POWER OF ATTORNEY
That each of the undersigned officers and trustees of The
BlackRock 2012 Term Trust, a business trust formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), do constitute and appoint Ralph S.
Schlosstein, Laurence D. Fink and Anne C. Ackerley, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys and agents, each with full power and authority
(acting alone and without the other) to execute in the name and on behalf
of each of the undersigned as such officer or trustee, 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 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, par value $.001 per share; 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 16th day of November, 2000.
/s/ Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
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Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
Trustee
/s/ Richard E. Cavanagh
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Richard E. Cavanagh
Trustee
/s/ Kent Dixon
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Kent Dixon
Trustee
/s/ Frank J. Fabozi
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Frank J. Fabozzi
Trustee
/s/ James Clayburn LaForce, Jr.
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James Clayburn LaForce, Jr.
Trustee
/s/ Walter F. Mondale
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Walter F. Mondale
Trustee
/s/ Ralph S. Schlosstein
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Ralph S. Schlosstein
Trustee and President
/s/ Laurence D. Fink
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Laurence D. Fink
Trustee
/s/ Henry Gabbay
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Henry Gabbay
Treasurer
