18 July 2017

Alliance Trust PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Board of Alliance Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that on 17 July 2017 the Company purchased for cancellation 89,391 ordinary shares of 2.5p each at a price of 711.7874p per share.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 352,718,857.

The above figure (352,718,857) 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:

Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: 01382 321010

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Source: Alliance Trust PLC via GlobeNewswire
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