Alliance Trust PLC : Holding(s) in Company | For filings with the FSA include the annex | |
| For filings with issuer exclude the annex | |
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
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| 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 | Yes |
| 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 | 6th March 2017 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 8th March 2017 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | Below 14% |
| 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 | 52,881,891 | 52,881,891 | 52,881,891 | | 12.2174% | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| CFD over Ordinary Shares GB00B11V7W98 | | | | 4,405,255 | 1.0177% | |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 57,287,146 | 13.2352% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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| 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: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | The decrease in percentage shareholding notified in this form is a result of: Alliance Trust's acquisition of its own shares as announced in the RNS's of 6th and 7th March 2017 reducing the number of outstanding shares of the company. A reduction in the disclosable interest of Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P (for itself and related general partners and investment managers) as announced in the Alliance Trust RNS of 3:08pm, 6th March 2017 |
| 14. Contact name: | Michael Cross |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0203 009 1305 |
George Renouf Alliance Trust PLC Telephone: 0131 322 3357
