Holding(s) in Company

INVESCO Asia Trust PLC
4 February 2002

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:

           As in 2 above

4.         Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them:

           N/A

5.         Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

           1,000,000 (500,000 bought on 30.1.02, 500,000 bought on 31.1.02)

6.         Percentage of issued class:

           0.94%

7.         Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

           -

8.         Percentage of issued class:

           -

9.         Class of security:

           Ordinary

10.       Date of Transaction:

           30 and 31 January 2002

11.       Date company informed:

           1 February 2002

12.       Total holding following this notification:

           9,773,394

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

           9.223%

14.       Contact name for queries:

           Alex Proudler

15.       Contact telephone number:

           0207 454 3249

16.       Name of company official responsible for making notification:

           Jo Milner

17.       Date of notification:

           4 February 2002


Additional Information


Cooperative Insurance Society                   5,765,696 ordinary shares 5.441%

Cooperative Insurance Society Pension Scheme    4,007,698 ordinary shares 3.782%


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