Alliance Trust PLC Alliance Trust Plc : Holding(s) In Company

 
TIDMATST 
 
 
 
 
For filings with the FSA include the annex 
For filings with issuer exclude the annex 
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
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                       Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P (for itself and related 
 notification obligation: (iii)                                       general partners and investment managers) 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                 Elliott International, L.P, Liverpool Ltd Partnership, 
 (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                   Elliott Associates L.P 
5. Date of the transaction and date on 
 which the threshold is crossed or 
 reached: (v)                                                                    15th February 2017 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                17th February 2017 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 
 reached: (vi, vii)                                                                     20% 
 
 
 
 
8. Notified details: 
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
Class/type of 
 shares                   Situation previous 
 if possible using         to the triggering 
 the ISIN CODE             transaction                        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                            Number 
                          Number             of 
                           of                Voting           Number                        Number of voting 
                           Shares            Rights            of shares                     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                                        11.0829% 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                                                                              Number of voting 
                                                                                               rights that may be 
                                                                                               acquired if the 
Type of financial             Expiration      Exercise/                                        instrument is                                      % of voting 
 instrument                    date (xiii)     Conversion Period (xiv)                         exercised/ converted.                               rights 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
 to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
Type of financial                           Expiration      Exercise/ Conversion 
 instrument                 Exercise price  date (xvii)     period (xviii)                  Number of voting rights instrument refers to        % of voting rights (xix, xx) 
                                                                                                                                                Nominal             Delta 
 
CFD over Ordinary Shares 
 GB00B11V7W98                                                                               42,596,685                                          8.9274% 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
95,478,576                                                      20.0103% 
 
 
 
 
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: 
 
                                                       The increase in percentage shareholding notified in this 
                                                       form is a result of the Alliance Trust's acquisition of 
                                                       its own shares as announced in its RNS of 16th February 
                                                        2017 reducing the number of outstanding shares of the 
 13. Additional information:                                                   company 
14. Contact name:                                                           Michael Cross 
15. Contact telephone number:                                               0203 009 1305 
 
   George Renouf 
 
   Alliance Trust PLC 
 
   Telephone: [phone] 
 
   This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf 
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Alliance Trust PLC via Globenewswire 
 
 
  http://www.alliancetrusts.com 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 17, 2017 10:54 ET (15:54 GMT)

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