Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                     INVESCO ASIA TRUST PLC
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                               Proxy Voting                 X    
                                                                                        
                                                       BT Pension Scheme Trustees       
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the               Limited as trustee of the BT     
notification obligation:iii                            Pension Scheme.  See Section 9   
                                                       for further information.         
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                       N/A
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                        15 January 2010
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
                                                                         18 January 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                       
                                                              (Received 19 January 2010)
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                4%
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                        
                                                                                                            
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                
                                                                                                            
Class/type   Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction            
of           to the triggering                                                                              
shares       transaction                                                                                    
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
if possible  Number          Number         Number           Number of voting         % of  voting rights x 
using        of              of             of shares        rights                                         
the ISIN     Shares          Voting                                                                         
CODE                         Rights                                                                         
                                            Direct           Direct xi  Indirect xii  Direct  Indirect      
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
0453530                                                                                                     
                                                                                                            
GB0004535307                                                                                                
             32,526          32,526         0                0          4,230,526     0       4.508%        
GBP 10P                                                                                                     
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                         
                                                                                                            
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                        
                                                                                                            
Type of financial  Expiration      Exercise/                   Number of voting              % of voting    
instrument         date xiii       Conversion Period xiv       rights that may be            rights         
                                                               acquired if the                              
                                                               instrument is                                
                                                               exercised/ converted.                        
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                               
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                         
                                                                                                            
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                        
                                                                                                            
Type of       Exercise price Expiration    Exercise/         Number of voting rights   % of voting rights   
financial                    date xvii     Conversion period instrument refers to      xix, xx              
instrument                                 xviii                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                       Nominal Delta        
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                               
                                                                                                            
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                              
                                                                                                            
4,230,526                                          4.508%                                                   
                                                                                                            


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund             
Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Pensions Management         
Limited.  Hermes Pensions Management Limited is the parent undertaking of:              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
 1. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer:            
    0.00%                                                                               
 2. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this                
    issuer: 4.508%                                                                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Please see Section 13 for further information.                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                     See Comment in Section 13.            
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                                           
cease                                             See Comment in Section 13.            
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold See Comment in Section 13.            
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:       Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited hold the     
                                  voting rights under a standing proxy contained in     
                                  services agreements for the provision of corporate    
                                  governance services to various underlying clients.    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                  Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting  
                                  rights under a standing proxy contained in investment 
                                  management agreements with various underlying clients,
                                  which includes all the shares owned directly by BT    
                                  Pension Scheme.                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                  All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities
                                  are aggregated for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(a).  The 
                                  aggregation is made at the lower threshold of 3% and  
                                  above because Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited
                                  does not manage investments for the purposes of the   
                                  investment manager exemption contained in DTR 5.1.5.  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                  This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees 
                                  Limited, which is the ultimate parent undertaking for 
                                  the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e).                         
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                 Margaret Moss / Valerie Davidson                      
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:     020 7680 2125 / 020 7680 2177                         
                                                                                        


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                          
                                                                                        
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii                                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification                  
obligation                                                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                                                               
                                                                                        
(including legal form of legal     BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited                   
entities)                                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                                         
                                                                                        
(registered office for legal       Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street, London, E1 8HZ  
entities)                                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                   020 7702 0888                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                   BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent     
(at least legal representative for undertaking of the group of companies subject to the 
legal persons)                     notification obligation as indirect holders of voting
                                   rights for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1(a) and 5.2.1(e). 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                                                               
                                   Kelly Nice                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                    Invesco Asia Trust, 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 
                                   1AG                                                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                   020 7065 4647                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                   For and on behalf of Invesco Asset Management        
(e.g. functional relationship with Limited, Company Secretary                           
the person or legal entity subject                                                      
to the notification obligation)                                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
C: Additional information