Issue of Equity

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income IT
04 May 2006


Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc - Issue of Shares


Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc announces that on Thursday
4 May 2006, it issued 600,000 ordinary shares to a market participant at 120.5
pence per share representing 0.8% of the ordinary shares in issue.

The number of shares issued under the current authority totals 600,000.

The outstanding shares in issue following this notification are 75,600,000.










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