SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company:
MERRILL LYNCH GREATER EUROPE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:
NUTRACO NOMINEES LIMITED
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
NON-BENEFICIAL
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:
NUTRACO NOMINEES LIMITED
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
NOT NOTIFIED
6) Percentage of issued class:
NOT NOTIFIED
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
NOT NOTIFIED
8) Percentage of issued class:
NOT NOTIFIED
9) Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.1p EACH
10) Date of transaction:
N/A
11) Date company became aware of holding:
N/A
12) Total holding following this notification:
37,257,371
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
31.09% - however, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited will not exceed
the voting limit of 29.99% of the total issued share capital.
14) Any additional information:
Merrill Lynch Greater Europe Investment Trust plc announces that BlackRock
Investment Management (UK) Limited has a notifiable interest in 37,257,371
ordinary shares, being 31.09% of the issued share capital of the Company.
These shares are held on behalf of participants in the BlackRock investment
trust savings products. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has a
notifiable interest in these shares because, in certain circumstances and
subject to certain limitations agreed with the Takeover Panel to ensure
compliance with the Takeover Code, with effect from 14 March 2007 BlackRock is
entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to these shares if the relevant
plan participants do not do so. However, BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited will not exceed the voting limit of 29.99% of the total issued share
capital.
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Ms C Driscoll - 020 7743 2427
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:
Ms C Driscoll
For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary
17) Date of notification:
1 November 2007
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