Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income IT
09 February 2007

                                  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:

BlackRock, Inc.

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 applicable

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 since last notification:

500,000

8) Percentage of issued class:

0.66%

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 1p each

10) Date of transaction:

8 February 2007

11) Date company informed:

9 February 2007

12) Total disclosable holding following this notification:

11,958,114

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

15.81%

14) Any additional information:

In accordance with the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules sourcebook 5.1.2
pursuant to the Transparency Obligations Directive (Disclosure and Transparency
Rules) Instrument 2006, announcements are now based on voting rights.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Miss C Driscoll - 020 7743 2427

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

Miss C Driscoll
For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary

17) Date of notification:

9 February 2007


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