Transaction in Own Shares

10 March 2010

Alliance Trust PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Board of Alliance Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that on 10 March 2010
the Company purchased for cancellation 6,000,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each
at a price of 327.7p per share.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 661,059,760.

The above figure (661,059,760) may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Evan Bruce-Gardyne
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: [phone]

Conor McClafferty
Finsbury Group
Telephone: [phone]