DTY.L Regulatory News (DTY)

28 Dec 2007 14:36

Dignity PLC28 December 2007 For Immediate Release 28 December 2007 Dignity Plc TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlyingissuer of existing shares to which votingrights are attached: Dignity Plc 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may resultin the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rightsare attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): Lloyds TSB Group Plc 3. Full name of person(s)subject to notificationobligation: Boltro Nominees Ltd 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd(if different from 3): State Street Nominees Ltd 27th December 2007 5. Date of transaction (anddate on which the threshold iscrossed or reached ifdifferent): 28th December 2007 6. Date on which issuernotified: Reached 9% 7. Threshold(s) that is/arecrossed or reached: 8: Notified DetailsA: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transactionof shares to the triggering transaction If Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage of votingpossible shares voting shares rights rightsuse ISIN rightscode Direct Indirect Direct Indirect B14W365 5,668,045 5,668,045 5,692,611 5,692,611 9.001 ORD GBP0.09 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration date Exercise/ No. of voting Percentage offinancial conversion rights that may voting rightsinstrument period/date be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted) Total (A+B) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 5,692,611 9.001 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /orthe financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 2,284 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary ofLloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 6,764 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSBGroup Plc. 5,683,563 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under thecontrol of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a whollyowned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary ofLloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: 11. Number of voting rights proxyholder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder willcease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: 14 Contact name: Central Disclosure Unit 15. Contact telephone name: +44 (0) 1444 418127 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Annex: Notification of major interests in shares |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligationFull name Lloyds TSB Group Plc (including legal form of legalentities) Contact address Henry Duncan House 120 George Street(registered office for legal entities) Edinburgh EH2 4LH Phone number & email +44 (0) 131 225 4555 Other useful information (at least legal representative forlegal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicableFull name Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit Contact address 2nd Floor 31/33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SPPhone number & email +44 (0) 1444 418127 GrpOps_CDU@LloydsTSB.co.ukOther useful information (e.g. functional relationship with theperson or legal entity subject to thenotification obligation) C: Additional information This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange