POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James A. McNamara, Caroline Kraus, Andrew Murphy, Robert Griffith and Matthew Wolfe, jointly and severally, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power and authority of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Goldman Sachs Trust (the “Trust”) to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (collectively, the “Acts”), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the proposed reorganization of Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund into Goldman Sachs Long Short Credit Strategies Fund, a series of the Trust, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a Trustee and/or officer of the Trust, any and all such amendments to the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
All past acts of such attorneys-in-fact and agents in furtherance of the foregoing are hereby ratified and confirmed.
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.
As to each of the undersigned, this Power of Attorney shall be valid from the date hereof until revoked by such individual.
WITNESS our hands on the date(s) set forth below.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and as of the dates indicated.
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ James A. McNamara James A. McNamara | President (Chief Executive Officer) and Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ George F. Travers George F. Travers | Principal Financial Officer and Senior Vice President | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Ashok N. Bakhru Ashok N. Bakhru | Chairman and Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Donald C. Burke Donald C. Burke | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ John P. Coblentz, Jr. John P. Coblentz, Jr. | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Diana M. Daniels Diana M. Daniels | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Joseph P. LoRusso Joseph P. LoRusso | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Jessica Palmer Jessica Palmer | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Alan A. Shuch Alan A. Shuch | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||
/s/ Richard P. Strubel Richard P. Strubel | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | ||