Diverse Income Trust : Major interest in share(s) - Brewin Dolphin (04/01/17)

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:	Brewin Dolphin 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:	3rd January 17
6. Date on which issuer notified:	4th January 17
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B65TLW28 ORD GBP0.001	19,235,020	19,235,020	n/a	n/a	19,155,623	n/a	4.9951%

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 instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
19,155,623	4.9951%

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

Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited -	420,903	0.1098	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c NOM	7,425,532	1.9363	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c ISA	5,516,912	1.4386	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c GROSS	3,792,007	0.9888	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c CHARITY	972,285	0.2535	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c OFFBOND	1,027,984	0.2681	%
GRAND TOTAL	19,155,623	4.9951	%

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:	Figures based on shares in issue of 383,487,239 The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.
14. Contact name:	Mark Taylor
15. Contact telephone number:	0191 279 7332