TIDMFDI 
 
RNS Number : 7763K 
Firestone Diamonds PLC 
26 April 2010 
 

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN                                          | 
| SHARES                                                                           | 
|                                                                                  | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           | Firestone Diamonds Plc              | 
| underlying issuer                          |                                     | 
| 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                             |  No    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which    |  No    | 
| may 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  | Placing                                                |  Yes   | 
| specify):      |                                                        |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   | Gartmore Investment Limited                | 
| to 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 | 20th April 2010                            | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 21st April 2010                            | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 5%                                         | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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|                |                    |      |                            |        | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                 | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                                  | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous                               | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                               | 
| of           | to the triggering                                |                                                                                                    | 
| shares       | transaction                                      |                                                                                                    | 
| if possible  |                                                  |                                                                                                    | 
| using        |                                                  |                                                                                                    | 
| the ISIN     |                                                  |                                                                                                    | 
| CODE         |                                                  |                                                                                                    | 
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|              | Number                      | Number             | Number                 | Number                | % of  voting rights x                             | 
|              | of                          | of                 | of shares              | of                    |                                                   | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting             |                        | voting                |                                                   | 
|              |                             | Rights             |                        | rights                |                                                   | 
+              +                             +                    +------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ 
|              |                             |                    | Direct                 | Direct xi | Indirect  | Direct                            | Indirect      | 
|              |                             |                    |                        |           | xii       |                                   |               | 
+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------+------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------------+---------------+ 
| GB0003915336 | 4,745,028                   | 4,745,028          | 8,030,000              |           | 8,030,000 |                                   | 6.279%        | 
+--------------+                             +                    +                        +           +           +                                   +               + 
|              |                             |                    |                        |           |           |                                   |               | 
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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 Period                     | rights that may be                            | rights             | 
|                                     |                   | xiv                                   | 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 rights                       | 
| instrument                     | price     | date xvii       | Conversion                | rights instrument              | xix, xx                                  | 
|                                |           |                 | period                    | refers to                      |                                          | 
|                                |           |                 | xviii                     |                                |                                          | 
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|                                |           |                 |                           |                                | Nominal                     | Delta      | 
|                                |           |                 |                           |                                |                             |            | 
+                                +           +                 +                           +                                +-----------------------------+------------+ 
|                                |           |                 |                           |                                |                             |            | 
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|                                                                                                                                                                      | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                        | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                                | Percentage of voting rights                                                 | 
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| 8,030,000                                                                              | 6.279%                                                                      | 
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|              |                 |    |      |            |    |  |                      | |      |    |           |        |                     |    |  |            | 
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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        UK              Beneficial       | 
| Fund Managing Co         Held        Issued      Registered      Owner            | 
|                                      Share       Owner                            | 
| Capital                                                                           | 
| Equities                                                                          | 
| Firestone Diamonds Ord                                                            | 
| GBP 0.20                                                                          | 
|                                                                                   | 
| Gartmore Fund Managers   1,645,772   1.287%      HSBC            Gartmore Fund    | 
| Limited                                          Global          Managers Ltd     | 
| Custody         A/C Gartmore                                                      | 
| Nominee UK      UK & Irish                                                        | 
| LTD             Smaller                                                           | 
| Companies                                                                         | 
| Gartmore Investment      2,019,881   1.579%      Nortrust        Strathclyde      | 
| Limited                                          Nominees        Pension Fund     | 
| Limited                                                                           | 
| 578,913   0.453%      Gartmore        Gartmore                                    | 
| Growth          Growth                                                            | 
| Opportunities   Opportunities                                                     | 
| Plc                                                                               | 
| 3,785,434   2.960%      Vidacos         The Alphagen                              | 
| Nominees        Volantis Fund                                                     | 
| Ltd A/C         Limited                                                           | 
| 2303                                                                              | 
| 8,030,000   6.279%                                                                | 
| 8,030,000   6.279%                                                                | 
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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    | 
|                                            | 127,891,637 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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