Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch UK Inv Tst PLC
4 July 2002



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

     Merrill Lynch UK Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

     Prudential plc, The Prudential Assurance Company Limited

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

     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC      815,000

     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC       20,000

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                                         835,000
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5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

     46,450

6) Percentage of issued class:

     0.34%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

     n/a

8) Percentage of issued class:

     n/a

9) Class of security:

     Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

     3 July 2002

11) Date company informed:

     4 July 2002

12) Total holding following this notification:

     835,000

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

     6.23%

14) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

     Miss H Harvey - 020 7743 5307

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


        Miss H Harvey
        For Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited
        Secretary

16) Date of notification:


        4 July 2002




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