Aberdeen Asian Income Fund : Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

ABERDEEN ASIAN INCOME FUND LIMITED ('the Company')

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300U76MLZF5F8MN8

20 February 2017

The Company announces that it is satisfied, by virtue of the points listed below, that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the closed period (as defined by the EU Market Abuse Regulation) which ends on the date of the announcement of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2016 has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ('RIS'). The Company is therefore not prohibited from dealing in its own securities during this period.

In so stating the Company has regard to;

1) the announcement on 6 January 2017 of the net asset value per share as of the close of business on 31 December 2016;

2) the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no material difference between the information published on 6 January 2017 and that to be included in the forthcoming announcement of the Annual Financial Report;

3) the Company's practice of calculating net asset values per share each business day and the announcement of these net asset values to an RIS;

4) there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price-sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities, and,

5) there being no unquoted investments within the Company's portfolio.

Aberdeen Private Wealth Management Limited

Company Secretary