Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
13 August 2007

                                                                      APPENDIX 3



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



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

            
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC



2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: Yes



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No



Other: No



3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

            Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)


4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)



5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
  reached (v):

            08/08/07



6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            13/08/07



7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

            Above 3% (L&G)



8.         Notified details:

            n/a



A: Voting rights attached to shares


                          Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
Class/type of shares if possible           Number of shares             Number of voting rights (viii)
using the ISIN CODE
Ord GBP 0.25
                                               Below 3%                            Below 3%




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if          Number of shares       Number of voting rights (ix)       % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
Ord GBP 0.25                         998,215           Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct      Indirect
                                                        998,215                            3.06%




B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


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





Total (A+B)
   Number of voting rights          % of voting rights

           998,215                         3.06%





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


Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (998,215 - 3.06% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited      Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (998,215 - 3.06% = PMC)                     (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited       Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)
(PMC) (998,215 - 3.06% = PMC)

                                                              Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)





Proxy Voting:



10.    Name of the proxy holder:

            n/a



11.       Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

            n/a.



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

            n/a.



13.       Additional information:

            Notification using the total voting rights figure of 32,579,597.



Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large number of
disclosures required following a substantial amount of new business which has
come to us in the form of an in-specie transfer.


14.       Contact name:

            Charles Mearns, Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited



15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 313 6442




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