Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Registrant”), hereby constitutes and appoints Vincent K. Petrella and Frederick G. Stueber, and each of them, as true and lawful attorney orattorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign on his or her behalf as an officer or director of the Registrant a Registration Statement or Registration Statements onForm S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 concerning Common Shares of the Company to be offered in connection with the Registrant’s 2015 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and/or 2015 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement(s), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney orattorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney orattorneys-in-fact or any of them 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 with respect to the person executing it.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the 23rd day of April, 2015.
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/s/ Christopher L. Mapes | | | | /s/ Kathryn Jo Lincoln |
Christopher L. Mapes Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | | | | Kathryn Jo Lincoln Director |
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/s/ Vincent K. Petrella | | | | /s/ William E. MacDonald III |
Vincent K. Petrella Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) | | | | William E. MacDonald III Director |
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/s/ Curtis E. Espeland | | | | /s/ Phillip J. Mason |
Curtis E. Espeland Director | | | | Phillip J. Mason Director |
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/s/ David H. Gunning | | | | /s/ Hellene S. Runtagh |
David H. Gunning Director | | | | Hellene S. Runtagh Director |
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/s/ Stephen G. Hanks | | | | /s/ George H. Walls, Jr. |
Stephen G. Hanks Director | | | | George H. Walls, Jr. Director |
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/s/ G. Russell Lincoln | | | | |
G. Russell Lincoln Director | | | | |
