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                   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                                       X
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                     
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the               Prudential plc group of companies
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                               8 October 2014          
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                               15 October 2014         
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                             11% - 12%            
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 shares  rights                                        
the ISIN     Shares           Voting                                                               
CODE                          Rights                                                               
                                          Direct     Direct        Indirect Direct    Indirect     
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
GB00B65TLW28    47,415,301    47,415,301  47,415,301  47,415,301   0        12.26%    0      
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
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                       
                                                                                                   
47,415,301                                       12.26%                                            
                                                                                                   


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Prudential plc (parent Company)                                                         
                                                                                        
M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)                           
                                                                                        
M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)                              
                                                                                        
M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)              
                                                                                        
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential         
plc)                                                                                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                            
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:                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                       Owen Smith / James Todd          
14. Contact name:                                                                       
                                                       M&G Investment Management Limited
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                          020 7004 4517 / 020 7548 2293