Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income IT
16 December 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Limited as discretionary manager for
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC as Trustee of the Charishare Common Investment
Fund

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:

Non-Beneficial

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

Not disclosed

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

6,000,000 shares

6) Percentage of issued class:

8.0%

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

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class:

N/A

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 1p each

10) Date of transaction:

8 December 2005

11) Date company informed:

15 December 2005

12) Total holding following this notification:

6,000,000

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

8.0%

14) Any additional information:

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mrs B Powley - 020 7743 5610

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

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

17) Date of notification:

16 December 2005


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