TIDMFDI 
 
RNS Number : 1570B 
Firestone Diamonds PLC 
21 October 2009 
 

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES         |                           | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     | Firestone Diamonds Plc    | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are          |                           | 
| 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                              |  Yes    | 
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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   |   No    | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |   No    | 
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| Other (please      |                                                     |   No    | 
| specify):          |                                                     |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to | Gartmore Investment Limited                 | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| notification obligation:             |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       | See box 9                                   | 
|  (if different from 3.):             |                                             | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  | 7th October 2009                            | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    | 21st October 2009                           | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  | 5%                                          | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                             | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                              | 
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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   | 6,835,549            | 6,835,549            | 4,745,028         |           | 4,745,028    |                        | 4.861%    | 
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|                |                      |                      |                   |           |              |                        |           | 
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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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|                              |                         |                                  |                                       |              | 
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|                                                                                                                                                  | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                        | 
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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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| 4,745,028                                                                     | 4.861%                                                           | 
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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 description                Shares   % of Issued    UK Registered    Beneficial Owner | 
| Fund Managing Co                   Held   Share          Owner                             | 
| Capital                                                                                    | 
| Equities                                                                                   | 
| Firestone Diamonds Ord GBP                                                                 | 
| 0.20                                                                                       | 
| Gartmore Fund Managers        1,970,074   2.018%         HSBC Global      Gartmore Fund    | 
| Limited                                                  Custody          Managers Ltd A/C | 
| Nominee UK LTD   Gartmore UK &                                                             | 
| Irish Smaller                                                                              | 
| Companies                                                                                  | 
| Gartmore Investment Limited   2,113,739   2.166%         Nortrust         Strathclyde      | 
| Nominees         Pension Fund                                                              | 
| Limited                                                                                    | 
| 661,215   0.677%         Gartmore         Gartmore Growth                                  | 
| Growth           Opportunities Plc                                                         | 
| Opportunities                                                                              | 
| 4,745,028   4.861%                                                                         | 
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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:                           | All figures are based on the       | 
|                                                       | Company's issued share capital of  | 
|                                                       | 97,605,674 as provided by Exshare. | 
|                                                       |                                    | 
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| 14. Contact name:                                     | Philip Kenny                       | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:                         | 0208 834 1028                      | 
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