Dignity PLC Notification of Major Holdings (8592E)

TIDMDTY

RNS Number : 8592E

Dignity PLC

14 February 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                         Dignity PLC 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached: 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                              X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify): 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation 
 Name                                             OppenheimerFunds, Inc. 
 City and country of registered                   225 Liberty Street, New York, 
  office (if applicable)                           New York, 10281, United States 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                   09 February 2018 
  was crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                 13 February 2018 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                              % of voting           % of voting        Total of      Total number 
                            rights attached       rights through       both in %      of voting 
                               to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)     rights of 
                               (total of            instruments                       issuer 
                                 8. A)               (total of 
                                                    8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                        2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                     2.86%                                  2.86%         49,931,901 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                    9.13%                                  9.13% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation 
  on the date on which the threshold was crossed 
  or reached 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type        Number of voting                % of voting rights 
  of                rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                      Direct         Indirect         Direct         Indirect 
                     (Art 9 of       (Art 10 of      (Art 9 of       (Art 10 of 
                     Directive       Directive       Directive       Directive 
                    2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC) 
                      (DTR5.1)       (DTR5.2.1)       (DTR5.1)       (DTR5.2.1) 
----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  -------------- 
 GB00BRB37M78                      2.86%                           2.86% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                         2.86%                           2.86% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting        % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion    rights that             rights 
                                   Period        may be acquired 
                                                 if the instrument 
                                                 is 
                                                 exercised/converted. 
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                                  SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                   B 1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
  effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 
  2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/     Physical      Number       % of voting 
  financial     date         Conversion    or cash       of voting    rights 
  instrument                 Period        settlement    rights 
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                                          SUBTOTAL 
                                           8.B.2 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation                        X 
  is not controlled by any natural person or 
  legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly 
  an interest in the (underlying) issuer 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through 
  which the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held 
  starting with the ultimate controlling natural 
  person or legal entity (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
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  Name         % of voting             % of voting             Total of both 
               rights if it           rights through            if it equals 
               equals or is        financial instruments        or is higher 
                higher than            if it equals          than the notifiable 
              the notifiable           or is higher               threshold 
                 threshold          than the notifiable 
                                         threshold 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be 
  held 
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 11. Additional information 
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 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") is a registered 
  investment advisor with the U.S. SEC. Its ultimate 
  parent company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 
  Company, qualifies for disaggregation under FSA 
  regulations. The shares of the issuer are held 
  by investment accounts managed by OFI and its wholly 
  owned subsidiary, OFI Global Institutional, Inc. 
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 Place of completion   225 Liberty Street, New York, New York, 
                        10281, United States 
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 Date of completion    13 February 2018 
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