MBS Merrill L. Br

    SCHEDULE 10                                  

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company

Merrill Lynch British Smaller Companies Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Nutraco Nominees 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

Non-beneficial

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

Not notified

6) Percentage of issued class

Not notified

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not notified

8) Percentage of issued class

Not notified

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

n/a

11) Date company became aware of holding

n/a

12) Total holding following this notification

97,613

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.20%

14) Any additional information

Merrill Lynch British Smaller Companies Trust plc announces that BlackRock
Investment Management (UK) Limited has a notifiable interest in 97,613 ordinary shares,
being 0.20% of the issued share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares). These 
shares are held on behalf of participants in the BlackRock Investment Trust savings
products. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has a notifiable interest
in these shares because, in certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations 
agreed with the Takeover Panel to ensure compliance with the Takeover Code, with effect 
from 14 March 2007 BlackRock is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to these
shares if the relevant plan participants do not do so.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Caroline Driscoll
Tel: 020 7743 2427

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

Caroline Driscoll
Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Date of notification:

1 April 2008



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