Holding(s) in Company

Merrill Lynch Latin Amer Inv. Trust
18 October 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

Merrill Lynch Latin American Investment Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Co-operative Insurance Society 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:

as above

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:

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class:

n/a

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 10 cents each

10) Date of transaction:

unknown

11) Date company informed:

18 October 2006

12) Total holding following this notification:

1,652,641

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

3.46%

14) Any additional information:

Percentage of shares held has moved from 2.97% to 3.46% due to movement in the
issued share capital of the Company.

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 BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary

17) Date of notification:

18 October 2006


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