) in accordance with Sections 13(f) and 13(h) of
the Exchange Act, and (e) any other forms or reports the undersigned may be
required to file in connection with the undersigned’s ownership,
acquisition or disposition of securities, in each case, only to the extent each
form or schedule relates to the undersigned’s beneficial ownership,
acquisition or disposition of securities of a company required to file reports
under the Exchange Act with the SEC (a “Reporting Company”),
including, without limitation, Daseke, Inc. (“DSKE”);
3. do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare,
complete and execute any such Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D,
Schedule 13G, Form 13F or Form 13H (including any amendments thereto) and timely
deliver to and file the forms or schedules with the SEC, any stock exchange or
quotation system, self-regulatory association or any other authority and provide
a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact
deems appropriate;
4. seek or obtain as the undersigned’s
representative, and on the undersigned’s behalf, information regarding
transactions in any Reporting Company’s securities (including, without
limitation, the securities of DSKE) from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby
authorizes any such person to release any such information to such
attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information;
and
5. take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, is not assuming nor relieving any of the
undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact does not
assume (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply
with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such requirements or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act.
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This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect indefinitely, until revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does
not revoke any previously granted Power of Attorney regarding the subject
matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of July 2022.
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/s/ Bruce Blaise |
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BRUCE BLAISE |
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