Major Interest In Shares

Dignity PLC 28 December 2007 For Immediate Release 28 December 2007 Dignity Plc TR-1: 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 (yes/no) 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 event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): Lloyds TSB Group Plc 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: Boltro Nominees Ltd 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd (if different from 3): State Street Nominees Ltd 27th December 2007 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 28th December 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: Reached 9% 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction of shares to the triggering transaction If Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage of voting possible shares voting shares rights rights use ISIN rights code Direct Indirect Direct Indirect B14W365 5,668,045 5,668,045 5,692,611 5,692,611 9.001 ORD GBP0.09 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration date Exercise/ No. of voting Percentage of financial conversion rights that may voting rights instrument period/date be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted) Total (A+B) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 5,692,611 9.001 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 2,284 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 6,764 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 5,683,563 Shares 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 Investment Partnership Group 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 TSB Group Plc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: 14 Contact name: Central Disclosure Unit 15. Contact telephone name: +44 (0) 1444 418127 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Annex: Notification of major interests in shares | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name Lloyds TSB Group Plc (including legal form of legal entities) Contact address Henry Duncan House 120 George Street (registered office for legal entities) Edinburgh EH2 4LH Phone number & email +44 (0) 131 225 4555 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit Contact address 2nd Floor 31/33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SP Phone number & email +44 (0) 1444 418127 GrpOps_CDU@LloydsTSB.co.uk Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) C: Additional information This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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