EX-99.(S) 8 d783174dex99s.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

Exhibit (s)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, being trustees of BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (the “Trust”), do hereby, appoint John M. Perlowski, Jonathan Diorio, Neal J. Andrews, Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Benjamin Archibald, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each with full power and authority (acting separately and without the other) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such trustee a Registration Statement on Form N-2, allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), including any pre-effective amendments and/or any post-effective amendments thereto and any subsequent Registration Statement of the Trust pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the1933 Act, and any other filings in connection therewith, and to file the same under the 1933 Act and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or otherwise, with respect to the registration of the Trust or the registration or offering of the Trust’s common shares of beneficial interest, as applicable; granting to such attorneys and agents and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the premises; and ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney as of the 6th day of June, 2019.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Michael J, Castellano

Michael J. Castellano

  Trustee

 

  Trustee
Richard E. Cavanagh  

/s/ Cynthia L. Egan

Cynthia L. Egan

  Trustee

/s/ Frank J. Fabozzi

Frank J. Fabozzi

  Trustee

/s/ Robert W. Fairbairn

Robert W. Fairbairn

  Trustee

/s/ Henry Gabbay

Henry Gabbay

  Trustee

/s/ R. Glenn Hubbard

R. Glenn Hubbard

  Trustee

/s/ W. Carl Kester

W. Carl Kester

  Trustee

/s/ Catherine A. Lynch

Catherine A. Lynch

  Trustee

/s/ John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski

  Trustee

/s/ Karen P. Robards

Karen P. Robards

  Trustee

 

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