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Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Investment Company Limited announces performancedata and portfolio composition

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Monday, October 5th 2009 at 11:12 GMT by Market Wire}  

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period NAV Total Return (%) Market Price Total Return (%) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Annualized Cumulative Annualized ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since inception (June 1986) 478.4 7.9 391.6 7.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-years 48.5 4.0 59.6 4.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-years 8.2 1.6 8.2 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-years 7.1 2.3 -0.5 -0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-year -1.6 4.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Company's returns, which are denominated in Canadian dollars, are affected by the performance of the Canadian dollar against the various currencies listed below. As of August 31, 2009, the portfolio was invested as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currency Exposure (%) Geographic Exposure (%) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia 23.7 24.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand 0.9 0.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States* 24.0 2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada 0.2 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico 6.2 6.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brazil 7.5 7.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey 6.6 6.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Korea 4.1 9.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Singapore 0.3 1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand 0.1 0.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philippines 7.2 11.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malaysia 1.1 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- India 9.5 11.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- China - 0.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong - 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia 8.6 13.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Of which 24.4% held in US$ denominated bonds issued by foreign issuers. As of August 31, 2009, the top ten holdings of the portfolio based on total net assets were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holding Coupon / Maturity (%) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia Government 11.00%, 12/15/2012 4.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- INR Credit Linked Note 7.27%, 09/03/2013 4.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico Government 8.50%, 12/13/2018 3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey Government 16.00%, 03/07/2012 3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey Government 16.00%, 08/28/2013 3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico Government 9.50%, 12/18/2014 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Republic of Brazil 10.00%, 01/01/2010 2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia Government 13.175%, 07/15/2012 2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Banco ABN Amro Real SA 16.20%, 02/22/2010 2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Korea Treasury Bond 5.75%, 09/10/2013 2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 31.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit Quality (%) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AAA/Aaa AA/Aa A BBB/Baa BB/Ba B ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.8 8.5 20.0 11.8 42.4 0.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- As of August 31, 2009, the average credit quality of the portfolio was BBB. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maturity (%) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under 3 Years 3-5 Years 5-10 Years Over 10 Years ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30.0 32.5 31.1 6.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------