Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Latin American Inv Tst PLC
02 September 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Aberdeen Latin American Investment Trust PLC


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

The Metage Special Emerging Markets Fund Limited


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




4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them




5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

250,000


6. Percentage of issued class

1.25%


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A


8. Percentage of issued class

N/A


9. Class of security

Ordinary 25p shares


10. Date of transaction

30 August 2002


11. Date company informed

30 August 2002


12. Total holding following this notification

996,250


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.98%


14. Any additional information




15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Ruth Humphrey, 020 7463 6305


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

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries


Date of notification

2 September 2002





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