Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
29 July 2003

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

29 July 2003

Notifiable Holding

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ('the Company') has today,
29 July 2003, been advised that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary
companies are interested in 3,430,000 Ordinary 25p shares, representing 12.82%
of the issued share capital.




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