Tender Offer

Merrill Lynch Latin Amer Inv. Trust
15 May 2006

Merrill Lynch Latin American Investment Trust PLC





Further to the Company's tender offer it is now confirmed that 18,526,120
ordinary shares of USD 0.10 have been repurchased today for cancellation by the
Company at a price of £3.596747 (payment rounded down to 6dp) based on an
exchange rate of 1.8998.



The Company's issued share capital is now 55,608,059.



Payment will be made to shareholders as soon as practicable.







Enquiries



Merrill Lynch Investment Managers

Jonathan Ruck Keene                                    020 7743 3000



UBS Limited

Will Rogers                                            020 7567 8000





The Tender Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the
use of mails or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
facsimile transmission, telex and telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce,
or any facility of a national securities exchange, of the United States, Canada,
Australia, or Japan, and the Tender Offer is not capable of being accepted by
any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within the United
States, Canada, Australia, or Japan.

UBS Limited is acting for the Company in connection with the Tender Offer and no
one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections offered to clients of UBS Limited nor for providing
advice in relation to the Tender Offer.






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