POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside his name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set his name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Charles E. Allen Charles E. Allen, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Charles E. Allen, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set her name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Barbara I. Jacobs Barbara I. Jacobs, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Barbara I. Jacobs, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that she executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set her name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Paula H.J. Cholmondeley Paula H.J. Cholmondeley, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Paula H.J. Cholmondeley, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that she executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicted beside her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set her name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Phyllis Kay Dryden Phyllis Kay Dryden, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Phyllis Kay Dryden, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that she executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside his name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set his name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Douglas F. Kridler Douglas F. Kridler, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
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Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Douglas F. Kridler, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside his name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set his name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ David C. Wetmore David C. Wetmore, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared David C. Wetmore, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside his name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set his name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Keith F. Karlawish Keith F. Karlawish, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Keith F. Karlawish, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set her name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ M. Diane Koken, Trustee M. Diane Koken, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared M. Diane Koken, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that she executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a Trustee of the Trust, as indicated beside her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set her name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
/s/ Carol A. Kosel Carol A. Kosel, Trustee | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Carol A. Kosel, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that she executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Amy E. Haid |
| | Name: Amy E. Haid |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: No Expiration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer of the Trust, as indicated beside his name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set his name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
Principal Executive Officer /s/ Michael S. Spangler Michael S. Spangler, President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Michael S. Spangler, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Teresa A. Alfred |
| | Name: Teresa A. Alfred |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: February 22, 2024
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), a registration statement with respect to the issuance and sale of shares of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is an Officer of the Trust, as indicated beside his name;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, his attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve and sign such Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-14 under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act as it relates to the reorganizations, and any and all amendments thereto, of the following series of the Trust: (1) BNY Mellon Disciplined Stock Fund (formerly known as the Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund), a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Mellon Disciplined Value Fund; and (2) BNY Mellon Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (formerly known as the Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, into the Nationwide Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund, with power to affix the corporate seal of said Trust thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has herewith set his name and seal as of this 12th day of June 2019.
Principal Accounting & Financial Officer /s/ Joseph Finelli Joseph Finelli, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |
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| STATE OF OHIO | | | ) |
| | | | ) ss: |
| COUNTY OF FRANKLIN | | | ) |
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Joseph Finelli, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed and delivered the same for purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12th day of June 2019.
| | /s/ Stacey L. Angel |
| | Name: Stacey L. Angel |
| | Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: July 17, 2021
