EX-99.16 4 d364230dex9916.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Power of Attorney

Exhibit 16

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, being officers and directors of:

a) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc., a Maryland corporation;

b) BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; and

c) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; (collectively, the “Funds”);

do hereby, in the capacities shown below, appoint the President, Treasurer, Secretary or any Vice-President of the Funds, as true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact 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 12, 2012

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
Michael J. Castellano
/s/ Richard E. Cavanagh		Director
Richard E. Cavanagh
/s/ Frank J. Fabozzi		Director
Frank J. Fabozzi
/s/ Kathleen F. Feldstein		Director
Kathleen F. Feldstein
/s/ James T. Flynn		Director
James T. Flynn
/s/ Jerrold B. Harris		Director
Jerrold B. Harris
/s/ R. Glenn Hubbard		Director
R. Glenn Hubbard
/s/ W. Carl Kester		Director
W. Carl Kester
/s/ Karen P. Robards		Director
Karen P. Robards
/s/ Paul L. Audet		Director
Paul L. Audet
/s/ Henry Gabbay		Director
Henry Gabbay

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