04/11/2009
Notifications 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: | Montanaro Group |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 2nd November 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4th November 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 4% |
| 8: Notified Details | |
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| GB00B14W3659 | 2,392,273 | 2,392,273 | 2,592,273 | 2,592,273 | 4.07% | ||
| B: 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. | Percentage of voting rights | |||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 2,592,273 | 4.07% |
| 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: | |
| 14. Contact name: | Matthew Francis, Montanaro |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7448 8600 |
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
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| Full name (including legal form of legal entities) |
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| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) |
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| Phone number & email | |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) |
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
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| Full name | |
| Contact address | |
| Phone number & email | |
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) |
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| C: Additional information | |
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