13/06/2012
TR-1 Notification of Major Interest 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 | |
| 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): | Change in management | 
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC | 
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | JPMorgan Chase Bank London The Bank of NY London Mellon Bank London Northern Trust Corporation London Royal Bank of Scotland State Street Bank and Trust  | 
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | June 11, 2012 | 
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | June 12, 2012 | 
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 
 Below 5%  | 
| 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 | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
Ordinary .105 GB00B4JZFN18  | 
 5,428,056  | 
 5,428,056  | 
Less than 5% | ||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||
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| 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 |  Exercise/ Conversion period  | 
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | 
 
 % of voting rights  | 
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| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
|---|---|
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | 
| 
 Less than 5%  | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |||
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| Proxy Voting: | |
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| 10. Name of the 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: | 
 
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| 14. Contact name: | Lori A. Weber Assistant Secretary, Franklin Resources, Inc.  | 
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 954-847-2283 | 
