Alliance Trust PLC : Result of AGM

Alliance Trust PLC

Annual General Meeting

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 3 May 2013, Karin Forseke, Katherine Garrett-Cox, John Hylands and Alan Trotter  were re-elected as directors and Alastair Kerr, Susan Noble and Win Robbins were elected as directors.

Karin Forseke, Chair of Alliance Trust commented:

"I would like to thank all of our shareholders who took the time to vote and also those who joined us at the Trust's 125^th Annual General Meeting in Dundee this morning.  Over the last year, Katherine Garrett-Cox and her team have accomplished an enormous amount.  The business is now well positioned to capitalise on these changes and continues to focus on delivering improved performance for its shareholders."

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were carried on a poll. Votes received were:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Percentage of issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1	Report & Accounts	212,345,005	99.20	1,715,291	0.80	38.12	253,519
2	Directors' remuneration	203,371,466	95.68	9,190,911	4.32	37.85	1,749,691
3	Re-election of Mrs Karin Forseke	211,249,875	99.11	1,888,243	0.89	37.95	1,213,238
4	Re-election of Mrs Katherine Garrett-Cox	210,260,587	98.49	3,229,544	1.51	38.02	772,794
5	Re-election of  Mr John Hylands	211,720,254	99.38	1,324,985	0.62	37.94	1,283,090
6	Election of  Mr Alastair Kerr	211,049,124	99.11	1,905,884	0.89	37.92	1,271,568
7	Election of Mrs Susan Noble	211,230,479	99.16	1,780,527	0.84	37.93	1,299,911
8	Election of Ms Win Robbins	210,913,427	99.04	2,038,037	0.96	37.92	1,360,606
9	Re-election of Mr Alan Trotter	211,728,448	99.36	1,355,147	0.64	37.94	1,198,699
10	Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditor	210,738,572	98.83	2,504,092	1.17	37.97	1,061,564
11	Remuneration of the Auditor	212,287,876	99.48	1,108,237	0.52	38.00	914,627
12	Authority to purchase Company shares	211,383,428	98.86	2,428,734	1.14	38.07	550,513
13	Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice	206,093,772	96.42	7,652,403	3.58	38.06	614,387

NOTES

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of resolutions 12 and 13, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Evan Bruce-Gardyne
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: [phone] or 07501 500 243

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