Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
15 July 2005



15 July 2005

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

Notifiable Holding



Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") has today,
15 July 2005, been advised that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary
companies is interested in 3,400,000 Ordinary 25p shares of the Company,
representing 11.99% of the issued share capital.






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