Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                              
                                                                              
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying              The Diverse Income Trust plc    
issuer of existing shares to which voting                                     
rights are attached:                                                          
                                                                              
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                           
                                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             Yes        
                                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may           No         
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting            
rights are attached                                                           
                                                                              
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        No         
                                                                              
Other (please specify):______________                                   No         
                                                                              
3. Full name of person(s) subject to                           MAM Funds plc                           
notification obligation:                                                      
                                                                              
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                             See section 9 below                     
different from 3):                                                            
                                                                              
5. Date of transaction (and date on                            14/09/2012                              
which the threshold is crossed or                                             
reached if different):                                                        
                                                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                              18/09/2012                              
                                                                              
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                            Was 14.50%, Now 12.69%                  
or reached:                                                                   
                                                                              
8: Notified Details                                                           
                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                              
Class/type    Situation                 Resulting situation after the triggering        
of shares     previous to the           transaction                                     
              triggering                                                        
If possible   transaction                                                       
use ISIN                                                                      
code                                                                          

             Number of   Number of  Number of   Number of voting      Percentage of voting  
             shares      voting     shares      rights                rights                
                         rights                                                          
                                                Direct    Indirect    Direct  Indirect 
                                                                             
GB00B65TLW28 14,500,000 14,500,000 13,800,000      n/a  13,800,000       n/a      8.63%
                                                                             
GB00B7ZZ0Y29  6,500,000  6,500,000  6,500,000      n/a   6,500,000       n/a      4.06%


B: Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
Type of        Expiration     Exercise/       No. of voting      Percentage of 
financial      date           conversion      rights that may be voting rights 
instrument                    period/date     acquired (if the                 
                                              instrument                       
                                              exercised/                       
                                              converted)                       
                                                                               
n/a            n/a            n/a             n/a                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 instrument  rights         
instrument                        period     refers to                         
                                                                               



Total (A+B+C)                                                                  
                                                                               
Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights            
                                                                               
20,300,000                              12.69%   

                             

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
CF Midas Growth Fund Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392512         4,000,000
                                                                               
CF Midas Income Fund Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392513         6,000,000
                                                                               
CF Miton Special     Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392474         3,800,000
Situations                                                                     
                                                                               
Segregated Account   Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 156547         1,400,000
                                                                               
Midas Income &       State Street Nominees Ltd a/c XCE3               1,400,000
Growth Trust                                                                   
                                                                               
Segregated Account   Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 318901           450,000
                                                                               
CF Miton Special     Bank of New York Nominees Ltd a/c 392474         3,250,000
Situations                                                                     


Proxy Voting:                                                                  
                                                                               
10. Name of proxy holder:               n/a                                    
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy       n/a                                    
holder will cease to hold:                                                     
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will     n/a                                    
cease to hold voting rights:                                                   

13. Additional information:             Midas Capital Partners Ltd and Miton   
                                        Asset Management Ltd are both          
                                        subsidiaries of MAM Funds plc          
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                       Ian Borrows                            
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone name:             0151 906 2476