Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Beatrice Hollond
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Keystone Investment Trust plc
b)	LEI	5493002H3JXLXLIGC563
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 50p GB0004912068
b)	Nature of the transaction	Market Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £18.072 400
d)	Aggregated information
	-Aggregated volume	As per c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	17/05/2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange