MBS Merrill L. Br

RNS Number:0747Q
Merrill Lynch Br. SmallerCo Tst PLC
24 January 2007

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED TODAY AT 11.49 A.M. UNDER RNS NUMBER 0636Q CONTAINED AN
ERROR.  THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE TO REPLACE THE EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENT AND
CONTAINS AN AMENDMENT IN SECTION 16 BELOW, IN THAT MRS B POWLEY IS FOR BLACKROCK
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED AND NOT MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS
GROUP SERVICES LIMITED AS STATED IN THE EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENT.


1) Name of company:

Merrill Lynch British Smaller Companies Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies

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:

In respect of 2 above

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

                                     Registered Holder                   Holding
Prudential plc, M&G Group Limited    NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01       16,622
and M&G Limited                      PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC    2,754,755
                                     PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC       80,000

The Prudential Assurance             PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC    2,754,755
Company Limited and                  PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC       80,000
M&G Investment Management Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

not known

6) Percentage of issued class:

not known

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

not known

8) Percentage of issued class:

not known

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction:

not known

11) Date company informed:

23 January 2007 (after close of business)

12) Total holding following this notification:

2,851,377

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

5.7%

14) Any additional information:

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mrs B Powley - 020 7743 5610

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

Mrs B Powley
For Blackrock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary

17) Date of notification:

24 January 2007


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