Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                   The Diverse Income 
of existing shares to which voting rights are                            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):                           Conversion of "C" shares to Ordinary 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                  Henderson Global Investors    
notification obligation:                                                             
                                                                                      
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                26 March 2013          
reached:                                                                               
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                28 March 2013          
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                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    
                                                                                          
                                                                                              
ORD GBP0.001                                                                                  
             15,650,799      15,650,799                       20,869,339          10.00%   
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      
financial                    date       Conversion instrument refers to      rights    
instrument                              period                                                
                                                                                         
                                                                                              
                                                                             Nominal Delta      
                      
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                 
                                                                                              
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights                  
                                                                                              
             20,869,339                                               10.00%                    
                                                                                              

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

                                                                        
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:   "C" Shares converted to ordinary at ratio 0.8417 ordinary
                              for every "C" share.                                      
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                   Cate Hex-Candy                      
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                        020 7818 2156