Major Interest in Shares

23rd Apr 2008 14:29

Dignity PLC23 April 2008 Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007 +----------------------------------------+|For filings with the FSA include the ||annex || ||For filings with issuer exclude the ||annex |+----------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+| | Dignity Plc || | ||1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached: | |+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+| || ||2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | || | ||An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | || | ||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 | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | YES || | ||Other (please specify): Change in shares in issue | |+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------+| | Lloyds TSB Group Plc || | ||3. Full name of person(s) | ||subject to notification | ||obligation: | |+------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+| | Jersey Nominees Ltd || | ||4. Full name of shareholder(s)| Boltro Nominees Ltd ||(if different from 3): | || | Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd || | || | State Street Nominees Ltd |+------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+| | 22nd April 2008 || | ||5. Date of transaction (and | ||date on which the threshold is| ||crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+| | 23rd April 2008 || | ||6. Date on which issuer | ||notified: | |+------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+| | Fallen Below 7% || | ||7. Threshold(s) that is/are | ||crossed or reached: | |+------------------------------+----------------+--------------------+----------++------------------------------+----------------+--------------------+----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares || || |+----------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------+|Class/type|Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction||of shares |to the triggering | || |transaction | ||If +---------+---------+---------+---------------------+--------------------+|possible |Number of|Number of|Number of|Number of voting |Percentage of voting||use ISIN |shares |voting |shares |rights |rights ||code | |rights | +----------+----------+----------+---------+| | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | || | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+----------+---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------++---------+| B14W365 |4,442,212|4,442,212|4,442,212| |4,442,212 | | 6.997 || Ord | | | | | | | || GBP0.09 | | | | | | | |+----------+---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------++---------++----------+---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------++---------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments || || |+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction || || |+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+|Type of |Expiration date|Exercise/ |No. of voting |Percentage of ||financial | |conversion |rights that may |voting rights ||instrument | |period/date |be acquired (if | || | | |the instrument | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted) | |+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+| | | | | || | | | | || | | | | |+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) || || |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+| 4,442,212 | 6.997 |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|94,669 Shares are held by Jersey Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ||Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || || ||3,206 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ||Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || || ||3,649 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned ||subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB ||Group Plc. || || || ||4,340,688 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the ||control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned ||subsidiary of 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 TSB Group Plc. || || |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: || || |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|10. Name of proxy holder: | || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy | ||holder will cease to hold: | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will | ||cease to hold voting rights: | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|13. Additional information: | || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|14 Contact name: | Central Disclosure Unit || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone name: | +44 (0) 1444 418127 || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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