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

X

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):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Brewin Dolphin Plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

3rd  January 17

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4th January 17

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B65TLW28 ORD GBP0.001

19,235,020

19,235,020

n/a

n/a

19,155,623

n/a

4.9951%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

19,155,623

4.9951%

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

Indirect – Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited – 420,903 0.1098 % Indirect – Brewin Nominees Limited  A/c NOM 7,425,532 1.9363 % Indirect – Brewin Nominees Limited A/c ISA 5,516,912 1.4386 % Indirect – Brewin Nominees Limited  A/c GROSS 3,792,007 0.9888 % Indirect – Brewin Nominees Limited A/c CHARITY 972,285 0.2535 % Indirect – Brewin Nominees Limited A/c OFFBOND 1,027,984 0.2681 % GRAND TOTAL 19,155,623 4.9951 %

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:

Figures based on shares in issue of 383,487,239 The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.

14. Contact name:

Mark Taylor

15. Contact telephone number:

0191 279 7332