Dignity PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (6923T)

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RNS Number : 6923T

Dignity PLC

21 July 2015

 
 For filings with the FCA include the 
  annex 
 For filings with issuer exclude the 
  annex 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                          Dignity PLC 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                 X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying 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. Full name of person(s) subject             Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or 
  to the                                        acting for its affiliates) as discretionary 
  notification obligation:                      investment manager on behalf of multiple 
                                                managed portfolios 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                               N/a 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                 20 July 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                   21 July 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                                                                                     5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering                    transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number          Number               Number         Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                  of              of                   of shares      rights 
                  Shares          Voting 
                                  Rights 
--------------  --------------  -------------------  -------------  -----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                      Direct                      Indirect                  Indirect 
--------------    -----  -----  -------  ------      -------------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
  GB00BRB37M78   2,638,064       2,566,053            2,507,502                   2,435,491                 4.93% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration      Exercise/                       Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument               date            Conversion Period               rights that may           rights 
                                                                           be 
                                                                           acquired if the 
                                                                           instrument is 
                                                                           exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Exercise      Expiration       Exercise/          Number of voting           % of voting rights 
 financial          price         date             Conversion         rights instrument 
 instrument                                        period             refers to 
----------------  ------------  ---------------  -----------------  -------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                Nominal     Delta 
----------------  ------------  ---------------  -----------------  -------------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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 2,435,491                                                         4.93% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name: 
                                                                     Ben Van Loon 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                       01224 404090 
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