DTY.L Regulatory News (DTY)

23 Apr 2007 10:50

Dignity PLC23 April 2007 TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares +---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Dignity Plc ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached(ii): | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | ||boxes): | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result| ||in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights | ||are attached | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |Legal & General Group Plc ||notification obligation(iii): | (L&G) |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Legal & General Assurance ||from 3.)(iv): |(Pensions Management) Limited || | (PMC) |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction and date on which | 18/04/2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached(v): | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 20/04/2007 |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | From 3% - 4%(L&G) ||reached: | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------++---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8. Notified details: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+----------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Class/type|Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering ||of shares |to the Triggering |transaction(1) || |transaction (1) | |+----------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|if | | ||possible +---------+---------+---------+----------------- -+--------------------+|using the |Number of|Number of|Number of|Number of voting |% of voting rights ||ISIN CODE |Shares |Voting |shares |rights ix | || | |Rights +---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+| | |viii |Direct |Direct x |Indirect |Direct |Indirect || | | | | |xi | | |+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+|Ord |2,468,046|2,468,046|2,683,915|2,683,915| |4.31 | ||GBP0.09 | | | | | | | |+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting||financial |date xiii |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights ||instrument | |Date xiv |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| 2,683,915 | 4.31 |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)(Group) || ||Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) || ||Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) || ||Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) || ||Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (2,683,915-4.31% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)||Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings ||(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) ||(2,683,915 -3.44% = PMC) ||Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society ||Management) Limited (2,683,915 -3.44% = Limited (LGAS & LGPL) ||PMC) || Legal & General Pensions Limited || (Direct) (LGPL) |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | N/A ||cease to hold: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A ||hold voting rights: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights || | figure of |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| | 51,051,086 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7528 6742 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange