RNS Number:6404T
Merrill Lynch Asset Allocator PLC
23 December 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

     Merrill Lynch Asset Allocator plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Mrs S A L Price

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

     Nutraco Nominees Limited

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

     2,540,630 Balanced shares

6) Percentage of issued class

     11.07%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

     n/a

9) Class of security

     Balanced shares of 0.1p each

10) Date of transaction

     17 December 2003

11) Date company informed

     23 December 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

     2,540,630 Balanced shares


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     11.07%

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


17) Date of notification

23 December 2003


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