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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-25-016606
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250515
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250611
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250611

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Smith Christian Adam
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002072266
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18592
		FILM NUMBER:		251039093

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1600 W MERIT PARKWAY
		CITY:			SOUTH JORDAN
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84095

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000856982
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				870447695
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1600 WEST MERIT PARK WAY
		CITY:			SOUTH JORDAN
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84095
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8012531600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY
		CITY:			SOUTH JORDAN
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84095
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<p style="margin-top:4px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-right:8.8px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:10.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:4.867px; padding-right:8.933px; text-indent:45.067px; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Fred P. <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">Lampropoulos, </b>Raul Parra and Brian G. <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">Lloyd</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>signing singly, the undersigned's true and <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">lawful </b>attorney-in-fact <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">(</b>each <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">of</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>such Persons and <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">their </b>substitutes being referred to <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">herein </b>as <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">"Attorney-in&shy; </b>Fact"), <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">with</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>full power to act for <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the </b>undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>any and all capacities, to:</p>
<p style="line-height:11.4pt; margin-top:8.533px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:49.467px; font-size:6.5pt; color:#484848" align="justify">(I) <b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">Prepare,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">execute</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">undersigned's</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">name</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">and</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">on</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">undersigned's</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">behalf,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">and</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">submit</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">to</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">the</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.4px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:71.8px; padding-right:9.267px; text-indent:0.667px; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">including</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>amendments thereto, and any other documents <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">necessary </b>or appropriate to obtain codes and <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">passwords </b>enabling <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">undersigned </b>to make electronic filings with the SEC of <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">reports </b>required <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">by, </b>or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">be </b>advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</p>
<p style="margin-top:9.267px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:72.133px; padding-right:7.467px; text-indent:-22.4px; font-size:8.5pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">c2J <b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Prepare, execute and submit to the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">SEC, </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">Merit </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Medical</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Systems,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Inc.</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">(the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">"Company"),</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and/or any national</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">securities</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">exchange</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">on</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">which</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Company's</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">securities</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">are</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">listed</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">any</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">all reports</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">(including</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">any</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">amendments</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">thereto)</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">undersigned</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">is</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">required</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">to</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">file</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">with</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">SEC, or</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">which</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney-in-Fact</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">considers</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">it</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">advisable</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">to</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">file with the SEC,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">under Section</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, with respect to the any security of the Company,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">including</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Forms 3, 4 and</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">5;</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:15.267px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:73.067px; padding-right:7.8px; text-indent:-22.333px; font-size:6.5pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">(3) <b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">Obtain, </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">as </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned's </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">representative and on the </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">undersigned's </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">behalf, </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">information </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">regarding </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">transactions </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Company's equity</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">securities from any</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">third party,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">including the Company</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">any brokers,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">dealers,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">employee benefit</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">plan</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">administrators</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">trustees,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">hereby </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">authorizes any such third party to</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact;</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:8.867px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:73.067px; padding-right:6.867px; text-indent:-22.333px; font-size:6.5pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">(4) <b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Take</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">any</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">other</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">action</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">any</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">type</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">whatsoever </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">connection </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">with</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">foregoing</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">which,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">opinion of the Attorney-in-Fact, may</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">be</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">benefit</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">to,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">in the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">best</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">interest</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">or</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">legally</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">required</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">by, the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">undersigned,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">it being understood that the documents executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">pursuant to this Power of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">shall be in such form and shall contain such</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">terms and</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">conditions</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">as</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney- in-Fact may approve </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney-in-Fact's </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">discretion.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:8.533px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:51.067px; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">The undersigned acknowledges that:</p>
<p style="margin-top:8.733px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:74.067px; padding-right:7.933px; text-indent:-22.733px; font-size:8pt; color:#484848" align="justify">C<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&bull;</font>l <b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">This</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">Power</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">of Attorney</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">authorizes,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">but</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">does</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">not</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">require,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">Attorney-in-Fact</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">to act</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">his</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">or her discretion</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">on information</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">independent </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">verification</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">of </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#2F2F2F;font-weight:normal;">such </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">information.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.533px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:74.067px; padding-right:6.4px; text-indent:-22.333px; font-size:6.5pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">(bl <b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Any documents prepared or executed by</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the Attorney-in-Fact</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">this Power</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney will be</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">in</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">such</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">form</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and will</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">contain such</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">information as the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney-in-Fact,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">in his</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:14.533px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:75px; padding-right:5.867px; text-indent:-22.667px; font-size:6.5pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">(c) <b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Neither the Company </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">nor the </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney-in-Fact assumes any </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">liability </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">for </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned's responsibility</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">to</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">comply</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">with</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">requirements</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">ofSection</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">16</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">ofthe</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Exchange</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Act,</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">any</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">liability </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">I</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">6(b)</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the Exchange Act;</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">and</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:14.667px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:76px; padding-right:4.933px; text-indent:-23.333px; font-size:6.5pt; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">Cd) <b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">This Power </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">of </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Attorney does not </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">relieve the undersigned </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">from responsibility for compliance </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">with</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">undersigned's</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">obligations </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">under</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Exchange</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">Act,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">including,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">without</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">limitation,</b><b style="font-size:10pt; color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">the reporting requirements under Section 16</b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">of the Exchange Act.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.2px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:8.667px; padding-right:5.733px; text-indent:44.267px; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">all intents </b>and purposes, as <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned </b>might or could do <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">in </b>person, <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">hereby </b>ratifying and confirming all <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">that</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">the</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>Attorney-in-Fact, or <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">his</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>or <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">her</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>substitute or substitutes, shall <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">lawfully</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>do <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">or</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney.</p>
<p style="margin-top:7.933px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:53.6px; color:#2F2F2F" align="justify">This Power of Attorney shall <b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;">remain</b><b style="color:#1F1F1F;font-weight:normal;"> </b>in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer</p>
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<hr style="margin-bottom: 9.6px; padding-top: 9.6px;" noshade size="1"><p style="margin-top:5.667px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:30.733px; padding-right:18.467px; text-indent:0.333px; color:#2A2A2A; page-break-before:always" align="justify">required to file Forms <b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;">4 or 5</b><b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;"> </b>or any amendments <b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;">thereto, </b>with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless <b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;">earlier </b>revoked by the undersigned in a <b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;">signed </b>writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.</p>
<p style="margin-top:9px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:77px; text-indent:0.067px; color:#2A2A2A" align="justify">Photographic copies of this Power of Attorney <b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;">shall</b><b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;"> </b>have the same force and <b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;">effects</b><b style="color:#383838;font-weight:normal;"> </b>as the original.</p>
<p style="margin-top:9px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:76.8px; text-indent:0.133px; color:#2A2A2A" align="justify">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of May 19, 2025.</p>
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<p style="line-height:8.9pt; margin-top:0.867px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:8.4px" align="justify">/s/ Christian Adam Smith</p>
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