EX-99.S 10 y93113exv99ws.htm EX-99.S

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Exhibit (s)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned officers and directors of BlackRock Utility and Infrastructure Trust (the “Trust”), do constitute and appoint John Perlowski, Brendan Kyne, Anne Ackerley, Neal Andrews, Ira P. Shapiro, Jay M. Fife, Janey Ahn, Benjamin Archibald and Noah Gellner, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents (the “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 director a Registration Statement on Form N-2, 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 the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 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.

STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ss.: ACKNOWLEDGMENT

     On            before me, the undersigned, personally appeared

personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

(signature and office of person taking acknowledgment)

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney as of the 21^st day of October, 2011.

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

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