Principal Funds, Inc. |
POWER OF ATTORNEY |
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 High Quality Intermediate-Term Bond Fund into PFI Bond |
Market Index Fund to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February 2010 or as soon |
thereafter as practicable. |
Date: | December 14, 2009 | |
/s/ Elizabeth Ballantine | /s/ Kristianne Blake | |
E. Ballantine | K. Blake | |
/s/ Craig Damos | /s/ Nora Everett | |
C. Damos | N. M. Everett | |
/s/ Richard W. Gilbert | /s/ M. A. Grimmett | |
R. W. Gilbert | M. A. Grimmett | |
/s/ Fritz S. Hirsch | /s/ William C. Kimball | |
F. S. Hirsch | W. C. Kimball | |
/s/ B. A. Lukavasky | /s/ W. Papesh | |
B. A. Lukavsky | W. Papesh | |
/s/ D. Pavelich | ||
D. Pavelich |