EX-99.(16) 5 b80124a1exv99wx16y.htm EX-99.(16) POWERS OF ATTORNEY EX-99.(16) Powers of Attorney
John Hancock Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas M. Kinzler, Steven Sunnerberg, Betsy Anne Seel, David D. Barr, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas Kolokithas and Christopher Sechler, or any one of them, my true and lawful attorneys to execute registration statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments for me and in my name in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable the John Hancock Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund (the “Fund”) to comply with the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC, in connection with such registration statements, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for me in the capacity indicated below, the Fund’s registration statement on Form N-14 relating to the fund merger listed below and any amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) thereto; and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that the said attorneys, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.
Fund Merger
Robeco Boston Partners Mid Cap Value Fund into John Hancock Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand on this instrument as of the 12th day of March, 2010.
         
Name   Signature   Title
 
Keith F. Hartstein
  /s/Keith F. Hartstein   President and Chief Executive Officer
 
       
 
        
Charles A. Rizzo
 
/s/Charles A. Rizzo
   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 
        
James R. Boyle
  /s/James R. Boyle   Trustee
 
       
 
        
James F. Carlin
  /s/James F. Carlin   Trustee
 
       
 
        
William H. Cunningham
  /s/William H. Cunningham   Trustee
 
       

 

 

         
Name   Signature   Title
 
        
Deborah C. Jackson
  /s/Deborah C. Jackson   Trustee
 
       
 
        
Charles L. Ladner
  /s/Charles L. Ladner   Trustee
 
       
 
        
Stanley Martin
  /s/Stanley Martin   Trustee
 
       
 
        
Patti McGill Peterson
  /s/Patti McGill Peterson   Chairperson and Trustee
 
       
 
        
Dr. John A. Moore
  /s/John A. Moore   Trustee
 
       
 
        
Steven R. Pruchansky
  /s/Steven R. Pruchansky   Trustee
 
       
 
        
Gregory A. Russo
  /s/Gregory A. Russo   Trustee
 
       
 
        
John G. Vrysen
  /s/John G. Vrysen   Trustee
 
       

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