Alliance Trust PLC : 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 partnership shares and award of matching shares (within AESOP pursuant to regular standing instruction).   In addition to the shares notified below a total of 59 shares were acquired by the Director in the period September 2013 to December 2014 which have not been previously disclosed. All shares were purchased in accordance with standing instructions and were not disclosed due to administrative error by the Company.
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	26 Partnership Shares   4 Matching Shares
Price per share	£4.725
Date and place of transaction	07 January 2015. UK.
Date Company Notified	07 January 2015.
Total share interests following this information:
Beneficially Owned (including self, connected persons and Share Incentive Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)	450,071
Beneficial interest in shares held for director by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	155,981
Deemed beneficial interest in shares held for company by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	1,131,837
Total percentage of issued class	0.3141% (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 partnership shares and award of matching shares (within AESOP pursuant to regular standing instruction).   In addition to the shares notified below a total of 46 shares were acquired by the Director in the period September 2013 to December 2014 which have not been previously disclosed. All shares were purchased in accordance with standing instructions and were not disclosed due to administrative error by the Company.
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	26 Partnership Shares   4 Matching Shares
Price per share	£4.725
Date and place of transaction	07 January 2015. UK.
Date Company Notified	07 January 2015.
Total share interests following this information:
Beneficially Owned (including self, connected persons and Share Incentive Plan excluding Employee Benefit Trust)	92,317
Beneficial interest in shares held for director by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	29,608
Deemed beneficial interest in shares held for Company by Trustee of Employee Benefit Trust	1,131,837
Total percentage of issued class	0.2266% (all interests)
This notification does not relate to dealings by persons otherwise connected with the named director.
Name of contact	Ian Anderson
Telephone Number	[phone]
Date of notification	07 January 2015

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Source: Alliance Trust PLC via Globenewswire

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