EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors and officers of AVX Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby severally constitutes and
appoints Benedict P. Rosen, John S. Gilbertson and Donald B. Christiansen, and
each of them, to be his Attorney-in-Fact with full power of substitution to act
in his name on his behalf to sign and to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933 Registration Statements
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), or other appropriate Forms, and any
and all amendments to any such Registration Statement, for shares of the
Corporation's Common Stock, $.01 par value, and other interests therein issuable
under each of the following employee benefit plans: (i) AVX Corporation 1995
Stock Option Plan, (ii) AVX Corporation Non-Employee Directors Stock Option
Plan, (iii) AVX Corporation Retirement Plan, (iv) AVX Corporation Stock Bonus
Plan, (v) AVX Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, (vi) AVX Tantalum
Corporation Stock Bonus Plan, (vii) AVX Vancouver Corporation Savings and Stock
Bonus Plan, (viii) Elco Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, and (ix) Elco
Corporation Retirement Savings Plan for Union Employees, and to execute and
deliver any agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents which such
person shall deem necessary or proper in connection with the filing of any such
Registration Statement and generally to act for and in the name of the
undersigned with respect to such filing as fully as could the undersigned if
then personally present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power-of-Attorney
on the date set opposite his respective name.
Signatures Title Date
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/s/ Kazuo Inamori Chairman of the Board and August 31, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------- Director
Kazuo Inamori
/s/ Benedict P. Rosen President, Chief Executive August 31, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------- Officer, and Director
Benedict P. Rosen (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John S. Gilbertson Executive Vice President, August 31, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------- Chief Operating Officer and
John S. Gilbertson Director
Signatures Title Date
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/s/ Donald B. Christiansen Chief Financial Officer, Vice August 31, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------- President, Treasurer, and
Donald B. Christiansen Director (Principal Financial
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Marshall D. Butler Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Marshall D. Butler
/s/ Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
/s/ Kensuke Itoh Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Kensuke Itoh
/s/ Rodney N. Lanthorne Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Rodney N. Lanthorne
/s/ Masato Takeda Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Masato Takeda
/s/ Masahiro Umemura Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Masahiro Umemura
/s/ MasahiroYamamoto Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
MasahiroYamamoto
/s/ Yuzo Yamamura Director August 31, 1995
- -----------------------------------------------
Yuzo Yamamura