Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1736H

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited

24 May 2011

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

Legal & General group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv

n/a

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v

20 May 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 May 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

L&G (above 3%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Ordinary NPV

Below 3%

First notification under DTR Source Book

Below 3%

First notification under DTR Source Book

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights^x
		Direct	Indirect ^xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary NPV	4,014,927	4,014,927	4,914,371	3.00%	3.68%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date ^xiii	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date ^xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration Date ^xvii	Exercise/Conversion Period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

4,014,927

% of voting rights

3.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable ⁽^xv)^:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 4,014,927 - 3.00%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)