Appointment of Directors

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("the Company") announces that Mr Partha Dasgupta has been appointed a non-executive director of the Company and that Ms Anne Richards and Mr Hugh Young have been appointed as executive directors of the Company with effect from 22 March 2011.

Ms Richards is the Company's Chief Investment Officer and Head of Alternative Investment Strategies. Ms Richards also heads the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Mr Young is Group Head of Equities and managing director of the Asia region.

Mr Dasgupta is currently Chairman of the Pension Advisory Service and a non-executive director of the UK Statistics Authority, having previously held a number of senior positions in fixed income with a global asset manager.

Mr Young is currently a director of the following publicly quoted companies: Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Investment Company Limited, Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc, Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC, Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC and an alternate director of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC. Mr Young has held directorships in the following publicly quoted companies within the previous five years: Aberdeen Portable Alpha I PLC, Aberdeen Portable Alpha Funds II PLC, Aberdeen Global Spectrum Funds plc, Aberdeen Funds plc, Aberdeen Fixed Income Funds plc, Aberdeen GMAS Fund Public Limited Company, Aberdeen Profunds plc, Aberdeen Global Select Funds plc, Aberdeen Investment Funds (Ireland) plc, and Aberdeen Cash and Money Market Fund plc.

The Company confirms that there is no further information to be disclosed under

LR 9.6.13 R in respect of the above appointments.

Enquiries:

Maitland Neil Bennett 020 7379 5151