Alliance Trust PLC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons

The following Director has purchased ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in Alliance Trust PLC as detailed below.

Director	Purchase date	Number of shares purchased	Price paid per share (£)	Resultant interest in shares
Chris Samuel	26.04.18	20	7.155	20,246

The following notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further detail.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
Name	Chris Samuel
Reason for notification
Position/Status	Non-Executive Director
Initial notification/Amendment	Increase in beneficial interest following purchase of shares (within Investment Dealing Account).
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Name	Alliance Trust PLC
LEI	213800SZZD4E2IOZ9W55
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 2.5 pence each in Alliance Trust PLC
Identification code	Identification code for Alliance Trust PLC shares: GB00B11V7W98
Nature of transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
	£7.155	20
Aggregated Information Aggregated volume Price	Not applicable - Single transaction
Date of transaction	26 April 2018
Place of transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)