Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                
                                                                              
                                                                              
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                  The Diverse Income Trust plc                     
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                                       No 
                                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may          No
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         No
qualifying financial instruments                                           
                                                                              
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                  No 
                                                                              
                                              
Other (please specify):  Conversion of C Shares to Ordinary                       Yes
                                                                              

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification               F&C Asset Management plc
obligation:                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                  
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):              As above
                                                                                                                  
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold          02 October 2012
is crossed or reached:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                  
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   06 November 2012
                                                                                                                  
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                     5%
                                                                                                                  
8. Notified details:                                                                                              
                                                                                                                  
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                               
                                                                                                                  
Class/type of          Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                 
shares                 to the triggering                                                                          
                       transaction                                                                                
                                                                                                                  
if possible using      Number      Number       Number     Number of voting       % of  voting rights            
the ISIN CODE          of          of           of shares  rights                                                    
                       Shares      Voting                                                                         
                                   Rights       Direct     Direct    Indirect     Direct      Indirect     
                                                                                                                
GB00B7ZZ0Y29           5,500,000   5,500,000    0          -         0            -           0.00%        
C-shares GBP0.01                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
ISIN GB00B65TLW28      2,500,000   2,500,000    7,679,900  -         7,679,900    -           4.91%        
Ord GBP0.01                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                  

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 financial     Exercise Expiration       Exercise/          Number of voting       % of voting rights        
instrument                   date             Conversion         rights instrument                                
                      price                   period             refers to                                        
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Nominal    Delta  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
Number of voting rights                                    Percentage of voting rights                            
                                                                                                                  
7,679,900                                                  4.91%                                                  
                                                                                                                  

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the                                   
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                        
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
Undertaking                        No. of voting     % of total      Registration name                    
                                   rights            voting rights 
No underlying clients hold >3%                                                                                    
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
Proxy Voting:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
10. Name of proxy holder:                                       F&C Asset Management plc
                                                                                                                  
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:                            Calculation based on total voting rights of                      
                                                       156,507,978                                                      
                                                                                                                  
14 Contact name:                                       Mike Bassi, F&C Asset Management plc                             

15. Contact telephone name:                            0131 718 1093