Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                     The Diverse Income Trust plc
of 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                                       x

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                               Henderson Global Investors  
notification obligation:

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

5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                 08 October 2014
which the threshold is crossed or reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                      09 October 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                 5%              
reached:


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

                                                                                                    
ORD GBP0.001     20,903,340    20,903,340                          20,903,340              5.40%

GB00B65TLW28


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 rights     
financial                     date         Conversion   instrument refers to                            
instrument                                 period                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                   Nominal  Delta         



Total (A+B+C)                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights                       
                                                                                                    
20,903,340                                        5.40%                       



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


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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:

14. Contact name:                                                    Balenkosi Dungeni    
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                        020 7818 3747