03/11/2009
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Dignity Plc |
| 2. Reason for notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | YES |
| 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 | |
| Other (please specify): | |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 30 October 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 02 November 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | From 4% - 3% (L&G) |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
| ORD GBP 0.09 | 2,900,968 | 2,900,968 | 2,546,865 | 2,546,865 | 3.99 | ||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
|---|---|
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 2,546,865 | 3.99 |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |
|---|---|
| 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) (2,546,865 - 3.99 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) | |
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (2,114,909 - 3.31 % = PMC) | Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) |
| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (2,114,909 - 3.31 % = PMC) | Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS &LGPL) |
| Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) | |
| Proxy Voting: | |
|---|---|
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 63,737,653 |
| 14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis (LGIM) |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 |