Holding in Company

INVESCO Asia Trust PLC
20 December 2001

Headline:                    Holding in Company



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares





1.         Name of Company



            INVESCO Asia Trust plc



2.         Name of shareholder having a major interest



            Co-operative Insurance Society 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 of children under the age of 18:



            As in 2 above.



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



            N/A



5.         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:



            500,000



6.         Percentage of issued class:



            0.472



7.         Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:



            N/A



8.         Percentage of issued class:



            N/A



9.         Class of security:



            Ordinary







10.       Date of Transaction:



            17 December 2001



11.       Date company informed:



            20 December 2001



12.       Total holding following this notification:



            5,765,696



13.       Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification:



            5.44%



14.       Contact name for queries:



            Alex Proudler



15.       Contact telephone number:



            0207 454 3249



16.       Name of company official responsible for making notification:



            Jo Milner



17.       Date of notification:



            20 December 2001







Additional Information



Stock Loan Return     500,000