Application for Blocklisting

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
25 April 2006


Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

25 April 2006

Additional Listing

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange Plc for the block listing of 642,910 Ordinary shares of 25p each 
("Shares") to be admitted to the Official List under its General Corporate
Purposes Blocklisting Scheme.

Shares may be issued under this scheme subject to guidelines laid down by the
Board and at prices not less than the fully diluted net asset value per share.
The Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares
of the Company.

For further information please contact:  Charles Mearns at Aberdeen Asset
Management PLC, Company Secretary, on 0131-313-6442.



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