TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights areDiverse Income Trust Plc attached:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name	M&G Plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable)	London, United Kingdom

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

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or		08/10/2020
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):		12/10/2020
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights	% of voting rights		Total number of
	through financial	Total of both in %
	attached to shares	voting rights of
	instruments	(8.A + 8.B)
	(total of 8. A)	issuer
	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on which	12.00%		0.01%	12.01%	358,045,105
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if	11.97%		0.03%	12.00%
applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)	Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	(Art 9 of Directive		(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive
	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)
			(DTR5.2.1)		(DTR5.2.1)
ORD GBP0.001			42,968,756		12.00%
GB00B65TLW28

SUBTOTAL 8. A

42,968,756

12.00%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

			Number of voting rights
Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	that may be acquired if	% of voting rights
instrument	date	Conversion Period	the instrument is
			exercised/converted.
ORD GBP0.001
GB00B65TLW28			51,917	0.01%
(Right of Recall)
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1	51,917	0.01%

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of
Conversion	cash	% of voting rights
instrument	date	voting rights
Period	settlement

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity X (please add additional rows as necessary)

	% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial
	equals or is higher	equals or is higher
Name	instruments if it equals
than the notifiable	than the notifiable
	or is higher than the
	threshold	threshold
	notifiable threshold
M&G Plc (Parent	12.00%	0.01%	12.01%
Company)
M&G Group Regulated
Entity Holding Company	12.00%	0.01%	12.01%
Limited (wholly owned
subsidiary of M&G Plc)
M&G Group Limited
(wholly owned subsidiary
of M&G Group Regulated	12.00%	0.01%	12.01%
Entity Holding Company
Limited)
M&G FA Limited
(wholly owned subsidiary	12.00%	0.01%	12.01%
of M&G Group Limited)
M&G Investment
Management Limited	12.00%	0.01%	12.01%
(wholly owned subsidiary
of M&G FA Limited)

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder	N/A
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held	N/A

11. Additional information

Place of completion	London, United Kingdom
Date of completion	12 October 2020