RNS Number:4566R
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
29 October 2003



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

The Trustees of The BT Pension Scheme - Hermes Pensions Management Ltd

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 or children under the age of 18

Non beneficial interest

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

BriTel Fund Nominees Limited - 13,681,313

PossFund Nominees Limited - 3,174,963

Chase Nominees Limited - 246,889

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF #0.10

10. Date of transaction

28 OCTOBER 2003

11. Date company informed

29 OCTOBER 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

17,103,165

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.427%

14. Any additional information

This notifiable interest has arisen following the recommended offer by
Ernst & Young LLP on behalf of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC for
Edinburgh Fund Managers Group plc being declared wholly unconditional.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

SCOTT MASSIE, COMPANY SECRETARY 01224 631999

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

SCOTT MASSIE

Date of notification

20 OCTOBER 2003

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