Notice of Major Interest

Dignity PLC
21 April 2008



TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |          Dignity Plc          |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting    |                               |
|rights are attached:                         |                               |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                      |Yes        |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may    |           |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which      |           |
|voting rights are attached                                       |           |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                 |           |
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|Other (please specify):______________                            |           |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the     |   Legal & General Group Plc   |
|notification obligation:                     |            (Group)            |
|                                             |                               |
|                                             |  Legal & General Investment   |
|                                             |   Management Limited (LGIM)   |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |   Legal & General Assurance   |
|from 3.):                                    | (Pensions Management) Limited |
|                                             |             (PMC)             |
|                                             |                               |
|                                             |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)|
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which|         16 April 2008         |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if       |                               |
|different):                                  |                               |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:            |         18 April 2008         |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or       |       Above 5% (Group)        |
|reached:                                     |                               |
|                                             |        Above 5% (LGIM)        |
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|8. Notified details:                                                         |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                             |
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|Class/   |Situation        |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|type of  |previous to the  |                                                    |
|shares   |Triggering       |                                                    |
|         |transaction      |                                                    |
|if       +--------+--------+---------+---------------------+--------------------+
|possible |Number  |Number  |Number of|Number of voting     |% of voting rights  |
|using the|of      |of      |shares   |rights               |                    |
|ISIN CODE|Shares  |Voting  |         +----------+----------+---------+----------+
|         |        |Rights  |         |Direct    |Indirect  |Direct   |Indirect  |
+---------+--------+--------+---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|ORD      |Below 5%         |3,274,353|3,079,813 |194,540   |4.869    |0.307     |
|         |                 |         |          |          |         |          |
|GBP0.09  |                 |         |          |          |         |          |
+---------+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date              |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
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|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|              3,274,353              |                 5.17                  |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)                              |
|(Group) (3,274,353 -5.17% = Total Position)                                  |
|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                             |
|Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (3,274,353                             |
|-5.17% = Total Position)                                                     |
|Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                |
|(Indirect) (LGIM) (3,274,353 -5.17% = Total                                  |
|Position)                                                                    |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (3,079,813 - 4.86 % = LGAS, LGPL & |
|                                    PMC)                                     |
|Legal & General Investment Management   Legal & General Insurance Holdings   |
|(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (  Limited (Direct) (LGIH)              |
|2,571,034 - 4.06 % = PMC)                                                    |
|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions     Legal & General Assurance Society    |
|Management) Limited (PMC) (2,571,034 -  Limited (LGAS & LGPL)                |
|4.06 % = PMC)                                                                |
|                                        Legal & General Pensions Limited     |
|                                        (Direct) (LGPL)                      |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |            N/A             |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |            N/A             |
|cease to hold:                                  |                            |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |            N/A             |
|hold voting rights:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:     | Notification using the total voting rights |
|                                |            figure of 63,240,971            |
|                                |                                            |
|                                |                                            |
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|14. Contact name:               |             Helen Lewis (LGIM)             |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |               020 3124 3851                |
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