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Posted On: 12/28/2016 2:15:18 AM

Posted By: News Desk 2018

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	21st December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23rd December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	19%

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

10.6868%

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

42,246,685

8.5375%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

95,128,576

19.2243%

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:
14. Contact name:	Michael Cross
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 009 1305