Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES               

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of  Invesco Asia Trust plc  
existing shares to which voting rights are attached                            
(ii):                                                                          

2. Reason for the notification                                                 
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       X            
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                            
which may result in the acquisition of shares already
issued to which voting rights are attached                                                            
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               
                                                                               
Other (please specify):                                                        

3.Full name of person(s) subject to the notification   Lazard Asset Management 
obligation (iii):                                      LLC                     
                                                                               
4.Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)   Bank of New York Inc -  
(iv):                                                  Global Custody          
                                                                               
                                                       Comerica Bank           
                                                                               
                                                       JP Morgan - SWIFT       
                                                                               
                                                       Mellon Trust            
                                                                               
                                                       Morgan Stanley Prime    
                                                       Brokerage               
                                                                               
                                                       Northern Trust Co.      
                                                                               
                                                       State Street Bank -     
                                                       Custodian               
                                                                               
                                                       State Street Bank -     
                                                       Master Tr               
                                                                               
                                                       State Street Bank -     
                                                       Custody Master Trust    
                                                                               
5.Date of the transaction (and date on which the       19 May 2014             
threshold is                                                                   
                                                                               
crossed or reached if different) (v):                                          
                                                                               
6.Date on which issuer notified:                       20 May 2014             
                                                                               
7.Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:         Increase from 15% to 16%
                   
                                                            
8.Notified details:                                                            

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type   Situation previous     Resulting situation after the triggering    
of shares if  to the triggering                 transaction (vii)               
possible      transaction (vi)                                                  
using the                                                                       
ISIN CODE                                                                       
                                                                                
              Number  Number of  Number of  Number of voting      % of voting   
                of      Voting    shares         rights             rights      
              Shares    Rights                                                  
                        (viii)                    (ix)                          
                                                                                
                                  Direct    Direct   Indirect   Direct  Indirect
                                                       (x)                      
                                             (x)                                
                                                                                
GB0004535307          14,102,779                    14,602,779          16.434% 


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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


Total (A+B)                                                                    
                                                                               
Number of voting rights                 % of voting rights                     
                                                                               
14,602,779                              16,434%                                


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

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.


Proxy Voting:

10.Name of the proxy holder:                       N/A                         
                                                                               
11.Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                             
to hold:                                                                       
                                                                               
12.Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                               
voting rights:                                                                 
                                                                               
13.Additional information:                                                     
                                                                               
14.Contact name:                                   Kelly Nice                  
                                                                               
                                                   For and on behalf of        
                                                                               
                                                   Invesco Asset Management    
                                                   Limited                     
                                                                               
                                                   Company Secretary           
                                                                               
15.Contact telephone number:                       020 3753 1000