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| Principal Funds, Inc. |
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| POWER OF ATTORNEY |
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| The member of the board of directors whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Michael |
| J. Beer, David J. Brown, Jill R. Brown, Ernest H. Gillum, Michael D. Roughton, and Beth C. Wilson, and each of |
| them, his/her true and lawful attorneys 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 and |
| agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Principal Funds, |
| Inc. (“PFI”) 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 following registration |
| statement and any amendments thereto 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 director and/or officer of PFI |
| any and all such registration statements and amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
| under the Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify |
| and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof: |
| A registration statement on Form N-14 relating to PFI LargeCap Blend Fund II into PFI Disciplined LargeCap |
| Blend Fund, PFI LargeCap Growth Fund II into PFI LargeCap Growth Fund, PFI LargeCap Value Fund III into |
| PFI LargeCap Value Fund, and PFI SmallCap Growth Fund II into PFI SmallCap Growth Fund to be filed with |
| the Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2009 or as soon thereafter as practicable. |
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| Date: | July 30, 2009 | |
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| /s/ E. Ballantine | /s/ K. Blake |
| E. Ballantine | K. Blake |
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| /s/ C. Damos | /s/ N. M. Everett |
| C. Damos | N. M. Everett |
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| /s/ R. W. Gilbert | /s/ M. A. Grimmett |
| R. W. Gilbert | M. A. Grimmett |
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| /s/ F. S. Hirsch | /s/ W. C. Kimball |
| F. S. Hirsch | W. C. Kimball |
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| /s/ B. A. Lukavsky | /s/ W. Papesh |
| B. A. Lukavsky | W. Papesh |
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| /s/ D. Pavelich | |
| D. Pavelich | |
