EX-24.3_364767 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes, designates and appoints Howard Surloff, Janey Ahn, Edward Baer, Douglas McCormack, Aaron Wasserman, Ben Archibald and Noah Gellner of BlackRock, Inc., and Michael Hoffman, Carmine Lekstutis, Eric Requenez, Steve Grigoriou, Jeffrey Davidson and George Ching of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act alone and without the other, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and file any and all statements on Form ID (including, but not limited to, obtaining the Central Index Key ("CIK") and the CIK confirmation code ("CCC") from the Securities and Exchange Commission), Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 and any successor forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required by the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder, and requisite documents in connection with such statements, respecting each BlackRock closed-end investment company listed on Annex A hereto and as may be formed from time to time. This power of attorney supersedes any previous versions of same, and shall be valid from the date hereof until revoked by the undersigned, and shall be automatically revoked with respect to any attorney in the event that such attorney is no longer affiliated with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates (as the case may be). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of the 11th day of February 2011. By: /s/ John Perlowski John Perlowski -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annex A 1. BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. APX 2. BlackRock Build America Bond Trust BBN 3. BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust BJZ 4. BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BFZ 5. BlackRock Core Bond Trust BHK 6. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. CYE 7. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. HYV 8. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc. HYT 9. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. COY 10. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. PSW 11. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. PSY 12. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III BPP 13. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV BTZ 14. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. DSU 15. BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust BHL 16. BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. DVF 17. BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust BDV 18. BlackRock EcoSolutions Investment Trust BQR 19. BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust BGR 20. BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. CII 21. BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust BDJ 22. BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. EGF 23. BlackRock Fixed Income Value Opportunities -- 24. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. FRB 25. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. FRA 26. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust BGT 27. BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust BFO 28. BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust BOE 29. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust BME 30. BlackRock High Income Shares HIS 31. BlackRock High Yield Trust BHY 32. BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc. BNA 33. BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. BKT 34. BlackRock International Growth and Income Trust BGY 35. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust RFA 36. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. BKN 37. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust BLW 38. BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust BTA 39. BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust BZM 40. BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MUI 41. BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MNE 42. BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. MUA 43. BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust BPK 44. BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust BKK 45. BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust BIE 46. BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust BBK 47. BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust BAF 48. BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust BBF 49. BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust BYM 50. BlackRock Municipal Income Trust BFK 51. BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II BLE 52. BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. MEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53. BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. MUC 54. BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. MUH 55. BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. MHD 56. BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund MFL 57. BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MUJ 58. BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. MHN 59. BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. MUE 60. BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. MUS 61. BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT 62. BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. MVF 63. BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. MZA 64. BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. MYC 65. BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. MCA 66. BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. MYD 67. BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund MYF 68. BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund MFT 69. BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. MYM 70. BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. MIY 71. BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. MYJ 72. BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MJI 73. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. MYN 74. BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund MPA 75. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. MQT 76. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. MYI 77. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. MQY 78. BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. RNJ 79. BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust BLJ 80. BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust BNJ 81. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. RNY 82. BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Term Trust BLH 83. BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust BQH 84. BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust BSE 85. BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust BNY 86. BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust II BFY 87. BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust BPS 88. BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust BCF 89. BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust BCX 90. BlackRock S&P Quality Rankings Global Equity Managed Trust BQY 91. BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. -- 92. BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. -- 93. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. ARK 94. BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust BHD 95. BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust BDT 96. BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust BHV 97. Master Senior Floating Rate LLC -- 98. The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust BSD 99. The Massachusetts Health & Education Tax-Exempt Trust MHE