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 Merrill Lynch Gold & General 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: 5,000,000 shares 6) Percentage of issued class: 6.67% 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: 5,000,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 6.67% 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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