Blocklisting Application

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd
14 September 2005



14 September 2005


                            BLOCKLISTING APPLICATION



Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited (the 'Company') has applied for the
blocklisting of 14,999,999 ordinary shares of 1p each. The blocklisting
application has been made to enable the Company to meet the market demand for
its shares which exists from time to time. Shares will not be issued pursuant to
the blocklisting unless at the time of issue, the price of an existing share
exceeds the underlying net asset value of that share. The shares will, when
issued under the Schroder Oriental Cash Scheme block listing, rank pari passu
with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.








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John Spedding

Schroder Investment Management Limited                         020 7658 3206




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