Publication of Shareholder Circular

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("Aberdeen" or the "Company")Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting

Further to the announcement made by Aberdeen on 15 June 2015 with respect to the proposed issue of 200,000,000 non-voting, perpetual, non-cumulative, redeemable preference shares 2015 (the "2015 Non-Voting Preference Shares") to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (the "Issuance"), Aberdeen announces today that a circular relating to the Issuance (the "Circular") has been published.

The Circular contains further details on the Issuance and a notice convening a general meeting of the Company to be held at Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street, London EC4M 9HH at 4.00pm on Monday 6 July 2015, to seek shareholder approval for certain matters in connection with the Issuance.

The Circular, together with the form of proxy for the general meeting, is being posted to shareholders today. Shareholders who have consented to receive communications by electronic means will be advised of the availability of the Circular on the Company's website at www.aberdeen-asset.com/investorrelations and provided with instructions on how to submit their proxy online via the Registrar's Shareview website, www.sharevote.co.uk.  Shareholders who are deemed to have consented to receive communications by electronic means will be sent a letter advising of the availability of the Circular on the Company's website along with a hard copy of the form of proxy.

A copy of the Circular and the accompanying form of proxy has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. In addition, the Circular will be available to view on the Company's website, www.aberdeen-asset.com/investorrelations.

For further information, please contact:

Maitland + 44 (0) 207 379 5151Neil BennettTom Eckersley