UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    Form 13F

                              Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2010

Check here if Amendment [  ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [  ] is a restatement.
                                  [  ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    Aberdeen Asset Management, Inc
Address: 1735 Market Street 32nd Floor

         Philadelphia, PA  19103

13F File Number:  28-11020

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:      Aileen Strachan
Title:     Chief Compliance Officer
Phone:     215-405-5767

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

     Aileen Strachan     Philadelphia, PA     November 12, 2010


Report Type (Check only one.):

[  ]         13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

[ X]         13F NOTICE.

[  ]         13F COMBINATION REPORT.


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

       Form 13F File Number          Name

       28-04701                      Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.