Holding(s) in Company

TR-1:  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.  IDENTITY OF THE ISSUER OR THE UNDERLYING ISSUER OF EXISTING SHARES TO 
    WHICH VOTING RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED:

    Alliance Trust PLC

2.  REASON FOR NOTIFICATION:
    a) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

    YES

    b) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
       in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights 
       are attached

    N/A

    c) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
    
    N/A

    d) other
    
    N/A

3.  FULL NAME OF PERSON(S) SUBJECT TO THE NOTIFICATION OBLIGATION:

    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4.  FULL NAME OF SHAREHOLDER(S) (if different from 3):

    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5.  DATE OF THE TRANSACTION AND DATE ON WHICH THE THRESHOLD IS CROSSED OR 
    REACHED:

    17 October 2007

6.  DATE ON WHICH ISSUER NOTIFIED:

    31 October 2007

7.  THRESHOLD(S) THAT IS/ARE CROSSED OR REACHED:

    4%

8.  NOTIFIED DETAILS:

A:  VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES

CLASS/TYPE OF SHARES (ISIN Code):       2.5p Ordinary Shares (GB00B11V7W98)

SITUATION PREVIOUS TO THE TRIGGERING TRANSACTION:

- NUMBER OF SHARES:                     23,129,040
- NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS:              23,129,040

RESULTING SITUATION AFTER THE TRIGGERING TRANSACTION:
- NUMBER OF SHARES (DIRECT):            27,155,896
- NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS (DIRECT):     27,155,896

- NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS (INDIRECT):

- % OF VOTING RIGHTS (DIRECT):          4.04

- % OF VOTING RIGHTS (INDIRECT):        N/A

B:  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

RESULTING SITUATION AFTER THE 
TRIGGERING TRANSACTION:                 N/A

- TYPE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT:         N/A

- EXPIRATION DATE:                      N/A

- EXERCISE/CONVERSION PERIOD/DATE:      N/A

- NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS THAT MAY 
  BE ACQUIRED IF THE INSTRUMENT IS 
  EXERCISED/ CONVERTED:                 N/A

- % OF VOTING RIGHTS:                   N/A

TOTAL (A+B)

- NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS:              27,155,896
- % OF VOTING RIGHTS:                   4.04


9.  CHAIN OF CONTROLLED UNDERTAKINGS THROUGH WHICH THE VOTING RIGHTS AND/OR THE 
    FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS ARE EFFECTIVELY HELD, IF APPLICABLE:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

                Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) 
                (27,155,896 - 4.04% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)      Legal & General Insurance Holdings 
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (23,924,333 - 3.56% = PMC)  Limited (Direct) (LGIH) 

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)       Legal & General Assurance Society 
Limited  (PMC) (23,924,333 - 3.56% = PMC)             Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)

                                                      Legal & General Pensions Limited 
                                                      (Direct)  (LGPL)

PROXY VOTING:
10.  NAME OF THE PROXY HOLDER:

        N/A

11.  NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS PROXY HOLDER WILL CEASE TO HOLD:

        N/A

12.  DATE ON WHICH PROXY HOLDER WILL CEASE TO HOLD VOTING RIGHTS:

        N/A

13.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

        Notification using the total voting rights figure of 671,909,760

        Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large number of 
        disclosures required following a substantial amount of new business which 
        has come to the Legal & General Group Plc in the form of an in-specie transfer.

14.  CONTACT NAME:

        Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15.  CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER:

        020 3124 3851

16. IDENTITY OF ISSUER

FULL NAME:        Alliance Trust PLC

CONTACT NAME:     Mr Ian Anderson

CONTACT ADDRESS:  Meadow House, 64 Reform Street, Dundee, DD1 1TJ

PHONE NUMBER:     [phone]