Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch Latin Amer Inv. Trust
14 September 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1) Name of company:

Merrill Lynch Latin American Investment Trust PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

F&C Asset Management plc


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:

beneficial and non-beneficial


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

Cambridge University Endowment Fund -  1,875,250  (Chase Nominees Limited)
Foreign & Colonial Investment       -  6,075,015  (Chase Nominees Limited)
Trust plc
F&C Pension Savings Plan            -    442,479  (BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited)
F&C Private Investor Plan           -  2,684,371  (Puddle Dock Nominees Limited)
F&C ISA Plan                        -    516,934  (Puddle Dock Nominees Limited)
F&C PEP Plan                        -     51,981  (Puddle Dock Nominees Limited)


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

n/a


6) Percentage of issued class:

n/a


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

1,043,364


8) Percentage of issued class:

1.87%


9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 10 cents each


10) Date of transaction:

unknown


11) Date company informed:

14 September 2006


12) Total holding following this notification:

11,646,030


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

20.94%


14) Any additional information:

n/a


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 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
Secretary


17) Date of notification:


14 September 2006




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