Holding in Company

Merrill Lynch UK Inv Tst PLC
3 January 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Merrill Lynch UK Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Prudential plc group/M & G Investment Management 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

     as above

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

     Pruclt HSBC GIS Nominees (UK) Limited - a/c PAC - 778,550

Pruclt HSBC GIS Nominees (UK) Limited - a/c PPL - 10,000

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

     11,000

8) Percentage of issued class

     0.08%

9) Class of security

     Ordinary shares of 50p each

10) Date of transaction

     not known

11) Date company informed

     3 January 2000

12) Total holding following this notification

     788,550


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     5.5%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     H M Harvey - 020 7743 5307

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

     as above
Date of notification 3 January 2001