13 April 2017

Alliance Trust PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Board of Alliance Trust PLC ('the Company') announces that on 12 April 2017 the Company purchased for cancellation 226,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each at a price of 686.3121p per share.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 360,870,511.

The above figure (360,870,511) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

George Renouf
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: 01382 321000


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