Result of EGM

Invesco Asia Trust plc (the `Company')                     

HEADLINE: Result of EGM

The Company is pleased to announce that at an Extraordinary General Meeting
("EGM") held earlier today, the resolutions set out in the Prospectus dated 13
July 2009 in relation to the Bonus Issue of Subscription Shares were
unanimously passed without amendment. 

A total of 18,767,485 Subscription Shares have been allotted, subject to
listing, to Shareholders on the register at 5.00 p.m. on 11 August 2009, on the
basis of one Subscription Share for every five Ordinary Shares held as at that
date. 

Application has been made for the Subscription Shares to be admitted to the
Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange and dealings are
expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 13 August 2009. It is anticipated that
certificates in respect of the Subscription Shares will be despatched during
the week commencing 17 August 2009.

Following Admission of the Subscription Shares there will be 93,837,425
Ordinary Shares and 18,767,485 Subscription Shares in issue.  The Subscription
Shares will have the ticker IATS.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, two copies of the
resolutions approved at the EGM will shortly be submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

Terms used and not defined in this announcement bear the meaning given to them
in the Prospectus dated 13 July 2009.

For further information please contact:

Invesco Asset Management Limited 020 7065 3555

Guy Short

Andrew Watkins

Arbuthnot Securities Limited 020 7012 2000

Alastair Moreton

Hannah Pearce

12 August 2009