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                                  The Diverse Income Trust plc  
attached:                                                                       
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             
                                                                                        
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):            New issuance of shares        X  
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                 
notification obligation:                          Smith and Williamson Holdings Limited 
                                                                                                                     
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               
 (if different from 3.):                                 Detailed as per Section 9 

5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                 04/10/2013            
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 08/10/2013            
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                5%                
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                                                                        
                                                                                                
if possible   Number      Number       Number     Number of voting      % of  voting rights  
using         of          of           of         rights                                      
the ISIN      Shares      Voting       shares                                               
CODE                      Rights                                                            
                                       Direct     Direct  Indirect      Direct   Indirect     
ORD
GB00B65TLW28                                                                                    
              14,689,316  14,689,316                      17,446,832             5.38%        
                                                                                    
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                   
                                                                                                
17,446,832                                        5.38%                                         

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                  
Smith & Williamson Nominees Limited, a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson                 
Investment Management Limited, subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings                
Limited - 17,400,673 shares                                                             
                                                                                
Smith & Williamson Investment Management LLP as Investment Manager for                  
corporation of Lloyds - 16,700 shares                                                   
                                                                                   
BNP Paribas as custodian for Smith & Williamson Investment Management Limited,          
a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited - 29,459 shares.                    
                                                                                 
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:                                                             
                                                                                      
14. Contact name:                                                                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number: