Holding(s) in Company

11 March 2005

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

Notifiable Holding

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") has today,
11 March 2005, been notified that, following the sale of 50,000 Ordinary 25p
shares on 7 March 2005, Devon County Council no longer has a notifiable interest
in the Ordinary 25p shares of the Company.