Alliance Trust PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Alliance Trust PLC ("the Company") announces that on 31 December 2013 the Company purchased for cancellation 125,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each at an average price of 450.1p per share.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 560,094,146.

The above figure (560,094,146) 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:

Evan Bruce-Gardyne
Alliance Trust PLC



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