Holding in Company

Merrill Lynch UK Inv Tst PLC
14 November 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

     Merrill Lynch Investment Services Limited - ITSS

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

     Nutraco Nominees Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     139,530

6) Percentage of issued class

     0.99%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

     n/a

9) Class of security

     Ordinary shares of 50p each

10) Date of transaction

     Various

11) Date company informed

     14 November 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

     563,671


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.99%

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 14 November 2001