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                                   X    
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                         Lazard Asset Management
notification obligation:iii                                      LLC                    
                                                                                        
                                                                 Bank of New York Inc - 
                                                                 Global Custody         
                                                                                        
                                                                 Comerica Bank          
                                                                                        
                                                                 Mellon Trust           
                                                                                        
                                                                 Morgan Stanley Prime   
                                                                 Brokerage              
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                                       Northern Trust Co.     
                                                                                        
                                                                 State Street Bank -    
                                                                 Custodian              
                                                                                        
                                                                 State Street Bank -    
                                                                 Master Tr              
                                                                                        
                                                                 State Street Bank -    
                                                                 Custody Master Trust   
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                19 December 2011       
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                3 January 2012         
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                           11%                    
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                         
                                                                                                             
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                 
                                                                                                             
Class/type   Situation previous                Resulting situation after the triggering transaction          
of           to the triggering                                                                               
shares       transaction                                                                                     
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
if possible  Number          Number            Number          Number of voting        % of  voting rights x 
using        of              of                of shares       rights                                        
the ISIN     Shares          Voting                                                                          
CODE                         Rights                                                                          
                                               Direct          Direct xi Indirect xii  Direct  Indirect      
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
GB0004535307                                                                                                 
                             10,379,684                                  10,379,684            11.141%       
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
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.                        
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
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 rights    % of voting rights 
financial                    date xvii      Conversion period  instrument refers to       xix, xx            
instrument                                  xviii                                                            
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                          Nominal Delta       
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                
                                                                                                             
Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights                             
                                                                                                             
10,379,684                                           11.141%                                                 
                                                                                                             


 

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                                     
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                       
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                        Legal & Compliance Department  
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                            0207 448 2047