21/12/2009
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 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: | 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: | 17 December 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 18 December 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | L&G (From 4% to 3%) |
| 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 | ||||
| Ordinary 9p | 2,799,205 (As on 04/11/2009) |
2,545,764 | 2,545,764 | 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 voting rights | |||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
|---|---|
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 2,545,764 | 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) ( 2,545,764 – 3.99%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC) | |
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 2,113,808 – 3.31%= PMC) | Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) |
| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) ( 2,113,808 – 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 |