ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("the Company") announces the following information in relation to the executive director's shareholding.

Martin James Gilbert

1. Based on the Company's performance for the three years to 30 September 2011, 148,456 ordinary shares (100% of the award made in 2008 under the Group's Long-Term Incentive Plan) have vested.  Mr Gilbert sold the 148,456 shares, which vested at 212p per share, on 6 December 2011.  These shares were registered in Mr Gilbert's own name.  The Company was notified on 9 December 2011.

2. Mr Gilbert sold 1,236,956 ordinary shares at 212p per share on 6 December 2011. The ordinary shares were held in a nominee account, Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited.  The Company was notified on 9 December 2011.

Following these transactions, Mr Gilbert holds a total of 4,067,508 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.58% of the Company's issued share capital.  He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 3,012,781 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 which have reached their earliest vesting dates.   Mr Gilbert's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 7,080,289 shares (0.62%).

Mr Gilbert has been granted an award over a further 1,506,783 ordinary shares, exercisable in three equal tranches over the following three years, as part of the 2011 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 199.1p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and the Company was subsequently notified of the approval of this award by the Trustees of the Company's Employee benefit Trust on 9 December 2011.  As a consequence, Mr Gilbert's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 2,701,127 (0.23%), which will vest over the period to December 2014.

Andrew Arthur Laing

1. Based on the Company's performance for the three years to 30 September 2011, 118,765 ordinary shares (100% of the award made in 2008 under the Group's Long-Term Incentive Plan) have vested. Mr Laing sold the 118,765 shares, which vested at 212p per share, on 6 December 2011.  These shares were held in Mr Laing's own name.  The Company was notified on 9 December 2011.

2. Mr Laing sold 292,340 ordinary shares in the Company and his wife, Shirley Laing, sold 108,066 ordinary shares in the Company at 212p per share on 6 December 2011. The ordinary shares were held in a nominee account, Securities Services Nominees Limited.  The Company was notified on 9 December 2011.

Following these transactions, Mr Laing holds a total of 669,622 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.06% of the Company's issued share capital. He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 412,624 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 which have reached their earliest vesting dates. Mr Laing's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 1,082,246 shares (0.09%).

Mr Laing has been granted an award over a further 291,939 ordinary shares, exercisable in three equal tranches over the following three years, as part of the 2011 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 199.1p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and the Company was subsequently notified of the approval of this award by the Trustees of the Company's Employee benefit Trust on 9 December 2011.  As a consequence, Mr Laing's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 518,615 (0.4%), which will vest over the period to December 2014.

William John Rattray

Based on the Company's performance for the three years to 30 September 2011, 118,765 ordinary shares (award made in 2008 under the Group's Long-Term Incentive Plan) have vested.  Mr Rattray sold the 118,765 shares which vested at 212p per share on 6 December 2011.  These shares were previously registered in Mr Rattray's own name. The Company was notified on 9 December 2011.

Following this transaction, Mr Rattray holds 2,208,409 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.20% of the Company's issued share capital. He also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 404,367 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 which have reached their earliest vesting dates. Mr Rattray's aggregate unconditional interest in the Company's shares is therefore 2,612,776 shares (0.22%).

Mr Rattray has been granted an award over a further 282,522 ordinary shares, exercisable in three equal tranches over the following three years, as part of the 2011 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 199.1p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and the Company was subsequently notified of the approval of this award by the Trustees of the Company's Employee benefit Trust on 9 December 2011.  As a consequence, Mr Rattray's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 499,831 (0.04%), which will vest over the period to December 2014.

Anne Helen Richards

Ms Richards has been granted an award over 640,383ordinary shares, exercisable in three equal tranches over the following three years, as part of the 2011 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 199.1p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and the Company was subsequently notified of the approval of this award by the Trustees of the Company's Employee benefit Trust on 9 December 2011.  As a consequence, Ms Richards' aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 1,128,092 (0.1%), which will vest over the period to December 2014.

Ms Richards also has an unconditional entitlement to a further 573,477 ordinary shares in respect of awards made as part of the Company's deferred bonus arrangements in 2008, 2009 and 2010 which have reached their earliest vesting dates.

Hugh Young

1.  Mr Young sold 1,565,915 ordinary shares in the Company awarded under the Company's Deferred Share Award Plan, which have now vested into his own name.  These awards represented an element of Mr Young's annual bonus earned under the annual bonus scheme for 2008, 2009 and 2010.  The Company was notified on 9 December 2011.

2.  Mr Young also exercised 150,000 share options issued under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan resulting in 150,000 ordinary shares in the Company being transferred into Mr Young's own name.

Following these transactions, Mr Young holds 150,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.01% of the Company's issued share capital.

Mr Young has been granted an award over a further 1,506,783 ordinary shares, exercisable in three equal tranches over the following three years, as part of the 2011 annual bonus programme; this award, calculated at a price of 199.1p per share, was recommended by the Remuneration Committee and the Company was subsequently notified of the approval of this award by the Trustees of the Company's Employee benefit Trust on 9 December 2011.  As a consequence, Mr Young's aggregate conditional interest in the Company's shares is 2,742,946 (0.23%), which will vest over the period to December 2014.

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For further information, please contact:

Maitland

020 7379 5151

Neil Bennett


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