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 purchase of shares (within
                                        Share Incentive Plan pursuant to regular
                                        standing instruction)


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                        38

Price per share                         £3.323

Date and place of transaction           05 October 2010. UK.


Date Company Notified                   05 October 2010.


Total share interests following this
information:


Beneficially Owned (including self,     224,758
connected persons and Share Incentive
Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)


Beneficial interest in shares held for  52,538
director by Trustee of Employee Benefit
Trust


Deemed beneficial interest in shares    1,770,203
held for company by Trustee of Employee
Benefit Trust


Total percentage of issued class        0.3097% (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 purchase of shares (within
                                        Share Incentive Plan pursuant to regular
                                        standing instruction).


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                        38

Price per share                         £3.323

Date and place of transaction           05 October 2010. UK.


Date Company Notified                   05 October 2010.


Total share interests following this
information:


Beneficially Owned (including self,     3,197*
connected persons and Share Incentive
Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)

                                        * Aggregate holding misstated in
                                        previous announcements

Beneficial interest in shares held for  5,470
director by Trustee of Employee Benefit
Trust


Deemed beneficial interest in shares    1,770,203
held for company by Trustee of Employee
Benefit Trust


Total percentage of issued class        0.2695% (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                        Robert Burgess

Type of Transaction                     Increase in beneficial interest
                                        following purchase of shares (within
                                        Share Incentive Plan pursuant to regular
                                        standing instruction).


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                        38

Price per share                         £3.323

Date and place of transaction           05 October 2010. UK.


Date Company Notified                   05 October 2010.


Total share interests following this
information:


Beneficially Owned (including self,     27,392
connected persons and Share Incentive
Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)


Beneficial interest in shares held for  25,910
director by Trustee of Employee Benefit
Trust


Deemed beneficial interest in shares    1,770,203
held for company by Trustee of Employee
Benefit Trust


Total percentage of issued class        0.2758% (all interests)

This notification does not relate to dealings by persons otherwise connected
with the named director.






Name of contact                         Catherine Thearle


Telephone Number                        [phone]


Date of notification                    05 October 2010




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