Correction: Interim Management Statement

Alliance Trust PLC 31 May 2011 Interim Management Statement for the three months to 30 April 2011 (Correction) The announcement released this morning transposed the Share Price and NAV per share figures. The correct figures are:   30 April 2011 Share Price 381.5p NAV per share (inc income) 450.6p All other information and figures remain unchanged. The full corrected text of the announcement is as follows: Objective Alliance Trust is a self-managed investment company with investment trust status. Our objective is to be a core investment for investors seeking increasing value over the long term. We have no fixed asset allocation benchmark and we invest in a wide range of asset classes throughout the world to achieve our objective. Our focus is to generate a real return for shareholders over the medium to long term by a combination of capital growth and a rising dividend. Financial Highlights        for the 3 months to 30 April 2011   30 April 2011 % Change Total Return (%) Share Price 381.5p 4.8 5.4 NAV per share (inc income) 450.6p 2.6 2.9 Discount (inc income) 15.3% Key Information Total Assets: £3,289.7m   EPIC Code: ATST Net Assets: £2,946.3m   Year End: 31 December Total Borrowings: £343.4m   Date of Incorporation: 21 April 1888 Net gearing: 10.1%   Issued Share Capital: 655,634,760 Total Expenses Ratio (year to 31 January 2011): 0.63% Dividend of 2.141p Paid: June, September, December, March Review of the three months to 30 April 2011 During the three months to 30 April 2011, the total shareholder return was 5.4% and the NAV total return (with debt at fair value and inclusive of income) was 2.9%. The difference is accounted for by the narrowing of the discount (with debt at fair value and inclusive of accrued income) which has closed from 17.1% at the year end to 15.3% at the end of April. In the first quarter of the year, Alliance Trust bought back and cancelled 5.4m shares at a cost of £19.4m. The number of shares in issue therefore reduced to 655,634,760 at the end of April, giving the Company a market capitalisation of £2,501.2m. At the Annual General Meeting on 20 May, the Board outlined its policy on share buybacks stating that while it believes that investment performance is the key driver of the discount over the longer term it is also committed to the ongoing flexible use of share buybacks. The step-change in the Company's active use of buybacks in recent months will continue, taking into account the Company's discount relative to the peer group. This change has been demonstrated by the increase in the Trust's buyback activity - as at 25 May 2011, a further 12.7m shares have been bought back for an additional £48.3m, leaving a total of 642,902,760 shares in issue, giving Alliance Trust a market cap of £2,423.7m. In total, 2.7% of the shares have been bought back since the beginning of the financial year. Alliance Trust also announced, at the AGM, that Lesley Knox will step down as Chairman by the time of the 2012 AGM, after 10 years on the Board. The search for a replacement is already underway. The year end of the Trust will be moved to December from January, and the next period end will be for the 11 months to 31 December 2011. The year end is being changed in order to aid comparability with other Trusts. Dividend payment dates are being brought forward in line with the change of year end.  The Company has declared a first interim dividend of 2.141p per share, payable on 30 June 2011.  In the absence of any unforeseen developments the Company expects to pay further interim payments of 2.141p at the end of September and December and a fourth interim payment of at least 2.141p at the end of March 2012, making a total for the 11 months to 31 December 2011 of at least 8.56p, an increase of 2% on last year. Cumulative performance (%) +-------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |   | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |   | Months | Months | Year | Years | Years | Years | +-------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Share Price | 4.8% | 9.5% | 12.3% | 10.8% | 1.3% | 15.3% | +-------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | NAV* | 2.6% | 5.9% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 20.6% | +-------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ *NAV is calculated with debt at fair value and including accrued income, for all periods except the 10 year NAV return, which is done on an ex-income basis Source FactSet & Fundamental Data Asset Allocation (%) +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ |   | 30-Apr-11 | 31-Jan-11 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Equities | 97.5 | 98.6 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Fixed Income | 5.0 | 4.9 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Private Equity | 4.3 | 4.3 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Operating Subsidiaries | 0.8 | 0.6 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Property | 1.5 | 1.5 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Cash | 1.6 | 0.3 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Other Assets | 1.0 | 1.0 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Gross Assets | 111.7 | 111.2 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Gearing | (11.7) | (11.2) | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Net Assets (incl income) | 100.0 | 100.0 | +--------------------------+-----------+-----------+ Source: Alliance Trust Equity portfolio geographic breakdown (%) +------------------+-----------+-----------+ |   | 30-Apr-11 | 31-Jan-11 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+ | United Kingdom | 32.8 | 33.0 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+ | North America | 27.5 | 25.4 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Asia Pacific | 21.4 | 24.4 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Europe Ex UK | 15.5 | 14.2 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Emerging Markets | 2.8 | 3.0 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+ Source: Alliance Trust We continue to change the emphasis within the Asian region by reducing our exposure to Japan and emerging countries in favour of other developed Asian markets. We maintain our exposure to the UK, US and Europe. Equity portfolio sector allocation (%) +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ |   | 30-Apr-11 | 31-Jan-11 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Financials | 19.2 | 18.5 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Industrials | 18.2 | 17.6 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Oil & Gas | 13.9 | 13.9 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Consumer Goods | 11.5 | 12.3 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Basic Materials | 10.0 | 9.3 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Technology | 9.4 | 10.1 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Health Care | 8.1 | 7.8 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Consumer Services | 5.7 | 6.7 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Telecommunications | 2.1 | 2.1 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | Utilities | 1.9 | 1.7 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+ Source: Alliance Trust The largest sector exposures remain in Financials, Industrials and Oil & Gas and although we have reduced some of the cyclical exposures we maintain a bias to higher growth markets and stocks which should perform throughout the economic cycle Equity portfolio top 20 holdings +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ |Jan-11|Direction|Apr-11|Holding |% of Equity portfolio| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (1)| - |1 |Royal Dutch Shell | 2.4| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (2)| - |2 |BHP Billiton | 2.3| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (3)| - |3 |HSBC Holdings | 2.3| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (5)| Up |4 |Rio Tinto | 2.2| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (4)| Down |5 |BP | 2.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (6)| - |6 |GlaxoSmithKline | 1.7| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (8)| Up |7 |Philip Morris | 1.5| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (13)| Up |8 |Prudential | 1.3| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (10)| Up |9 |British American Tobacco | 1.2| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (7)| Down |10 |New York Community Bancorp| 1.1| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (-)| New |11 |Pearson | 1.1| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (9)| Down |12 |InterOil | 1.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (15)| Up |13 |AstraZeneca | 1.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (14)| - |14 |Canadian Pacific Railway | 1.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (18)| Up |15 |Unilever | 1.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (-)| New |16 |National Grid | 1.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (-)| New |17 |Polycom | 1.0| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (-)| New |18 |Carillion | 0.9| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (19)| - |19 |Vodafone Group | 0.9| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ | (12)| Down |20 |CNOOC | 0.9| +------+---------+------+--------------------------+---------------------+ Source: Alliance Trust For Further Information, please contact: Evan Bruce-Gardyne Head of Investor Relations, Alliance Trust PLC Tel: +44 (0)1382 321000 Email:investor@alliancetrust.co.uk Web:www.alliancetrust.co.uk James Leviton / Conor McClafferty  Finsbury Group  Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 3801  Email:alliancetrust@finsbury.com   Web: www.finsbury.com This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. 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