EX-99.16 4 gft-poaxnx14august2019exx9.htm EXHIBIT 99.16 Exhibit

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Amy J. Lee, Mark E. Mathiasen and Michael P. Megaris to act as attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of them in their name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14, and any amendment or supplement thereto, applicable to the reorganization of Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund with and into Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of August, 2019.


/s/ Randall C. Barnes
Randall C. Barnes
Trustee, Guggenheim Funds Trust



POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Amy J. Lee, Mark E. Mathiasen and Michael P. Megaris to act as attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of them in their name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14, and any amendment or supplement thereto, applicable to the reorganization of Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund with and into Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of August, 2019.


/s/ Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
Trustee, Guggenheim Funds Trust




POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Amy J. Lee, Mark E. Mathiasen and Michael P. Megaris to act as attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of them in their name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14, and any amendment or supplement thereto, applicable to the reorganization of Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund with and into Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of August, 2019.


/s/ Jerry B. Farley
Jerry B. Farley
Trustee, Guggenheim Funds Trust



POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Amy J. Lee, Mark E. Mathiasen and Michael P. Megaris to act as attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of them in their name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14, and any amendment or supplement thereto, applicable to the reorganization of Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund with and into Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of August, 2019.


/s/ Roman Friedrich III
Roman Friedrich III
Trustee, Guggenheim Funds Trust




POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Amy J. Lee, Mark E. Mathiasen and Michael P. Megaris to act as attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of them in their name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14, and any amendment or supplement thereto, applicable to the reorganization of Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund with and into Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of August, 2019.


/s/ Ronald A. Nyberg
Ronald A. Nyberg
Trustee, Guggenheim Funds Trust





POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Amy J. Lee, Mark E. Mathiasen and Michael P. Megaris to act as attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of them in their name, place, and stead, to sign any and all registration statements on Form N-14, and any amendment or supplement thereto, applicable to the reorganization of Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund with and into Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Fund, each a series of Guggenheim Funds Trust, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of August, 2019.


/s/ Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
Trustee and Chairman, Guggenheim Funds Trust