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:                             The Diverse Income Trust plc      

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):            

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                         X

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):                                                              

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:                   Old Mutual Plc    

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:                                          25/02/2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                   27/02/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                     6%

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     % of  voting      
using         of           of            of shares  rights               rights            
the ISIN      Shares       Voting                                                                    
CODE                       Rights                                                                    
                                         Direct     Direct    Indirect   Direct  Indirect  

GB00B65TLW28  21,488,080   21,488,080                         24,597,468         6.36%     


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                           
                                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                          
                                                                                                              
Type of        Expiration            Exercise/                  Number of voting               % of voting    
financial      date                  Conversion Period          rights that may be             rights         
instrument                                                      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     
financial                           date           Conversion  instrument refers to           rights          
instrument                                         period                                                     
                                                                                              Nominal  Delta    
N/A                                                                                                           


Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                 
                                                                                                              
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                        
                                                                                                              
24,597,468                                         6.36%                                              


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the       
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                           

N/A                                                                                  

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:                                                      Latoya Henderson    
                                                                                     
15. Contact telephone number:                                          0207 0027394