Holding in Company

INVESCO Asia Trust PLC
5 January 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
INVESCO ASIA TRUST PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
BRITISH AEROSPACE PENSION FUNDS TRUSTEES LIMITED

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:
NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 ABOVE

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED A/C BAE - 5,348,000
CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED         - 3,500,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
750,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.7%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES

10  Date of transaction:
NOT STATED

11  Date company informed:
13 DECEMBER 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
8,848,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
8.27%

14  Contact name for queries:
ALEX PROUDLER

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7454 3249

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
ALEX PROUDLER
INVESCO ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED - SECRETARIES

17  Date of notification:
5 JANUARY 2001





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