Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                
                                                                              

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the           The Diverse Income Trust plc               
underlying issuer of existing shares to                                       
which voting rights are attached:                                             

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   Lloyds Banking Group plc           
notification obligation:                                                      
                                                                       
                                                                              
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if         See Section 9                      
different from 3.):                                                           
                                                                        
                                                                              
5. Date of the transaction and date on     10 July 2012                       
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                                    
                                                                       
6. Date on which issuer notified:          11 July 2012                       
                                                                              
                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or     Indirect holdings increased above  
reached:                                   6%                                 
                                                                              
8. Notified details:                                                               
                                                                                   
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                
                                                                                   
                                                                                
Class/type of Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering       
shares        to the triggering     transaction                                    
              transaction                                                          
                                                                                   
if possible   Number     Number     Number    Number of voting     % of  voting    
using         of         of         of shares rights               rights          
the ISIN CODE Shares     Voting                                                    
                         Rights     Direct    Direct    Indirect   Direct  Indirect
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
Ord GBP 0.001                                                                      
Shares                                                         
                                                          
ISIN                                                                               
                                                                                   
GB00B65TLW28  5,000,009  5,000,009                      6,000,009          6.00%                                     

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 voting % of voting     
financial      price    date       Conversion   rights           rights          
instrument                         period       instrument                       
                                                refers to                        
                                                                                 
                                                                 Nominal   Delta 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                 
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights        
                                                                              
6,000,009                                  6.000%                             

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                      
6,000,000 shares (6.000%) 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                   N/A                
will cease to hold:                                                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease                  N/A                
to hold voting rights:                                                        
  
13. Additional information:                Notification using the total voting
                                           rights figure of 100,000,000       
                                                                              
                                                                              
14. Contact name:                          Andrew Kellett                     
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
15. Contact telephone number:              0113 235 7729