Holding in Company

Mercury Keystone Inv Trust PLC
24 October 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Mercury Keystone Investment Trust plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Co-operative Wholesale Society Employees Pension and Death Benefit Scheme

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

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Nutraco Nominees Limited                     344,860


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:
85,140

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.6%

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 50p each 

10  Date of transaction:
2nd September 1999

11  Date company informed:
24th October 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
344,860

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
2.42% (below 3%)

14  Contact name for queries:
Miss H Harvey

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7743 5307

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Miss H Harvey
for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Ltd
Secretary

17  Date of notification:
24th October 2000