TIDMFDI 
 
RNS Number : 6867W 
Firestone Diamonds PLC 
31 July 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           |    Firestone Diamonds | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                |                   Plc | 
| attached: ii                                                 |                       | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                |   No    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may   |   No    | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |         | 
| are attached                                                               |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to  |   No    | 
| qualifying financial instruments                                           |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           |   No    | 
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| Other (please      | Placing and change in ISC                             |  Yes    | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        |                       Gartmore Investment Limited | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |                                         See box 9 | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                                    28th July 2009 | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                                    29th July 2009 | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                                                5% | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                             | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                     | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous                          | Resulting situation after the triggering                                          | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transaction                                                                       | 
| if possible    | transaction                                 |                                                                                   | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                                   | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                                   | 
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|                | Number               | Number               | Number            | Number                   | % of voting rights x               | 
|                | of                   | of                   | of                | of                       |                                    | 
|                | Shares               | Voting               | shares            | voting                   |                                    | 
|                |                      | Rights               |                   | rights                   |                                    | 
+                +                      +                      +-------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------+ 
|                |                      |                      | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
+----------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------------------+-----------+--------------+------------------------+-----------+ 
| GB0003915336   | 2,780,684            | 2,780,684            | 6,835,549         |           | 9,835,549    |                        | 7.003%    | 
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|                |                      |                      |                   |           |              |                        |           | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                             | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration              | Exercise/                        | Number of voting                      | % of voting  | 
| instrument                   | date xiii               | Conversion                       | rights that may                       | rights       | 
|                              |                         | Period xiv                       | be                                    |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | acquired if the                       |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | instrument is                         |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | exercised/                            |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | converted.                            |              | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                                                    | 
| Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                                              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                             | 
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| Type of financial         | Exercise  | Expiration        | Exercise/            | Number of voting              | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii         | Conversion           | rights instrument             | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                   | period xviii         | refers to                     |                               | 
|                           |           |                   |                      |                               |                               | 
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|                           |           |                   |                      |                               | Nominal              | Delta  | 
+                           +           +                   +                      +                               +----------------------+--------+ 
|                           |           |                   |                      |                               |                      |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                    | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                       | Percentage of voting rights                                      | 
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| 6,835,549                                                                     | 7.003%                                                           | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the        | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                        | 
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| Share             Shares Held       % of Issued       UK Registered     Beneficial    | 
| description                         Share Capital     Owner             Owner         | 
| Fund Managing                                                                         | 
| Co                                                                                    | 
| Gartmore Fund           2,369,930   2.428%            HSBC Global       Gartmore Fund | 
| Managers                                              Custody Nominee   Managers Ltd  | 
| UK LTD            A/C Gartmore UK                                                     | 
| & Irish Smaller                                                                       | 
| Companies                                                                             | 
| Gartmore                2,472,386   2.533%            Nortrust          Strathclyde   | 
| Investment                                            Nominees          Pension Fund  | 
| Limited                                               Limited                         | 
| 762,712   0.781%            Gartmore Growth   Gartmore Growth                         | 
| Opportunities     Opportunities                                                       | 
| Plc                                                                                   | 
| 1,230,521   1.261%            Vidacos           The Alphagen                          | 
| Nominees Ltd      Volantis Fund                                                       | 
| A/C 2303          Limited                                                             | 
| 6,835,549   7.003%                                                                    | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                         | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                       |                                 | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will       |                                 | 
| cease                                               |                                 | 
| to hold:                                            |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to        |                                 | 
| hold                                                |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                      |                                 | 
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|                                                                                       | 
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| 13. Additional information:                     |                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                               |                        Philip Kenny | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:                   |                       0208 834 1028 | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                           | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share                                          | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation        | 
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| Full name                                  |                                             | 
| (including legal form of legal entities)   |                                             | 
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| Contact address                            |                                             | 
| (registered office for legal entities)     |                                             | 
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| Phone number & email                       |                                             | 
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| Other useful information                   |                                             | 
| (at least legal representative for legal   |                                             | 
| persons)                                   |                                             | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                               | 
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| Full name                                  |                                             | 
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| Contact address                            |                                             | 
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| Phone number & email                       |                                             | 
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| Other useful information                   |                                             | 
| (e.g. functional relationship with the     |                                             | 
| person or legal entity subject to the      |                                             | 
| notification obligation)                   |                                             | 
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| C: Additional information                                                                | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.                       | 
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