Alliance Trust PLC : Holding(s) in Company

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii				The Alliance Trust PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					Yes
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					Yes
Other (please specify):					No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii		Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P (for itself and related general partners and investment managers)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Elliott International, L.P, Liverpool Ltd Partnership, Elliott Associates L.P
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v		6th March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		8th March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 14%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B11V7W98

52,881,891

52,881,891

52,881,891

52,881,891

12.2174%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

CFD over Ordinary Shares GB00B11V7W98

4,405,255

1.0177%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

57,287,146

13.2352%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	The decrease in percentage shareholding notified in this form is a result of:   Alliance Trust's acquisition of its own shares as announced in the RNS's of 6th and 7th March 2017 reducing the number of outstanding shares of the company.   A reduction in the disclosable interest of Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P (for itself and related general partners and investment managers) as announced in the Alliance Trust RNS of 3:08pm, 6th March 2017
14. Contact name:	Michael Cross
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 009 1305

George Renouf
Alliance Trust PLC 
Telephone: [phone]

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Source: Alliance Trust PLC via Globenewswire