Notice of Major Interest

RNS Number : 8606P
Dignity PLC
31 March 2009
 




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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issues 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:

Lloyds Banking Group plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different
from 3.):

See Section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or

reached:

30 March 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

31 March 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:

Increase to above 9% (Direct/Indirect)

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ord 9p

5,611,990

5,611,990

412,054

412,054

5,436,736

0.65%

8.53%

GB00B14W3659



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

N/A



Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

5,848,790

9.18%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

3,979,895 (6.24%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).

1,610,316 shares (2.53%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).


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

63,737,617

14. Contact name:

Kenny Melville

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 243 8671





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