Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch Latin Amer Inv. Trust
22 June 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:

F&C Asset Management plc

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

University of Cambridge                  -  1,875,250
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust plc  -  6,075,015
F&C Global Smaller Companies plc         -    79,958
F&C Pension Savings Plan                 -    455,485
F&C Private Investor Plan                -  3,437,158
F&C ISA Plan                             -    670,777
F&C PEP Plan                             -     95,751

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

unknown

6) Percentage of issued class:

unknown

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

unknown

8) Percentage of issued class:

unknown

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 10 cents each

10) Date of transaction:

unknown

11) Date company informed:

22 June 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:

12,689,394

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

22.82%

14) Any additional information:

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mrs A B Powley - 020 7743 5610

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

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

17) Date of notification:

22 June 2006


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