Holding(s) in Company

Dignity PLC
08 April 2004

Dignity plc ('Company') 8 April 2004

Section 198 Notification

The Company was notified pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985
('Act') of the following interests in the Company's ordinary shares ('Shares'):

1.     by SCI International Limited that it had on 8 April 2004 an
existing interest pursuant to s.198 of the Act in 2,969,041 of the Company's
Shares representing 3.71% of the issued share capital of the Company; and

2.     by Montagu Private Equity Limited that its direct and indirect 
subsidiaries (which for these purposes means MPE G.P. Limited (t/a HIBL
European LP) and HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited) and certain
individuals had on 8 April 2004 an existing interest in 9,035,578 of the
Company's Shares representing 11.29% of the issued share capital of the Company.
The holding is registered as follows:

Registered in the names of:

MPE G.P. Limited (t/a HIBL European LP) 128,951 Shares, HSBC Global Custody
Nominee (UK) Limited 8,883,415 Shares, Peter Kroha 4,218 Shares, Mathieu Jacques
Guillemin 4,218 Shares and Maximilian Von Drechsel 14,776 Shares.

3.    by Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of Aviva plc) that it had 
on 6 April 2004 an existing interest pursuant to s.198 of the Act in 4,903,724 
of the Company's Shares representing 6.13% of the issued share
capital of the Company; and

4.    by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd (a subsidiary of Lloyds TSB 
Group plc) that it had on 5 April 2004 an existing interest pursuant to s.198 of 
the Act in 2,719,300 of the Company's shares representing 3.40% of the issued 
share capital of the Company.



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