DIGNITY PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2013

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RNS Number : 7725K

Dignity PLC

01 August 2013


For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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: ii		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: iii	OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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: v	July 30, 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	July 31, 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	10% (increased to 10.19%)


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B4JZFN18	5,696,970			5,696,970			5,837,018				5,837,018			10.19%


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


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to			% of voting rights xix, xx
												Nominal			Delta


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
5,837,018								10.19%


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

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:	Jake Burford, Manager Compliance, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:	001 303 768 2826


Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	OppenheimerFunds, Inc. 2 World Financial Center 225 Liberty Street New York, NY 10281 USA
Phone number & email	Jake Burford 011 303 768 2826 [email protected]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Jake Burford, Manager Compliance
Contact address	OppenheimerFunds, Inc. 6803 S. Tucson Wy. Centennial, CO 80112
Phone number & email	011 303 768 2826 [email protected]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information
The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 57,294,344.
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

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