EX-16.16.a
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, her attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in her 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 she 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 March 2020.
/s/ Barbara I. Jacobs Barbara I. Jacobs, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, her attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in her 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 she 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 March 2020.
/s/ Paula H.J. Cholmondeley Paula H.J. Cholmondeley, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, her attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in her 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 she might or could do in person with respect to the foregoing, 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 March 2020.
/s/ Phyllis Kay Dryden Phyllis Kay Dryden, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 11th day of March 2020.
/s/ Douglas F. Kridler Douglas F. Kridler, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 March 2020.
/s/ David C. Wetmore David C. Wetmore, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, 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 reorganization of Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 March 2020.
/s/ Keith F. Karlawish Keith F. Karlawish, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, her attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in her 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 she 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 March 2020.
/s/ M. Diane Koken M. Diane Koken, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, ALLAN J. OSTER and KATHERINE D. GIBSON, and each of them with power to act without the others, her attorney, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for and in her 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 she 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 March 2020.
/s/ Carol A. Kosel Carol A. Kosel, Trustee |
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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 11th day of March 2020.
Principal Executive Officer /s/ Michael S. Spangler Michael S. Spangler, President and Chief Executive Officer |
STATE OF OHIO | ) | ||
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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 11th day of March 2020.
/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 STEPHEN R. RIMES, 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 reorganization of the Nationwide Destination 2020 Fund, a series of the Trust, into the Nationwide Destination Retirement Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments thereto, 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 11th day of March 2020.
Principal Accounting & Financial Officer /s/ Joseph Finelli Joseph Finelli, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
STATE OF OHIO | ) | ||
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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 11th day of March 2020.
/s/ Lori K. Cramer | |||||||
Name: Lori K. Cramer | |||||||
Notary Public |
[SEAL]
My Commission Expires: September 30, 2021