Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
22 December 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)    Name of company
      Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

2)    Name of shareholder having a major interest
      Prudential plc

3)    Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or     in respect of a non-
beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is    a holding
of that person's    spouse or children under the age of 18
      above and certain subsidiaries


4)    Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them
      PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC - 3,400,000


5)    Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      NOT DISCLOSED

6)    Percentage of issued class
      N/A


7)    Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      NOT DISCLOSED

8)    Percentage of issued class
      N/A

9)    Class of security
      Ordinary 25p shares

10)   Date of transaction
      NOT DISCLOSED


11)   Date company informed
      15 December 2005

12)   Total holding following this notification
      3,400,000 Ordinary 25p shares


13)   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      10.91

14)   Any additional information

15)   Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Charles Mearns - 0131 313 1000

16)   Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

      Date of notification

      22 December 2005






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