Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares         to which voting rights are attached (ii):

Invesco Asia Trust plc

2. Reason for the notification (Please mark appropriate boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may  result in the acquisiiton of shares already issued to which   voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):   Disclosure as a result of a change in the outstanding shares of the Company, not due to a transaction by City of London Investment Management Company Limited.

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):	City of London Investment Management Company Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is    crossed or reached if different) (v):	21 March  2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 March  2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 18%
8. Notified details:

A:  Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction (vi)		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights (viii)	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights (x)
			Direct	Direct (xi)	Indirect (xii)	Direct	Indirect
GB0004535307	15,436,230	15,436,230	15,436,230		15,436,230		18.0%

B:  Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period/Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
15,436,230	18.0%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial

   instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

All voting rights on all shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Company 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:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Kelly Nice
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 753 1000