Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited
Exercise of Warrants
16 May 2011
Application has been made by Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited (the "Company") to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange Plc for a total of 14,793,009 Ordinary shares of no par value each ("Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to the Official List, and dealings are expected to commence on 17 May 2011.
The listing application has been made following the exercise of 14,793,009 of the Company's outstanding Warrants to subscribe for Ordinary Shares at 120p per share ("Warrants") in the period to 10 May 2011.
The new Ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company.
Following the above issue of shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 133,603,071 with each Ordinary Share holding one voting right and there are 6,160,930 Warrants in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 133,603,071 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Charles Mearns
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
0131 528 4132