Holding(s) in Company

Dignity PLC
25 April 2005


For Immediate Release                                           25th April 2005

                                  Dignity plc

                                  ('Company')

                            Section 198 Notification

The Company was notified on 25th April 2005 pursuant to section 198 of the
Companies Act 1985 ('Act') of the following interests in the Company's ordinary
shares ('Shares'):

•    By Standard Life Investments that it had on 22nd April 2005 an
     existing interest pursuant to s.198 of the Act in 2,415,957 of the 
     Company's Shares representing 3.02% of the issued share capital of the 
     Company.


For further enquiries please contact:


Richard Portman
Company Secretary
Dignity plc                          [phone]





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