Holding in Company

INVESCO Asia Trust PLC
10 May 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

            EXETER ASSET MANAGEMENT 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:

            NOT ADVISED

5.            Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

            NOT ADVISED

6.            Percentage of issued class:

            NOT ADVISED

7.            Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

            -

8.            Percentage of issued class:

            -

9.         Class of security:

            ORDINARY SHARES


10.       Date of Transaction:

            NOT ADVISED

11.       Date company informed:

            9 MAY 2001

12.       Total holding following this notification:

            3,525,000

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

            3.33%

14.            Contact name for queries:

            JO MILNER

15.            Contact telephone number:

            0207 454 3691

16.       Name of company official responsible for making notification:

            ALEX CAMPBELL

            FOR INVESCO ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED - SECRETARIES

17.       Date of notification:

            10 MAY 2001

Additional Information




FUND NAME                                       CURRENT HOLDING        CURRENT
                                                                       %

Exeter Pacific Growth Fund                        700,000                0.66
                                                
Exeter Global Opportunities Fund                  675,000                0.64
                                                
Exeter Selective Assets Investment Trust        1,000,000                0.94
                                                
Exeter Managed Growth Fund                      1,150,000                1.09
                                                
TOTAL                                           3,525,000                3.33