Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
03 June 2003

3 June 2003

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

Notifiable Holding

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC has today (3 June 2003)
been informed that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies are
interested in 3,700,000 Ordinary 25p shares, representing 13.83% of the issued
share capital. The shares are registered as PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC.


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