Holding(s) in Company

Dignity PLC
30 November 2004


For Immediate Release                                        30th November 2004


                                  Dignity plc

                                  ('Company')

                            Section 198 Notification


The Company was notified on 30th November 2004 pursuant to section 198 of the
Companies Act 1985 ('Act') of the following interests in the Company's ordinary
shares ('Shares'):


• by Scottish Widows Investment
  Partnership Ltd (a subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group plc) that it had on 26th
  November 2004 an existing interest pursuant to s.198 of the Act in 3,725,642 
  of the Company's shares representing 4.66% of the issued share capital of the
  Company.


For further enquiries please contact:

Richard Portman
Company Secretary
Dignity plc                           [phone]









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