EX-99.16(A) 2 d740816dex9916a.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

Exhibit 16(a)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Bruce R. Bond, Susan J. Carter, Collette Chilton, Neil A. Cotty, Lena G. Goldberg, Robert M. Hernandez, Henry R. Keizer, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Donald C. Opatrny, Joseph P. Platt, Mark Stalnecker, Kenneth L. Urish, Claire A. Walton, Robert Fairbairn and John M. Perlowski, Directors/Trustees of BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. and Master Focus Growth LLC, hereby authorize Benjamin Archibald, John M. Perlowski, Neal J. Andrews, Jay M. Fife, Jennifer McGovern, Scott Hilton and Janey Ahn, or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-14, filed for BlackRock FundsSM and/or BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) for or on behalf of BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. and Master Focus Growth LLC, or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney as of the 7th day of August, 2019.

 

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  /S/ BRUCE R. BOND

      Director/      

  /S/ DONALD C. OPATRNY

      Director/
Bruce R. Bond      Trustee       Donald C. Opatrny      Trustee

  /S/ SUSAN J. CARTER

      Director/      

  /S/ JOSEPH P. PLATT

      Director/
Susan J. Carter      Trustee       Joseph P. Platt      Trustee

  /S/ COLLETTE CHILTON

      Director/      

  /S/ MARK STALNECKER

      Director/
Collette Chilton      Trustee       Mark Stalnecker      Trustee

  /S/ NEIL A. COTTY

      Director/      

  /S/ KENNETH L. URISH

      Director/
Neil A. Cotty      Trustee       Kenneth L. Urish      Trustee

  /S/ LENA G. GOLDBERG

      Director/      

  /S/ CLAIRE A. WALTON

      Director/
Lena G. Goldberg      Trustee       Claire A. Walton      Trustee

  /S/ ROBERT M. HERNANDEZ

      Director/      

  /S/ ROBERT FAIRBAIRN

      Director/
Robert M. Hernandez      Trustee       Robert Fairbairn      Trustee

  /S/ HENRY R. KEIZER

      Director/      

  /S/ JOHN M. PERLOWSKI

      Director/
Henry R. Keizer      Trustee       John M. Perlowski      Trustee

  /S/ CYNTHIA A. MONTGOMERY

      Director/           
Cynthia A. Montgomery      Trustee           

 

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