Holding(s) in Company

F&C Latin American Inv Trust PLC
03 May 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

F&C Latin American Investment Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Lazard Asset Management LLC Group

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:

Lazard Asset Management LLC
Lazard Asset Management Limited
Lazard Fund Managers Limited
Lazard Freres Gestion
Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co.
Lazard Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH
Lazard Japan Asset Management K.K.

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC Group comprising of companies listed in item 2.
2,879,134

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

not advised

6) Percentage of issued class:

not advised

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

not advised

8) Percentage of issued class:

not advised

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 10 cents each

10) Date of transaction:

not advised

11) Date company informed:

3 May 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:

2,879,134

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

3.88%

14) Any additional information:

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mrs A B Powley - 020 7743 5610

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

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

17) Date of notification:

3 May 2006


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