Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                     
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                Invesco Asia Trust plc 
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                            
attached:ii                                                                              
                                                                                         
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                
                                                                                         
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                         X    
                                                                                         
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                                    X    
                                                                                         
Other (please specify):                                                                  
                                                                                         
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                         City of London          
notification obligation:iii                                      Investment Management   
                                                                 Company Limited         
                                                                                         
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                           
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                               
                                                                                         
5. Date of the transaction and date on                           19 December, 2011       
which the threshold is crossed or                                                        
reached: v                                                                               
                                                                                         
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                21 December, 2011       
                                                                                         
                                                                 From 30 % to 27%  if all
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                           subscription shares were
reached: vi, vii                                                 converted - Only 27.69% 
                                                                 of outstanding voting   
                                                                 rights                  
                                                                                         


 

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 rights
if possible  of           of           of shares rights              x                  
using        Shares       Voting                                                        
the ISIN                  Rights       Direct    Direct Indirect xii Direct Indirect    
CODE                                             xi                                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
GB0004535307 27,625,658   27,625,658   N / A            25,800,423          27.69 %     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of        Expiration   Exercise/             Number of voting        % of voting   
financial      date xiii    Conversion Period xiv rights that may be      rights        
instrument                                        acquired if the                       
                                                  instrument is                         
                                                  exercised/ converted.                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of       Exercise    Expiration Exercise/   Number of voting      % of voting      
financial     price       date xvii  Conversion  rights instrument     rights xix, xx   
instrument                           period      refers to                              
                                     xviii                                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                 6,500 shares to be                     
GB00B50VZC45                         Next        newly created at time Nominal Delta      
                                     conversion  of conversion                          
Subscription  125 pence   8-31-2012  on                                                 
shares                               8-31-2012                                          
                                                                       0.04  0.01 %     
                                                                       %                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                     Percentage of voting rights                 
                                                                                        
25,806,923   if all subscription shares     27.70 %  (if all shares are converted and if
were converted                              there were no new shares created)           
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
    All Voting Rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment         
                                                            Management Limited.         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:        City of London Investment Management Company       
                                     Limited                                            
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy                                                       
holder will cease                                                                       
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will                                                     
cease to hold                                                                           
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                          Based on voting rights to 93,165,757 as published by the fund 
13. Additional            on the London Stock.  Any conversion of Subscription Shares   
information:              will result in the creation of new shares with voting rights. 
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:         Jay McKennaor Chris Weaver                                    
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone     [e-mail] - 001-610-380-0121 OR                  
number:                                                                                 
                          [e-mail] - 0207 860 8329