POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
___/s/ K. Dun Gifford_________________________ Trustee
K. Dun Gifford
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
___/s/ Leroy Keith, Jr. _________________________ Trustee
Leroy Keith, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
_____/s/ Carol A. Kosel_______________________ Trustee
Carol A. Kosel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
___/s/ Gerald M. McDonnell_________________________ Trustee
Gerald M. McDonnell
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
_/s/ Patricia B. Norris___________________________ Trustee
Patricia B. Norris
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
__/s/ William W. Pettit__________________________ Trustee
William W. Pettit
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
__/s/ David M. Richardson__________________________ Trustee
David M. Richardson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
_/s/ Russell A. Salton, III, MD___________________________ Trustee
Russell A. Salton, III, M.D.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Chairman of the Board and Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
_/s/ Michael S. Scofield___________________________ Chairman of the Board and Trustee
Michael S. Scofield
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
__/s/ Richard J. Shima__________________________ Trustee
Richard J. Shima
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Trustee and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
_/s/ Richard Wagoner___________________________ Trustee
Richard Wagoner
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter President and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of January 1, 2009.
Signature Title
___/s/ W. Douglas Munn_________________________ President
W. Douglas Munn
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Treasurer and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
__/s/ Jeremy DePalma__________________________ Treasurer
Jeremy DePalma
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Treasurer and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
__/s/ Kasey Phillips__________________________ Treasurer
Kasey Phillips
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned, hereby constitute Maureen E. Towle, Sally E. Ganem, Catherine F. Kennedy, Lloyd Lipsett, Michael H. Koonce, Kevin J. Ouellette, Brian J. Montana, Timothy W. Diggins, and Douglass N. Ellis, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for me and in my name in the capacity indicated below any and all documents, including, but not limited to, Forms N-2, N-8A, N-8B-1, S-5, N-14 and N-1A, as amended from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering from time to time all investment companies of which I am now or hereafter Secretary and for which Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, or any other investment advisory affiliate of Wachovia Bank, serves as Advisor or Manager and registering from time to time the shares of such companies, and applications and documents with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, state tax authorities, Internal Revenue Service and such other agencies as shall be recommended by the accountants and counsel for the Trusts, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf to enable such investment companies to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of June 11, 2008.
Signature Title
__/s/ Michael H. Koonce__________________________ Secretary
Michael H. Koonce