Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 0968A

Dignity PLC

01 October 2009

 



For immediate release

1 October 2009

Dignity

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Dignity
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					No
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		AEGON UK Group of Companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		30th September 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		1st October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5-4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B14W3659

3,221,384

3,221,384

3,114,884

2,648,183

466,701

4.15

0.73

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/  Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

3,114,884

4.89%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd. AEGON ICVC
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		AEGON UK Group of Companies
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		-106,500
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		5th October 2009
13. Additional information:	AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc  AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC
14. Contact name:	Miranda Beacham
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 549 3460

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)	AEGON Asset Management UK plc
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)	AEGON House,  3 Lochside Avenue,  Edinburgh Park,  Edinburgh, EH12 9SA
Phone number & email	0870 60 90 101
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Ian G Young, Company secretary, 0131 549 6398
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Miranda Beacham
Contact address	AEGON House,  3 Lochside Avenue,  Edinburgh Park,  Edinburgh, EH12 9SA
Phone number & email	0131 549 3460 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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