Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing   The Diverse Income Trust plc  
shares to which voting rights are attached:                      
                                                                               
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                            
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               Yes     
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in   No     
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are            
attached                                                                       
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                          Yes     
                                                                               
Other (please specify):______________                                     No     
                                                                               

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:   MAM Funds plc  
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):           See section 9  
                                                                below          
                                                                               
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is      19/12/2012     
crossed or reached if different):                                              
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                               20/12/2012     
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                 Was 11.41%, Now 8.21%
                                                                               

8: Notified Details                                                            
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                            
                                                                               
Class/type     Situation previous to    Resulting situation after the triggering    
of shares      the triggering           transaction                                 
               transaction                                                       
If possible                                                                    
use ISIN       Number of    Number of   Number of   Number of voting     Percentage of  
code           shares       voting      shares      rights               voting rights  
                            rights                                                 
                                                    Direct  Indirect     Direct   Indirect
                                                                               
GB00B65TLW28   17,851,700   17,851,700  17,351,700  n/a     17,351,700   n/a      7.94%    
                                                                               
GB00B84G6012   0            0           600,000     n/a     600,000      n/a      0.27%    


B: Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
Type of     Expiration Exercise/    No. of voting rights that may   Percentage 
financial   date       conversion   be acquired (if the instrument  of voting  
instrument             period/date  exercised/converted)            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    Exercise Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting     % of voting  
financial  price    date       Conversion rights instrument    rights       
instrument                     period     refers to                         
                                                                            
                                                               Nominal   Delta
                                                                            

Total (A+B+C)                                      

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
                                                   
17,951,700              8.21%                      
                                                   

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
CF Midas Growth Fund        Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392512  3,530,000
                                                                               
CF Midas Income Fund        Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392513  5,500,000
                                                                               
CF Miton Special Situations Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392474  5,360,850
                                                                               
Segregated Account          Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 156547  1,318,520
                                                                               
Midas Income & Growth Trust State Street Nominees Ltd a/c XCE3        1,318,520
                                                                               
Segregated Account          Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 318901    323,810
                                                                               
CF Miton Special Situations Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392474    600,000
                                                                               

Proxy Voting:                                                       
                                                                    
10. Name of 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                          Miton Capital Partners Ltd and Miton Asset Management Ltd are
information:                            both subsidiaries of MAM Funds plc                           
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                       Ian Borrows                                                  
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone name:             0151 906 2476