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

            DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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:

            NOT STATED

5.         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

            NOT STATED

6.         Percentage of issued class:

            NOT STATED

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:

            14 MARCH 2001

12.       Total holding following this notification:

            5,200,000

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

            4.91%

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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