Holding(s) in Company

24 February 2005

Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC

Notifiable Holding

Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") has today, 24 February
2005, been notified that Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries are
interested in 759,337 Ordinary 25p shares, representing 3.24% of the issued
share capital.

The shares are registered as follows:

Registered Holder                      No. of  % of
                                       shares  issued
                                               share
                                               capital
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd   50,000  0.20%
A/c 775245
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd   589,30  2.52%
A/c 357206                             7
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd   46,000  0.20%
A/c 747381
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd   35,030  0.15%
A/c 866203
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd   39,000  0.17%
A/c 360509
Total                                  759,33  3.24%
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