Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                     INVESCO ASIA TRUST PLC
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):             Change in control of voting rights                 X
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the        Lazard Asset Management LLC             
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                JPMorgan Chase Prime                    
                                                                                        
                                                Mellon trust                            
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                      Northern Trust Co                       
                                                                                        
                                                PFPC Trust Co                           
                                                                                        
                                                State Street Bank - Custody Master Trust
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                          23 March 2010
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
                                                                           25 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                       9%, 8% & 7%
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                    
                                                                                        
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                            
                                                                                        
Class/type   Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering       
of           to the triggering           transaction                                    
shares       transaction                                                                
                                                                                        
             Number          Number      Number     Number of voting   % of  voting     
if possible  of              of          of shares  rights             rights x         
using        Shares          Voting                                                     
the ISIN                     Rights      Direct     Direct   Indirect  Direct Indirect  
CODE                                                xi       xii                        
                                                                                        
Ordinary                                                                                
Shares                                                                                  
GB0004535307                 8,635,456                       5,864,956        6.250%    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of financial Expiration   Exercise/             Number of voting       % of voting 
instrument        date xiii    Conversion Period xiv rights that may be     rights      
                                                     acquired if the                    
                                                     instrument is                      
                                                     exercised/ converted.              
                                                                                        
Subscription                                                                            
Shares                                               1,173,103              6.251%      
                                                                                        
GB00B50VZC45                                                                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of       Exercise price Expiration Exercise/   Number of voting     % of voting    
financial                    date xvii  Conversion  rights instrument    rights xix, xx 
instrument                              period      refers to                           
                                        xviii                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal Delta    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                       Percentage of voting rights               
                                                                                        
7,038,056                                     6.250%                                    
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                       N/A                                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A                                 
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold   N/A                                 
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                              Percentage of voting rights for ordinary shares (A) is    
13. Additional information:   based on a denominator of 93,837,425 and subscription     
                              shares (B) is 18,767,485                                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                              Percentage of total voting rights (A+B) is based on a     
                              denominator of 112,604,910                                
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:             Kelly Nice, for and on behalf of Invesco Asset Management 
                              Limited                                                   
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number: 0207 065 4647