Annual Information Update

MERRILL LYNCH LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

 

Annual Information Update for the period 1 January 2007 up to and including 2
April 2008.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2 the following summarises
the information that has been published or made available to the public by the
Company. Please note that some of this information may be out of date.

 

1. Announcements via a Regulatory Information Service (RIS):

    (RIS Announcements can be viewed at or downloaded via the internet
    from http://dev.uk-wire.com using EPIC code MLLA.)                

 

1.1 Net Asset Values:

 

    As far as possible the Company has announced daily the net asset  
    value per share as at the close of the previous business day.     

 

1.2 Top 10 Holdings:

 

    3 January 2007                                                    
                                                                      
    3 April 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    3 July 2007                                                       
                                                                      
    2 October 2007                                                    
                                                                      
    3 January 2008                                                    

 

1.4 Performance at month end:

 

    18 January 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    21 February 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    21 March 2007                                                     
                                                                      
    23 April 2007                                                     
                                                                      
    21 May 2007                                                       
                                                                      
    20 June 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    24 July 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    15 August 2007                                                    
                                                                      
    17 September 2007                                                 
                                                                      
    18 October 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    30 November 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    20 December 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    22 January 2008                                                   
                                                                      
    23 January 2008      Correction                                   
                                                                      
    25 February 2008                                                  

 

 5. Holdings in Company
   
    21 February 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    28 February 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    2 March 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    9 March 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    8 June 2007                                                       
                                                                      
    26 October 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    30 October 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    7 December 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    19 December 2007                                                  

 6. Holdings in Company - Nutraco
   
    14 March 2007                                                     
                                                                      
    2 April 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    2 May 2007                                                        
                                                                      
    4 June 2007                                                       
                                                                      
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    2 August 2007                                                     
                                                                      
    4 September 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    2 October 2007                                                    
                                                                      
    2 November 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    4 December 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    3 January 2008                                                    
                                                                      
    4 February 2008                                                   
                                                                      
    3 March 2008                                                      
                                                                      
    1 April 2008                                                      

1.7 Portfolio Updates/21.20 Announcements:

 

    2 February 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    2 March 2007                                                      
                                                                      
    2 May 2007                                                        
                                                                      
    4 June 2007                                                       
                                                                      
    2 August 2007                                                     
                                                                      
    4 September 2007                                                  
                                                                      
    2 November 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    4 December 2007                                                   
                                                                      
    4 February 2008                                                   
                                                                      
    4 March 2008                                                      

 

1.8 Other Announcements:

 

    23 January 2007      Tender Offer                                     
                                                                          
    15 February 2007     Final Results                                    
                                                                          
    19 February 2007     Director/PDMR                                    
                                                                          
    27 February 2007     Submission of Documents - Annual Report          
                                                                          
    26 March 2007        Annual Information Update                        
                                                                          
    5 April 2007         Director/PDMR                                    
                                                                          
    14 May 2007          Director/PDMR                                    
                                                                          
    23 May 2007          Result of AGM                                    
                                                                          
    28 June 2007         Change to Management Fee and Performance Fee     
                                                                          
    24 July 2007         Tender Offer                                     
                                                                          
    7 August 2007        Half Yearly Announcement                         
                                                                          
    14 August 2007       Submission of Documents - Half Yearly Report     
                                                                          
    3 October 2007       Director/PDMR x 2                                
                                                                          
    12 November 2007     Director/PDMR                                    
                                                                          
    19 December 2007     Director/PDMR                                    
                                                                          
    31 December 2007     Directorate Change                               
                                                                          
    2 January 2008       Listing Rule 15.5.1(4)                           
                                                                          
    19 February 2008     Final Results                                    
                                                                          
    3 March 2008         Submission of Documents - Annual Report          
                                                                          
    20 March 2008        Submission of Documents - EGM Notice             
                                                                          
    28 March 2008        Director/PDMR                                    

 

2. Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies:

 

    Date               Form          Description                            
                                                                            
    13 March 2007      AA            Full Accounts to 31/12/2006            
                                                                            
    16 April 2007      288c          Directors Particulars Changed          
                                                                            
    16 April 2007      363a          Annual Return to 28/02/2007            
                                                                            
    5 June 2007        Res09         AGM Resolutions                        
                                                                            
    30 August 2007     AA            Interim Accounts to 30/06/2007         
                                                                            
    16 November 2007   288a          New Director Appointed                 
                                                                            
    3 January 2008     288b          Director Resigned                      
                                                                            
    4 March 2008       288c          Directors Particulars Changed          

 

3. Printed Publications:

 

    The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007
    and the Half Yearly Report for the six months ended 30 June 2007  
    are available from the Company registered office, c/o of The      
    Company Secretary, Merrill Lynch Latin American Investment Trust  
    PLC, 33 King William Street, London EC4R 9AS or can be downloaded 
    from www.blackrock.co.uk/its.                                     
                                                                      
                                                                      

 

Other sources of information:

 

The Company's Ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the
price of these shares is published in the Financial Times and the Times under
`Investment Companies' and in the Daily Telegraph under "Investment Trusts".
The share price is also available on the BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited website at www.blackrock.co.uk/its.

 

Further information can be obtained from BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited as follows:

    Free investor helpline: 0800 445522                               
                                                                      
    Email address: www.blackrock.co.uk/its.                           
                                                                      
                                                                      

In addition, regular Factsheets on the Company are produced by BlackRock
Investment Management (UK) Limited and can be downloaded from 
www.blackrock.co.uk/its .

 

 

 BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Secretary

2 April 2008