Alliance Trust PLC : Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		The Alliance Trust PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			Yes
Other (please specify):			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P (for itself and related general partners and investment managers)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Elliott International, L.P, Liverpool Ltd Partnership, Elliott Associates L.P
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	15th February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17th February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	20%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B11V7W98

52,881,891

11.0829%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

CFD over Ordinary Shares
GB00B11V7W98

42,596,685

8.9274%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

95,478,576

20.0103%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	The increase in percentage shareholding notified in this form is a result of the Alliance Trust's acquisition of its own shares as announced in its RNS of 16th February 2017 reducing the number of outstanding shares of the company
14. Contact name:	Michael Cross
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 009 1305

George Renouf
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: 0131 322 3357