EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 12th day of August 1994.
\s\Ronald O. Perelman
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RONALD O. PERELMAN
2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 21st day of July 1994.
\s\Saul J. Farber, M.D.
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SAUL J. FARBER, M.D.
3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 12th day of August 1994.
\s\Howard Gittis
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HOWARD GITTIS
4
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 12th day of August 1994.
\s\Ann Dibble Jordan
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ANN DIBBLE JORDAN
5
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 12th day of August 1994.
\s\James R. Maher
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JAMES R. MAHER
6
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 28th day of July 1994.
\s\David J. Mahoney
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DAVID J. MAHONEY
7
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 21st day of July 1994.
\s\Paul A. Marks
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PAUL A. MARKS
8
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 12th day of August 1994.
\s\Linda Gosden Robinson
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LINDA GOSDEN ROBINSON
9
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David C.
Flaugh, Glenn P. Dickes and Joram C. Salig or any of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in
connection with the National Health Laboratories Holdings
Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration
Statement in the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on
behalf of the undersigned as a director or officer of the
Corporation, and any amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the Registration Statement and any
instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Registration Statement or amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, including this
power of attorney, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
these presents this 12th day of August 1994.
\s\Samuel O. Thier, M.D.
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SAMUEL O. THIER, M.D.