Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
24 March 2003

24 March 2003

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

Notifiable Holding

The Company has been informed that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary
companies are interested in 3,800,000 Ordinary 25p shares, representing 14.20%
of the issued share capital. The shares are registered as PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM
(UK) PAC AC.






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