TR-1 Notification of Shares

Dignity PLC
07 March 2007


 

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

......Dignity plc...........

 

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate 
bracket/s):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )

 

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) : ( )

...Recalculation due to implementation of DTR 5..............

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

...Morgan Stanley Securities Limited..............

 

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 if different) (v):

.................

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

.................

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

.........5%........

 

8. Notified details:

.................

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares       Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)     
if possible using the                                 
ISIN CODE                                                             
                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights (viii)
                                                             
Ordinary Shares                                                       
GB00B14W3659                                                          

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of shares  Number of shares  Number of voting rights (ix)  % of voting rights  
if possible using                                                                 
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                      Direct            Direct (x)  Indirect (xi)     Direct    Indirect  
                      2,529,530         2,259,530                     4.06%               

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion  Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)   rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                        acquired if the                      
                                                  instrument is                        
                                                  exercised/                           
                                                  converted.                           
                                                                                      

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights            % of voting rights 
                                  
                                   4.06%              

 

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

......N/A.............

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

...... N/A ...........

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

...... N/A ...........

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

...... N/A ...........

13. Additional information:

Please note that there has been no change in Morgan Stanley's disclosable
interest since the previous Disclosure. This disclosure has been restated due to
the implementation of the Transparency Directive. Please feel free to contact me
if you have any questions.

14. Contact name:

Gemma Ozbek.................

15. Contact telephone number:

...020 7677 2449..............



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