Here, we study the effect of double excitations on the exciton dynamics of a trisazoben- At the CIS level, we observe a picture which can be expected from the exciton model: Three low-lying states originating from the monomeric nπ * state and three higher lying states corresponding to the monomeric ππ * state. The nπ * states of the ring are virtually degenerate owing to small exciton coupling, whereas an exciton splitting of ∼0.37 eV is observed between the lowest ππ * state and the two (degenerate) upper ones.