Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Triangle Bancorp, Inc.,
and the several undersigned Officers and Directors thereof whose signatures
appear below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael S. Patterson and
Debra L. Lee, or either of them, its and his or her true and lawful attorneys,
with full power of substitution to execute, deliver and file in its or his or
her name and on its or his or her behalf, and in each of the undersigned
Officer's and Director's capacity or capacities as shown below, (a) Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (or other appropriate form) with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the shares of
common stock of Triangle Bancorp, Inc., no par value per share, to be issued in
connection with the acquisition of Granville United Bank, all documents in
support thereof or supplemental thereto and any and all amendments, including
any and all post-effective amendments, to the foregoing (hereinafter called the
"Registration Statement"), and (b) such registration statements, petitions,
applications, consents to service of process or other instruments, any and all
documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments
or supplements to the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or
register the securities covered by said Registration Statement; and each of
Triangle Bancorp, Inc. and said Officers and Directors hereby grants to said
attorneys, or any of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever as said attorneys may deem necessary or advisable
to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney to the same extent and
with the same effect as Triangle Bancorp, Inc. might or could do, and as each of
said Officers and Directors might or could do personally in his or her capacity
or capacities as aforesaid, and each of Triangle Bancorp, Inc. and said Officers
and Directors hereby ratifies and confirms all acts and things which said
attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and
its or his or her signatures as the same may be signed by said attorneys to any
or all of the following (and/or any and all amendments and supplements to any or
all thereof); such Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and all such registration statements, petitions, applications,
consents to service of process and other instruments, and all documents in
support thereof or supplemental thereto, filed under such securities laws,
regulations and requirements as may be applicable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Triangle Bancorp, Inc. has caused this power of
attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned Officers and
Directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand
on the date indicated below.
TRIANGLE BANCORP, INC.
(Registrant)
By:/s/ Michael S. Patterson
Michael S. Patterson, President
Date: June 18, 1996
SIGNATURES
Signature Capacity Date
/s/ Michael S. Patterson President, Chief June 18, 1996
Michael S. Patterson Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Debra L. Lee Chief Financial June 18, 1996
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Debra L. Lee Officer (Principal
Financial Officer
and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Charles H. Ashford, Jr. Chairman and June 18, 1996
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Charles H. Ashford, Jr. Director
/s/ H. Leigh Ballance, Jr. Director June 18, 1996
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H. Leigh Ballance, Jr.
/s/ Edwin B. Borden Director June 18, 1996
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Edwin B. Borden
/s/ Robert E. Bryan, Jr. Director June 18, 1996
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Robert E. Bryan, Jr.
Director June 18, 1996
William C. Burkhardt
Director June 18, 1996
David T. Clancy
/s/ N. Leo Daughtry Director June 18, 1996
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N. Leo Daughtry
/s/ Syd W. Dunn, Jr. Director June 18, 1996
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Syd W. Dunn, Jr.
/s/ Willie S. Edwards Director June 18, 1996
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Willie S. Edwards
_______________________________ Director June 18, 1996
James P. Godwin, Sr.
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/s/ Robert L. Guthrie Director June 18, 1996
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Robert L. Guthrie
_______________________________ Director June 18, 1996
John B. Harris, Jr.
/s/ George W. Holt Director June 18, 1996
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George W. Holt
/s/ Earl Johnson, Jr. Director June 18, 1996
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Earl Johnson, Jr.
/s/ O. A. Keller, III Director June 18, 1996
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O. A. Keller, III
/s/ Edythe P. Lumsden Director June 18, 1996
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Edythe P. Lumsden
/s/ J. L. Maxwell, Jr. Director June 18, 1996
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J. L. Maxwell, Jr.
/s/ Wendell H. Murphy Director June 18, 1996
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Wendell H. Murphy
/s/ N. Johnson Tilghman Director June 18, 1996
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N. Johnson Tilghman
/s/ Sydnor M. White, Jr. Director June 18, 1996
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Sydnor M. White, Jr.
/s/ J. Blount Williams Director June 18, 1996
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J. Blount Williams
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