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                                    
                                                                               
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):            Conversion of C Shares into Ordinary Shares           X   
                                                                               

 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                      
notification obligation:                                                      
                                           The Cayenne Trust plc              
                                                                              
                                                                              
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if          JP Morgan Chase Nominees          
different from 3.):                                                           
                                           a/c CREST BT01C                    
                                                                              
                                           (Sub a/c 002002)                   
                                                                              
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                        
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                                    
                                           2 October 2012                     
                                                                              
                                                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                             
                                                                              
                                           24 October 2012                    
                                                                              
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                        
reached:                                                                      
                                           3%                                 
                                                                              
                                                                              

 

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 rights
using          of         of        of shares  rights                                  
the ISIN CODE  Shares     Voting                                                       
                          Rights    Direct     Direct     Indirect  Direct    Indirect 
                                                                                       
Ordinary                                                                               
shares                                                                                 
                                                                    
0.1p          3,000,000 3,000,000  3,000,000  3,000,000              1.92%              
                                                                                       
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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.                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                              
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        
                                                                              
 3,000,000                                  1.92%                             
                                                                              

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                       
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:                Phoenix Administration Services    
                                           Limited acts as Corporate Secretary
                                           to The Cayenne Trust plc           
                                                                              
14. Contact name:                          Duncan Hayes                       
                                                                              
                                           Phoenix Administration Services    
                                           Limited                            
                                                                              
15. Contact telephone number:               01245 398 950