Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing   The Diverse      
shares to which voting rights are attached:                      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 Lloyds Banking Group plc
obligation:                                                                   
                                                                              
                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See Section 9           
                                                                       
                                                                              
                                                                              
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the         9 July 2012             
threshold is crossed or reached:                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                       10 July 2012            
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:       Indirect holdings       
                                                      increased above 5%      
 
8. Notified details:                                                          
                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                              
                                                                     
Class/type Situation         Resulting situation after the triggering         
of         previous          transaction                                      
shares     to the triggering                                                  
           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   
                                                 
                                                                              
Ord GBP 0.001 Shares                                                          
                                                                          
ISIN                                                
                                                                              
GB00B65TLW28                         N/A        5,000,009           5.000%                                 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                    
                                                                              
Type of financial  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting       % of voting 
instrument         date        Conversion  rights that may be     rights      
                               Period      acquired if the                    
                                           instrument is                      
                                           exercised/ converted.              
                                                                           
                                                                              
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       % of voting    
financial       price    date       Conversion voting          rights         
instrument                          period     rights                         
                                               instrument                     
                                               refers to                      
                                                                              
                                                               Nominal  Delta 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                 
                                                                        
                                                                              
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights               
                                                                              
5,000,009                           5.000%                                    

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    
                                                                          
                                                                              
5,000,000 shares (5.000%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment 
Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment      
Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Lloyds Banking Group plc.                                                     
                                                                              
Proxy Voting:                                                                 
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
10. Name of the 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           Notification using the total voting rights figure of 
information:             100,000,000                                          
                                                                             
14. Contact name:        Andrew Kellett                                       
                                                                          
15. Contact telephone    [phone]                                        
number: