Exhibit (16)
TRANSAMERICA FUNDS
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned Trustee of Transamerica Funds (the “Trust”), hereby constitute and appoint MARIJN P. SMIT, TANÉ T. TYLER and RHONDA A. MILLS, and each of them acting singly, to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorneys, with full power to each of them to sign for me, in my name: (i) each Registration Statement on Form N-14, and any and all amendments thereto, filed by the Trust with respect to the proposed reorganizations listed on Annex A, and (ii) any and all other documents and papers relating to such filings, and generally to do all such things in my name and on behalf of me in the capacities indicated to enable the Trust to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorneys or each of them to the Registration Statements and amendments to said Registration Statements.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
This Power of Attorney shall be valid from the date hereof until revoked by me.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder set my hand on this 15th day of July, 2016.
/s/ Marijn P. Smit | /s/ Russell A. Kimball, Jr. | |||
Marijn P. Smit | Russell A. Kimball, Jr. | |||
/s/ Sandra N. Bane | /s/ Patricia L. Sawyer | |||
Sandra N. Bane | Patricia L. Sawyer | |||
/s/ Leo J. Hill | /s/ John W. Waechter | |||
Leo J. Hill | John W. Waechter | |||
/s/ David W. Jennings | /s/ Alan F. Warrick | |||
David W. Jennings | Alan F. Warrick |
Annex A
Merging Funds | Destination Funds | |
Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Transamerica Partners Institutional High Yield Bond Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Portfolio | Transamerica High Yield Bond | |
Transamerica Partners Core Bond Transamerica Partners Institutional Core Bond Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio | Transamerica Intermediate Bond | |
Transamerica Partners Government Money Market Transamerica Partners Institutional Government Money Market Transamerica Partners Government Money Market Portfolio | Transamerica Government Money Market | |
Transamerica Partners International Equity Transamerica Partners Institutional International Equity Transamerica Partners International Equity Portfolio | Transamerica International Equity | |
Transamerica Partners Small Core Transamerica Partners Institutional Small Core Transamerica Partners Small Core Portfolio | Transamerica Small Cap Core | |
Transamerica Partners Small Growth Transamerica Partners Institutional Small Growth Transamerica Partners Small Growth Portfolio | Transamerica Small Cap Growth | |
Transamerica Partners Small Value Transamerica Partners Institutional Small Value Transamerica Partners Small Value Portfolio | Transamerica Small Cap Value | |
Transamerica Partners Mid Growth Transamerica Partners Institutional Mid Growth Transamerica Partners Mid Growth Portfolio | Transamerica Mid Cap Growth | |
Transamerica Partners Mid Value Transamerica Partners Institutional Mid Value Transamerica Partners Mid Value Portfolio | Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities | |
Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Transamerica Partners Institutional High Quality Bond Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio | Transamerica High Quality Bond | |
Transamerica Partners Inflation-Protected Securities Transamerica Partners Institutional Inflation-Protected Securities Transamerica Partners Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio | Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities |
A-1
Merging Funds | Destination Funds | |
Transamerica Partners Large Core Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Core Transamerica Partners Large Core Portfolio | Transamerica Large Core | |
Transamerica Partners Large Growth Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Growth Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio | Transamerica Large Growth | |
Transamerica Partners Large Value Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Value Transamerica Partners Large Value Portfolio | Transamerica Large Value Opportunities | |
Transamerica Partners Balanced Transamerica Partners Institutional Balanced Transamerica Partners Balanced Portfolio | Transamerica Balanced II | |
Transamerica Partners Stock Index Transamerica Partners Institutional Stock Index | Transamerica Stock Index | |
Transamerica Asset Allocation - Long Horizon Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Long Horizon Transamerica Asset Allocation - Intermediate/Long Horizon Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Intermediate/Long Horizon | Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon | |
Transamerica Asset Allocation - Intermediate Horizon Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Intermediate Horizon Transamerica Asset Allocation - Short/Intermediate Horizon Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Short/Intermediate Horizon | Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon | |
Transamerica Asset Allocation - Short Horizon Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Short Horizon | Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon |
A-2