Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
19 July 2005



19 July 2005


Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC


Notifiable Holding


Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") has today,
19 July 2005, been advised that HSBC Bank plc, as at close of business on 15
July 2005, is interested in 857,453 Ordinary 25p shares, representing 3.02% of
the issued share capital of the Company.





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