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Alliance Trust PLC announces the declaration of a fourth interim dividend of 2.075 pence per share payable on 1 April 2010 to shareholders on the register on 5 March 2010. The ex-dividend date is 3 March 2010.

Taken together with the three previous interim dividends, each of 2.025 pence, the total dividend payable for the year ended 31 January 2010 will therefore be 8.15 pence per share, up from 8.0 pence per share (excluding the special dividend paid in July 2009) for the year ended 31 January 2009.

Rather than paying this dividend on 30 April 2010, as previously indicated, we have decided to accelerate payment to 1 April. The Board believes that this is in shareholders' interests and that most if not all shareholders will appreciate receiving this payment a little earlier than originally indicated.

If you have asked for dividends on your Alliance Trust shares to be paid into your bank account we will do so on 1st April. If you normally receive a cheque we will post it to you in time to arrive on the same date. We will also send you a tax voucher confirming the details of the payment which you should keep to help you to fill in your tax return.

We have a progressive dividend policy and from June 2006 the company has adopted a quarterly dividend policy, which means shareholders receive income faster and more regularly.

Under normal circumstances the first three quarterly dividends of each financial year will be the same and we will indicate their level in advance. This year (2009/10) we have indicated that the first three dividends will be 2.025p and a final dividend of 2.075p.

The Directors will use the fourth quarterly dividend as an opportunity to increase the total dividend payable for that financial year.

* Payable on or around given date.

View Alliance Trust PLC and The Second Alliance Trust PLC dividend payments from 1990 to date here.