Alliance Trust PLC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Announcement of Director's interests in securities by Alliance Trust PLC
Director's interests in securities
Name of Company	Alliance Trust PLC
Name of Director	Katherine Garrett Cox
Type of Transaction	Increase in beneficial interest following award of free shares within AESOP.
Reason for Notification	A transaction required to be notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1) (a)
Class of Security	Ordinary 2.5p shares
Name of registered holder	Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Limited
Number of shares	817
Price per share	£3.67
Date and place of transaction	7 March 2012. UK.
Date Company Notified	7 March 2012.
Total share interests following this information:
Beneficially Owned (including self, connected persons and Share Incentive Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)	270,589
Beneficial interest in shares held for director by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	77,866
Deemed beneficial interest in shares held for company by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	1,770,212
Total percentage of issued class	0.3599% (all interests)
This notification does not relate to dealings by persons otherwise connected with the named director.

Announcement of Director's interests in securities by Alliance Trust PLC
Director's interests in securities
Name of Company	Alliance Trust PLC
Name of Director	Alan Trotter
Type of Transaction	Increase in beneficial interest following award of free shares within AESOP.
Reason for Notification	A transaction required to be notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1) (a)
Class of Security	Ordinary 2.5p shares
Name of registered holder	Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Limited
Number of shares	817
Price per share	£3.67
Date and place of transaction	7 March 2012. UK.
Date Company Notified	7 March 2012.
Total share interests following this information:
Beneficially Owned (including self, connected persons and Share Incentive Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)	5,164
Beneficial interest in shares held for director by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	13,947
Deemed beneficial interest in shares held for company by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	1,770,212
Total percentage of issued class	0.3031% (all interests)
This notification does not relate to dealings by persons otherwise connected with the named director.
Name of contact	Ian Anderson
Telephone Number	[phone]
Date of notification	7 March 2012

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