Form 3 - Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Joseph B. Hayek and Patrick J. Kennedy, or any of them acting singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such individuals being referred to herein as an “Attorney-in-Fact”), with full power and authority as hereinafter described to act on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the undersigned's name on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

 

(2)

prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), and file with the SEC, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

 

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Form 3, 4, or 5, as appropriate, with the SEC and, to the extent required, any stock exchange or similar authority;

 

(4)

obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company’s equity securities from any third party, including the Company, and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release such information to such Attorney-in-Fact; and

 

(5)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such Attorney-in-Fact may approve in such Attorney-in-Fact's discretion.

 

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The undersigned hereby grants to each such Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such Attorney-in-Fact, or such Attorney-in-Fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 21st day of October 2024.

Signed: /s/Colin J. Souza

Name: Colin J. Souza

 

 

 

 

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