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
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3.Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):	Lazard Asset Management LLC
4.Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):	Bank of New York Inc – Global Custody Bank of New York, Inc. - Dir Personal JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT Mellon Trust 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 reached if different) (v):	13 October 2016
6.Date on which issuer notified:	14 October 2016
7.Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Increase from 16% to 17%
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
			Direct	Direct (x)	Indirect (x)	Direct	Indirect
GB0004535307		14,127,312			14,327,312		17.108%

B:  Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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
14,327,312	17.108%

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

instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

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:	Kelly Nice For and on behalf of Invesco Asset Management Limited Company Secretary
15.Contact telephone number:	020 3753 1000