Exhibit 99.16(a)
MFS/SUN LIFE SERIES TRUST
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, an officer of MFS/Sun Life Series Trust (the “Registrant”), hereby severally constitutes and appoints Mark N. Polebaum, Susan S. Newton, Christopher R. Bohane, Timothy M. Fagan, Susan A. Pereira and Brian E. Langenfeld, and each of them singly, as true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for each of the undersigned, in the names of, and in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed transfer of all of the assets of Capital Opportunities Series (“VAL”) to Core Equity Series (“RGS”), each a series of the Registrant, in exchange solely for the assumption of certain identified liabilities of VAL and the issuance to VAL of shares of beneficial interest in RGS (the “Reorganization”) and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering the Registrant as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and/or the shares issued in the Reorganization by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hand on this 1st Day of March, 2007.
Maria F. Dwyer | | President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Maria F. Dwyer | | |
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Tracy A. Atkinson | | Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |
Tracy A. Atkinson | | |
