Form: N-14 8C/A

Initial registration statement filed on Form N14 by closed-end investment company (business combinations)

October 19, 2022


Exhibit 16

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Eric Lloyd and Elizabeth Murray with full power to act without the other, as his or her agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of executing in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a Director and/or officer of Barings BDC, Inc., the registration statement on Form N-14, whether pre-effective or post-effective, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as applicable.

All past acts of an attorney-in-fact in furtherance of the foregoing are hereby ratified and confirmed.

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.

This Power of Attorney shall be valid from the date hereof until revoked by me.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the 8th day of September, 2022.

Signature
 
Title
 
       
/s/ Eric Lloyd
 
Executive Chairman of the Board
 
Eric Lloyd
     
       
/s/ Jonathan Bock
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
Jonathan Bock
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
/s/ Jonathan Landsberg
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Jonathan Landsberg
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
/s/ Mark F. Mulhern
 
Director
 
Mark F. Mulhern
     
       
/s/ Robert Knapp
 
Director
 
Robert Knapp
     
       
/s/ Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr.
 
Director
 
Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr.
     
       
/s/ Steve Byers
 
Director
 
Steve Byers
     
       
/s/ Valerie Lancaster-Beal
 
Director
 
Valerie Lancaster-Beal
     
       
/s/ John A. Switzer
 
Director
 
John A. Switzer
     
       
/s/ David Mihalick
 
Director
 
David Mihalick
     
       
/s/ Thomas W. Okel
 
Director
 
Thomas W. Okel
     
       
/s/ Jill Olmstead
 
Director
 
Jill Olmstead