Holding(s) in Company

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Holdings in Company
02 August 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

THE ALLIANCE TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

BARCLAYS PLC

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
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

NON BENEFICIAL

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

SEE SCHEDULE BELOW

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

FIRST DISCLOSURE OF A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST

6) Percentage of issued class

3.20%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

8) Percentage of issued class

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25 PENCE EACH

10) Date of transaction

25 JULY 2005

11) Date company informed

1 AUGUST 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

1,611,511 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE ALLIANCE TRUST PLC

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.2%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

IAN ANDERSON  01382 201700

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

IAN ANDERSON, ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY

Date of notification 1 AUGUST 2005

SCHEDULE

Registered Holder                 Account Designation      Holding

Barclays Trust Co & Others                                   1,271
Barclays Trust co As Exec/ADM                                  906
Barclays Trust Co DMC69                                      1,500
Barclays Trust Co R69                                       49,543
Boiss Nominees Ltd                    4224361               22,106
Chase Nominees Ltd                    16376                 27,487
Gerrard Nominees Limited              ER1                    1,555
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited      GM1                   46,151
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)               16331                 13,519
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)               16338                  2,994
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)               16341                 27,229
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)               16342                  6,067
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)               16400                625,166
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)               18409                 36,770
R C Greig Nominees Limited            RC1                  555,796
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c        AK1                  100,283
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c        BL1                    6,578
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c        CM1                   12,274
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1        GP1                   19,880
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1        SA1                   25,105
Reflex Nominees Limited                                     23,140
Reflex Nominees Limited                                        350
Zeban Nominees Limited                                       5,841


                                      Group Holding       1,611,511