Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                
                                                                              
                                                                              
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of                  The Diverse Income Trust plc      
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                                     Yes
                                                                              
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):                                                         No 
                                                                              
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                       Date of Admittance of C-Shares to Market 
threshold is crossed or reached:                                       19 July 2012
                                                                                                                  
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                      21 September 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                   
the ISIN CODE         of          of        of shares  rights                       rights                         
                      Shares      Voting                                                                           
                                  Rights    Direct     Direct       Indirect        Direct            Indirect     
                                                                                                                   
GB00B7ZZ0Y29          0           0         5,500,000  -            5,500,000       -                 3.44%        
C-shares GBP0.01                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
ISIN GB00B65TLW2      2,500,000   2,500,000 2,500,000  -            2,500,000       -                 1.56%        
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                              
                                                                                                                   
8,000,000                                                 5.00%                                                    
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the                                    
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                         
                                                                                                                   
Undertaking                    No. of voting rights   % of total voting rights    Registration name                     
                                                                                                                   
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 160,000,000
                                                                                                                   
14 Contact name:                                            Mike Bassi, F&C Asset Management plc
                                                                                                                   
15. Contact telephone name:                                 0131 718 1093