EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/20/05 /s/ William G. Bares
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/19/05 /s/ William E. Butler
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/19/05 /s/ T. A. Commes
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/19/05 /s/ Peter A. Dorsman
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: August 20, 2005 /s/ R. R. Gifford
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: Aug. 19, 2005 /s/ L. Thomas Hiltz
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/23/05 /s/ Edith Kelly-Green
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: August 23, 2005 /s/ J. M. Moore
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/19/05 /s/ Jerry Sue Thornton
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, and each of them, 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 either or both of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by
such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.
Date: 8/26/05 /s/ Stephen E. Yates
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