Holding in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
9 March 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
The Bank of England Pension Fund

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:
As 2 Above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
The Securities Management Trust Limited

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
200,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.67%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Class of security:
Ordinary 25p Shares

10  Date of transaction:
n/a

11  Date company informed:
8/3/01

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,200,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.03%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mark Petar

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7463 6387

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC - Secretaries

17  Date of notification:
9/3/01



Additional Information: