Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                         The Diverse Income Trust plc               
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:                                                 
                                                                                        
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):                     Increase in Total Voting Rights              X
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                Investec Wealth & Investment Limited
notification obligation:                                                                
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          N/A                 
 (if different from 3.):                                                                
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                          2nd October 2012          
which the threshold is crossed or                                                       
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                               5th October 2012          
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                          From 15% to 10%           
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
8. Notified details:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Class/type      Situation previous            Resulting situation after the triggering transaction     
of              to the triggering                                                                      
shares          transaction                                                                            
                                                                                                    
                Number           Number       Number   Number of voting       % of voting rights      
if possible     of               of           of       rights                                          
using           Shares           Voting       shares                                                   
the ISIN                         Rights                                                                
CODE                                          Direct   Direct   Indirect      Direct    Indirect       
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Ordinary                                                                                            
Shares          15,381,757       15,381,757                     16,851,820              10.77%         
GB00B65TLW28                                                                                                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                                    

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                
                                                                                                    
Type of        Expiration          Exercise/          Number of voting             % of voting      
financial      date                Conversion Period  rights that may be           rights           
instrument                                            acquired if the                               
                                                      instrument is                                 
                                                      exercised/ converted.                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                       
Instruments                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                
                                                                                                    
Type of       Exercise price  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting rights   % of voting rights     
financial                     date        Conversion  instrument refers to                            
instrument                                period                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                Nominal  Delta         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

Total (A+B+C)                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights                       
                                                                                                    
16,851,820                                        10.77%                                            
                                                                                                    

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
Client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by               
Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.                                                   
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                          N/A                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                    N/A                 
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                      N/A                 
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                            N/A                 
  
14. Contact name:                                       Phil Beardwell Chartered FCSI                                
                                                        Senior Compliance Manager       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                           020 7597 1356