DIGNITY PLC

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RNS Number : 7866C

Dignity PLC

24 January 2018



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	22nd January 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24th January 2018
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		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
GB00BRB37M78	N/A			N/A			2,540,000		2,540,000		2,540,000	5.09%


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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A				Nominal		Delta
N/A			N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
2,540,000								5.09%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited serves as investment manager and/or investment adviser to various sub-accounts. The voting rights/shares in the issuer are held across 11 sub-accounts: The Phoenix UK Fund (685,710) and 10 segregated accounts (CN3Q (172,220), BGU02 (199,980), 74205 (305,470), ACE (63,200), INYK (775,700), ARR (275,910), M1 (2,610), M2 (52,680), M3 (1,300) and M4 (5,220).

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:
14. Contact name:	Carl Lunderstedt, Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	0208 600 0100

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