Listing Rule 15.5.1(4)

1 August 2011

 ALLIANCE TRUST PLC - ('the Company')

Transactions in a close period Listing Rule 15.5.1(4)

The Company is satisfied that all inside information which the Company and its
Directors may have in the period leading up to the announcement of its half
yearly results has been notified to a Regulated Information Service and that the
Company is thereby exempted from the provisions of the Model Code in relation to
close periods for any purchases by the Company of its own securities.

Enquiries:

Donald McPherson
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: [phone]










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