Exhibit (16)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints the President, Treasurer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary of TCW ETF Trust and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents (each an “Attorney-in-Fact”), with full power of substitution and resubstitution for them and in their names, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statements on Form N-14, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said Registration Statements, in connection with the acquisition of the assets and the assumption of the liabilities by the indicated series of TCW ETF Trust of the indicated series of TCW Funds, Inc. and Metropolitan West Funds.
| Target Fund | | Acquiring Fund |
| Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund | Þ | TCW Flexible Income ETF |
| Metropolitan West Floating Rate Income Fund | Þ | TCW Senior Loan ETF |
| Metropolitan West Investment Grade Credit Fund | Þ | TCW Investment Grade ETF |
| TCW High Yield Bond Fund | Þ | TCW High Yield Bond ETF |
This Power of Attorney authorizes each Attorney-in-Fact to file the Registration Statements with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with the securities commissioner of any state, or with other regulatory authorities, granting unto them, and each of them acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratify and confirm all that said Attorneys-in-Fact or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
This Power of Attorney authorizes each Attorney-in-Fact to sign the undersigned’s name and will remain in full force and effect until specifically rescinded by the undersigned.
The undersigned specifically permits this Power of Attorney to be filed, as an exhibit to any such Registration Statement on Form N-14 or any amendment thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
| Name | | Title | | Date |
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| /s/ Andrew Tarica | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Andrew Tarica | | | | |
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| /s/ Martin Luther King III | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Martin Luther King III | | | | |
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| /s/ Megan McClellan | | Interested Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Megan McClellan | | | | |
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| /s/ Michael Swell | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Michael Swell | | | | |
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| /s/ Patrick C. Haden | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Patrick C. Haden | | | | |
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| /s/ Patrick Moore | | Interested Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Patrick Moore | | | | |
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| /s/ Peter McMillan | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Peter McMillan | | | | |
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| /s/ Robert G. Rooney | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Robert G. Rooney | | | | |
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| /s/ Victoria B. Rogers | | Trustee | | April 17, 2024 |
| Victoria B. Rogers | | | | |
