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:                                               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):                                  X

Incorrect Total Voting rights figure provided by our 
data vendors.                      

                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                 
notification obligation:                                 Prudential plc group of companies                              

                                                                                    
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
(if different from 3.):                                                                

                                                                   
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the 
threshold is crossed or reached:                         5 August 2014
                                                                    

6. Date on which issuer notified:                        6 August 2014          

                                                                                     
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:          14% - 11%
 


8. Notified details:                                                                               

                                                                                                   
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                
                                                                                                   
Class/type    Situation previous           Resulting situation after the triggering transaction     
of            to the triggering                                                                     
shares        transaction                                                                           
    
if possible   Number      Number       Number      Number                   % of  voting rights    
using         of          of           of          of voting                                        
the ISIN      Shares      Voting       shares      rights                                                          
CODE                      Rights      
                                       Direct      Direct       Indirect    Direct    Indirect         
                                                                                                    
GB00B65TLW28  47,415,301  47,415,301   47,415,301  47,415,301   0           11.17%    0      


                                                                                             
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.                        

                                                                  
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                      
Instruments                                                                                        
                                                                                                   
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                               
                                                                                                   
Type of       Exercise price  Expiration Exercise/   Number of voting rights    % of voting rights 
financial                     date       Conversion  instrument refers to                          
instrument                               period                                 Nominal Delta       
                                                                                                   

                                                                                              
Total (A+B+C)
      
Number of voting rights        Percentage of voting rights                       
                  
47,415,301                     11.17%                                            
                                                                                                   

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                  
Prudential plc (parent Company)                                                         
                                                                                        
M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)                           
                                                                                        
M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)                              
                                                                                        
M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)              
                                                                                        
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential         
plc)                                                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                               N/A         
                                                                                         

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                N/A 
                                                                            

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:            N/A 

                                                                   
13. Additional information:                                                             

                                       
14. Contact name:                             Owen Smith / Poonam Stammers
                                              M&G Investment Management Limited
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                 020 7004 4517 / 020 3480 6135