Director/PDMR Shareholding

Announcement of Director's interests in securities by Alliance Trust PLC


Director's interests in securities




Name of       Alliance Trust PLC
Company

Name of       Katherine Garrett-Cox
Director

Type of       Increase in beneficial interest following purchase of shares (within Select SIPP pursuant to regular
Transaction   standing instruction).


Reason for    A transaction required to be notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1) (a)
Notification

Class of      Ordinary 2.5p shares
Security

Name of       Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Limited
registered
holder

Number of     2,068
shares

Price per     £3.667
share

Date and      10 December 2010. UK.
place of
transaction

Date Company  13 December 2010.
Notified

Total share
interests
following
this
information:


Beneficially  232,683
Owned
(including
self,
connected
persons and
Share
Incentive
Plan
excluding
Employee
Benefit
Trust)


Beneficial     52,538
interest in
shares held
for director
by Trustee of
Employee
Benefit Trust


Deemed        1,770,203
beneficial
interest in
shares held
for company
by Trustee of
Employee
Benefit Trust


Total         0.3109% (all interests)
percentage of
issued class

This notification does not relate to dealings by persons otherwise connected with the named director.


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Announcement of Director's interests in securities by Alliance Trust PLC


Director's
interests in
securities




Name of      Alliance Trust PLC
Company

Name of      Robert Burgess
Director

Type of      Increase in beneficial interest following purchase of shares (within Select SIPP pursuant to regular
Transaction  standing instruction).


Reason for   A transaction required to be notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1) (a)
Notification

Class of     Ordinary 2.5p shares
Security

Name of      Alliance Trust Savings Nominees Limited
registered
holder

Number of    1,279
shares

Price per    £3.667
share

Date and     10 December 2010. UK.
place of
transaction

Date Company 13 December 2010.
Notified

Total share
interests
following
this
information:


Beneficially 30,145
Owned
(including
self,
connected
persons and
Share
Incentive
Plan
excluding
Employee
Benefit
Trust)


Beneficial   25,910
interest in
shares held
for director
by Trustee
of Employee
Benefit
Trust


Deemed       1,770,203
beneficial
interest in
shares held
for company
by Trustee
of Employee
Benefit
Trust


Total        0.2763% (all interests)
percentage
of issued
class

This notification does not relate to dealings by persons otherwise connected with the named director.


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Name of      Ian Anderson
contact


Telephone    [phone]
Number


Date of      13 December 2010
notification











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