20 August 2018 

Alliance Trust PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES 

The Board of Alliance Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that on 17 August 2018 the Company purchased for cancellation 42,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each at a price of 771.9684p per share. 

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 338,841,120.
   
The above figure (338,841,120) 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