Holding(s) in Company

Dignity PLC
18 January 2005


For Immediate Release                                    18 January 2005



                                  Dignity plc

                                  ('Company')

                            Section 198 Notification

The Company was notified on 18th January 2005 pursuant to section 198 of the
Companies Act 1985 ('Act') of the following interests in the Company's ordinary
shares ('Shares'):

•       By Legal and General Investment Management Ltd (a subsidiary of Legal
and General plc) that it had on 14th January 2005 an existing interest pursuant
to s.198 of the Act in 2,429,363 of the Company's Shares representing 3.04% of
the issued share capital of the Company.



For further enquiries please contact:



Dignity plc                                          [phone]
Richard Portman
Company Secretary






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