Notice of Major Interest in S

RNS Number : 8777I

Dignity PLC

25 November 2008

 



TR-1:   notification 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 the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Deutsche Bank AG   Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	21/11/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24/11/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B14W3659	3,325,096	3,325,096	3,102,124	3,102,124		4.89%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
3,102,124	4.89%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	David Lindsay\Andrew Anderson
15. Contact telephone number:	+00 44 207 545 8533\8532

 

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