Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income IT
09 February 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

UBS AG

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:

Not disclosed

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:

Not disclosed

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

not disclosed

6) Percentage of issued class:

not disclosed

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed since last notification:

not disclosed

8) Percentage of issued class:

not disclosed

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 1p each

10) Date of transaction:

not disclosed

11) Date company informed:

8 February 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:

2,462,884

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

3.28%

14) Any additional information:

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mrs B Powley - 020 7743 5610

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:

Mrs B Powley
For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary

17) Date of notification:

8 February 2006


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