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Alliance TrustAnnouncement

20/12/2016 07:10

                                                                        
  
  
  
  
  
 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 
 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 
 15th December 2016 
 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
 19th December 2016 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii 
 18%  
 
                                                                                                                            
 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

  
  
 10.3652% 
  
  
 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  
  
  
  
 39,750,917

  
 7.7915% 
 

  
  
  
  
  
 

  
  
 

  
 

  
 Total (A+B+C) 
 Number of voting rights 
 Percentage of voting rights 
 92,632,808 
 18.1567% 
 
                                           
 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 
   
Enquiries:
 
George Renouf
Alliance Trust PLC 
Telephone: 0131 322 3357
 


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Source: Alliance Trust PLC via Globenewswire