Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Diverse Income Trust plc

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
and Persons Closely Associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Calum Thomson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Diverse Income Trust plc
b)	LEI	2138005QFXYHJM551U45
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each ISIN: GB00B65TLW28
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.939549 36,775
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	22 February 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)