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                                   
                                                                              
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    Disclosure of revised position following conversion of          X
specify):        C shares on 02 October 2012                                    
   
                                                                           
3. Full name of person(s) subject to                                  Lloyds Banking Group plc               
the notification obligation:                                                
                                                                             
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                                    See Section 9                          
different from 3.):                                                         
                                                                              
5. Date of the transaction and date                                   02 October 2012                        
on which the threshold is crossed or                                        
reached:                                                                    
                                                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     03 October 2012                        
                                                                              
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                   Indirect holdings decreased to below 6%
or reached:                                                                 
  
                                                                            
8. Notified details:                                                          
                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                              
Class/type               Situation               Resulting situation after the triggering       
of                       previous                transaction                                    
shares                   to the triggering                                                
                         transaction                                                      
                                                                              
if possible              Number      Number      Number   Number of voting   % of voting rights 
using                    of          of          of       rights                                 
the ISIN                 Shares      Voting      shares                                         
CODE                     Rights                                                  
                                                 Direct   Direct Indirect    Direct   Indirect     
                                                                              
Ord GBP 0.001 Shares     6,000,009   6,000,009                   8,558,611            5.468%
ISIN GB00B65TLW28                         
                                                                   
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                              
Type of     Expiration   Exercise/    Number of voting           % of voting  
financial   date         Conversion   rights that may be         rights       
instrument               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 rights
financial  price    date       Conversion  rights                             
instrument                     period      instrument                         
                                           refers to                          
                                                                              
                                                            Nominal   Delta   
                                                                              
                                                                              
Total (A+B+C)                                                                 
                                                                              
Number of voting rights              Percentage of voting rights              
                                                                              
8,558,611                            5.468%                                   

                                                                              
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    
                                                                              
8,558,600 shares (5.468%) 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                       N/A                   
holder will cease to hold:                                                    
                                                                              
12. Date on which proxy holder will                     N/A                   
cease to hold voting rights:                                                  
                                                                              
13. Additional information:                             Notification using the total voting      
                                                        rights figure of 156,507,978             
                                                                              
14. Contact name:                                       Andrew Kellett                           
                                                                              
15. Contact telephone number:                           0113 235 7729