Holding in Company

INVESCO Asia Trust PLC
14 March 2001

Headline:                    Holding in Company


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares


1.         Name of Company

            INVESCO ASIA TRUST PLC

2.         Name of shareholder having a major interest

            CO-OPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY 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 of 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:

            CO-OPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED - 5,765,696

            CIS PENSION SCHEME NOMINEE LIMITED - 2,507,698

5.         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

           -

6.         Percentage of issued class:

            -

7.         Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

            3,000,000

8.         Percentage of issued class:

            2.83%

9.         Class of security:

            ORDINARY SHARES

10.       Date of Transaction:

            13 MARCH 2001

11.       Date company informed:

            14 MARCH 2001

12.       Total holding following this notification:

            8,273,394

13.       Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification:

            7.81%

14.       Contact name for queries:

            ALEX PROUDLER

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0207 454 3249

16.       Name of company official responsible for making notification:

            ALEX PROUDLER

17.       Date of notification:

            14 MARCH 2001

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