Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

CQS DIVERSIFIED FUND LTD

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

YES

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

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

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

Rathbone Investment Management Ltd

Rathbone Investment Management International Ltd

Rathbone Investment Management International International Strategies PCC

Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

25th January 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14th February 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

14%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

NVP Shares (GBP)

GG00B5B3RG70

10,575,329

1,253,770

10,575,329

1,253,770

N/A

N/A

10,869,529

1,253,770

N/A

14.00%

NVP Shares (USD)

GG00B5WDRR74

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

12,123,299

14.00%

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

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*

Rathbone Investment Management Ltd 6.73%

Rathbone Investment Management International Ltd 1.41%

Rathbone Investment Management International International Strategies PCC 2.15%

Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd 3.71%

* Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Total shares in Issue used as denominator is 86,594,794

14. Contact name:

COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7399 0000