Director/PDMR Shareholding

Announcement of Director's interests in securities by Alliance Trust PLC


Director's interests in securities




Name of      Alliance Trust PLC
Company

Name of      Katherine Garrett-Cox
Director

Type of      Increase in beneficial interest following purchase of shares (within Select SIPP pursuant to regular
Transaction  standing instruction).


Reason for   A transaction required to be notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1) (a)
Notification

Class of     Ordinary 2.5p shares
Security

Name of      Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Limited
registered
holder

Number of    159
shares

Price per    £3.087
share

Date and     25 May 2010. UK.
place of
transaction

Date Company 26 May 2010.
Notified

Total share
interests
following
this
information:


Beneficially 85,561
Owned
(including
self,
connected
persons and
Share
Incentive
Plan
excluding
Employee
Benefit
Trust)


Beneficial   177,668
interest in
shares held
for director
by Trustee
of Employee
Benefit
Trust


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


Total        0.3048% (all interests)
percentage
of issued
class

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


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Name of      Ian Anderson
contact


Telephone    [phone]
Number


Date of      27 May 2010
notification







[HUG#1419462]