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 (1) PFI SmallCap Value Fund into PFI SmallCap Blend Fund |
and (2) PFI SmallCap Growth Fund into PFI SmallCap Blend Fund to be filed with the Securities and Exchange |
Commission in November, 2011 or as soon thereafter as practicable. |
Date: | September 13, 2011 | |
/s/ E. Ballantine | /s/ K. Blake | |
E. Ballantine | K. Blake | |
/s/ C. Damos | /s/ N. M. Everett | |
C. Damos | N. M. Everett | |
/s/ R. W. Gilbert | /s/ M. A. Grimmett | |
R. W. Gilbert | M. A. Grimmett | |
/s/ F. S. Hirsch | /s/ W. C. Kimball | |
F. S. Hirsch | W. C. Kimball | |
/s/ B. A. Lukavsky | /s/ W. Papesh | |
B. A. Lukavsky | W. Papesh | |
/s/ D. Pavelich | ||
D. Pavelich |