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 Share Incentive Plan pursuant to
Transaction  regular 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    39
shares

Price per    £3.214
share

Date and     03 August 2010. UK.
place of
transaction

Date Company 03 August 2010.
Notified

Total share
interests
following
this
information:


Beneficially 218,142*
Owned
(including
self,
connected
persons and
Share
Incentive
Plan
excluding
Employee
Benefit
Trust)
*this figure
has
increased by
125,130 as
shares have
been
transferred
from those
which were
held for the
Director in
the Employee
Benefit
Trust.


Beneficial     52,538**
interest in
shares held
for director
by Trustee
of Employee
Benefit
Trust
**this
figure has
decreased by
125,130 as
shares have
been
transferred
to a share
dealing
account in
the name of
the Director


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


Total        0.3060% (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       Alan Trotter
Director

Type of       Increase in beneficial interest following purchase of shares (within Share Incentive Plan pursuant to
Transaction   regular 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     39
shares

Price per     £3.214
share

Date and      03 August 2010. UK.
place of
transaction

Date Company  03 August 2010
Notified

Total share
interests
following
this
information:


Beneficially  6,120
Owned
(including
self,
connected
persons and
Share
Incentive
Plan
excluding
Employee
Benefit
Trust)


Beneficial    5,470
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         0.2652% (all interests)
percentage of
issued class



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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 Share Incentive Plan pursuant to
Transaction  regular 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    39
shares

Price per    £3.214
share

Date and     03 August 2010. UK.
place of
transaction

Date Company 03 August 2010.
Notified

Total share
interests
following
this
information:


Beneficially 22,807
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        0.2727% (all interests)
percentage
of issued
class



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Name of      Ian Anderson
contact


Telephone    [phone]
Number


Date of      03 August 2010
notification





[HUG#1435617]








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