EX-99.(Q.2) 11 d205907dex99q2.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY, DATED MARCH 24, 2016 FOR JACK GEE. Power of attorney, dated March 24, 2016 for Jack Gee.

Exhibit (q.2)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

WITH RESPECT TO

iSHARES TRUST,

iSHARES U.S. ETF TRUST,

iSHARES, INC.,

iSHARES U.S. ETF COMPANY, INC. and

iSHARES SOVEREIGN SCREENED GLOBAL BOND FUND, INC.

Know all persons by these presents that Jack Gee is Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of iShares Trust and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (each, a “Trust”) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of iShares, Inc., iShares U.S. ETF Company, Inc. and iShares Sovereign Screened Global Bond Fund, Inc. (each, a “Company,” and together with the Trusts, the “Companies”), whose name and signature appears below, constitutes and appoints Raymund Santiago, Manish Mehta, Ben Archibald, Deepa Damre and Kevin Ryken, as his attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, and each of them in any and all capacities, to sign (i) any registration statement on Form N-1A, Form N-14 or any other applicable registration form under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments thereto, filed by the Companies of which he is now or is on the date of such filing a Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Trust or of the Company, (ii) any application, notice or other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all amendments thereto, and (iii) any and all other documents and papers, including any exhibits, in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in his name and on his behalf in the capacities indicated to enable the Companies to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Should any of those constituted and appointed as attorneys-in-fact hereby no longer be employed by their respective current employer, this Power of Attorney shall terminate and be void as to such attorney-in-fact.

Effective March 24, 2016

/s/ Jack Gee
Name: Jack Gee