Holding(s) in Company

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:                                                   The Diverse Income Trust plc
                 
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          YES

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached       NO

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to             NO 
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                      NO 
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                               NO 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                 
notification obligation:                                                 Miton Group plc
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):                                              See section 9 below
                 
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                             
reached:                                                                      24/06/2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                             25/06/2013
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 
reached:                                                            Was 5.53%, Now 4.62%

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                                                                       

if possible    Number      Number      Number      Number of voting      % of  voting rights  
using the      of          of          of shares   rights                                      
ISIN CODE      Shares      Voting                                                            
                           Rights      Direct      Direct    Indirect    Direct   Indirect      

GB00B65TLW28   11,541,240  11,541,240  9,641,240   n/a       9,641,240   n/a      4.62%         
                                                                                               

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.                      
                                                                                               
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      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                   
                                                                                               
9,641,240                            4.62%                                         



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

CF Miton Diversified Growth Fund   Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392512        660,185
                                                                                        
CF Miton Distribution Fund         Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392513      3,155,185
                                                                                        
CF Miton Special Situations        Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392474      3,865,870
                                                                                        
Segregated Account                 Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 156547        960,000
                                                                                        
Midas Income & Growth Trust              State Street Nominees Ltd a/c XCE3      1,000,000

                                                                                        
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:                                   Miton Capital Partners Ltd
                                                                                     and
                                                              Miton Asset Management Ltd
                                                are both subsidiaries of Miton Group plc
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                            Ian Borrows
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                              0151 906 2476