EX-99.16 PWR OF ATTY 3 ex16.htm EXHIBIT 16 - POWER OF ATTORNEY

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Exhibit 16

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, being officers, trustees and directors of:

	1.		BlackRock High Yield Trust
	2.		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.
	3.		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.
	4.		BlackRock High Income Shares
	5.		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc.
	6.		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc.  (collectively, the "Funds");

do hereby, appoint John M. Perlowski, Brendan Kyne, Robert W. Crothers, Neal J. Andrews, Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife, Benjamin Archibald and Eugene Drozdetski, 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 officer or trustee with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned, as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do in person, for the purposes of executing and delivering, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any Registration Statement on Form N-14 of the Funds (including any and all amendments thereto) and any other document or instrument in connection with the transactions contemplated by such Registration Statement on Form N-14, upon the advice of counsel, to be filed by the applicable Funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (collectively, the "Acts"), and the rules, regulations or requirements promulgated by the SEC pursuant to such Acts; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that the said attorneys, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

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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.

Dated:  June 21, 2013

Signature		Title
/s/ John M. Perlowski		President and Chief Executive Officer
John M. Perlowski
/s/ Neal J. Andrews		Chief Financial Officer
Neal J. Andrews
/s/ Michael J. Castellano		Director/Trustee
Michael J. Castellano
/s/ Richard E. Cavanagh		Director/Trustee
Richard E. Cavanagh
/s/ Frank J. Fabozzi		Director/Trustee
Frank J. Fabozzi
/s/ Kathleen F. Feldstein		Director/Trustee
Kathleen F. Feldstein
/s/ James T. Flynn
James T. Flynn		Director/Trustee
/s/ Jerrold B. Harris		Director/Trustee
Jerrold B. Harris
/s/ R. Glenn Hubbard		Director/Trustee
R. Glenn Hubbard
/s/ W. Carl Kester		Director/Trustee
W. Carl Kester
/s/ Karen P. Robards		Director/Trustee
Karen P. Robards
/s/ Paul L. Audet		Director/Trustee
Paul L. Audet
/s/ Henry Gabbay		Director/Trustee
Henry Gabbay

Signature Page to HYT N-14 POA