RNS No 7701t
INVESCO KOREA TRUST PLC
1st July 1997 
 
               DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
 
 
1)  NAME OF COMPANY                  INVESCO KOREA TRUST PLC
                                     
2)  NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A     CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT
    SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST             MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
                                     AND CITY OF LONDON UNIT
                                     TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED
                                     
3)  Please state whether             NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT
    notification indicates           OF THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED
    that it is in respect of         IN 2 ABOVE
    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
                                     
4)  Name of the registered           MSS NOMINEES LIMITED
    holder(s) and, if more             A/C 766637  - 2,158,085
    than one holder, the             MSS NOMINEES LIMITED
    number of shares held              A/C 767137  - 1,118,021
    by each of them.
                                     
5)  Number of shares/amount of       
    stock acquired                      -
                                     
6)  % of issued Class                   -
                                     
7)  Number of shares/amount of       
    stock disposed                   NOT STATED
                                     
8)  % of issued Class                NOT STATED
                                     
9)  Class of security                ORDINARY SHARES
                                     
10) Date of transaction              NOT STATED
                                     
11) Date company informed            1ST JULY 1997
                                     
12) Total holding following this     
    notification                     3,276,106
                                     
13) Total percentage holding of      
    issued class following this      
    notification                     9.84%
                                     
14) Any additional information price per share etc.
    
    THE ABOVE HOLDING INCLUDES 1,035,911 (3.11%) ORDINARY SHARES
    HELD BY THE EMERGING MARKETS COUNTRY INVESTMENT TRUST PLC,
    1,122,174 (3.37%) ORDINARY SHARES HELD BY THE EMERGING
    MARKETS COUNTRY TRUST AND 1,118,021 (3.36%) ORDINARY SHARES
    HELD BY THE EMERGING MARKETS COUNTRY FUND.
                                     
15) Name of contact and telephone    ANGELA TULLY
    number for queries               0171-454 3652
                                     
16) Name and signature of            A. TULLY
    authorised company official      FOR INVESCO ASSET MANAGEMENT
    responsible for making this      LIMITED - SECRETARIES
    notification
                                     
    Date of Notification             1ST JULY 1997
                                     
 


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