09/11/2010
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii | Dignity Plc |
| 2. Reason for 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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
| Other (please specify): | |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii | Lloyds Banking Group plc |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):iv | See Section 9. |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 05 November 2010 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 09 November 2010 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
Direct/Indirect holdings decreased below 6% |
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||
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| 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 xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||
|
Ord 10.5p GBN00B4JZFN18 |
3,720,351 | 3,720,351 | 352,668 | 352,668 | 2,762,315 | 0.644% | 5.045% |
| 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 voting rights | |||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Type of financial instrument |
Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights xix, xx |
|
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
|---|---|
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
|
3,114,983 |
5.689% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi |
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3,103,573 shares (5.668%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of a Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests). |
| 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 54,755,680 |
| 14. Contact name: |
Matthew Wilson |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0113 235 7729 |