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                                The Diverse Income Trust Plc                  
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 specify):       Conversion of "C" shares to Ordinary                       x   
  
                                                                                                    
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                                                              
which the threshold is crossed or                                                 03 October 2012
reached:                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                 04 October 2012   
                                                                                                    
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                              
reached:                                                                                10%
                                                                                                    
8. Notified details:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Class/type of   Situation previous      Resulting situation after the triggering                    
shares          to the triggering       transaction                                                 
                transaction                                                                         
                                                                                                    
if possible     Number       Number     Number  Number of voting     % of voting rights
using           of           of         of      rights                                    
the ISIN CODE   Shares       Voting     shares                                                      
                             Rights                                                                 
                                        Direct  Direct   Indirect     Direct   Indirect     
                                                                                                    
ORD GBP0.001                                                                                        
GB00B65TLW28    10,000,000   10,000,000                  15,650,799            10.00%     
                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                
                                                                                                    
Type of financial    Expiration     Exercise/            Number of voting        % of voting        
instrument           date           Conversion Period    rights that may be      rights             
                                                         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 rights    % of voting          
instrument          price      date         Conversion    instrument refers to       rights               
                                            period                                                              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                     Nominal   Delta               
                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

Total (A+B+C)                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Number of voting rights                        Percentage of voting rights                          
                                                                                                    
15,650,799                                     10.00%                                               
                                                                                                    

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:                        "C" Shares converted to ordinary at ratio 0.9418 ordinary 
                                                    for every "C" share.                                      
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                   Balenkosi Dungeni                     
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       020 7818 3747