TIDMFDI 
 
RNS Number : 1345P 
Firestone Diamonds PLC 
09 July 2010 
 

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                  | 
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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                             |  Yes   | 
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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  |                                                        |  No    | 
| specify):      |                                                        |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |             Gartmore Investment Management | 
| 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 date |                                5 July 2010 | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached: v                          |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                6 July 2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                         5% | 
| 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   | 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 | 8,030,000                   | 8,030,000          | 6,332,342              |           | 6,332,342 |                                   | 4.951%        | 
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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 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 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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| 6,332,342                                                                              | 4.951%                                                                      | 
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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           Shares Held   % of Issued    UK              Beneficial | 
|              description                   Share          Registered      Owner | 
|                              Fund                          Capital        Owner | 
|                                                                     Managing Co | 
|                                                                                 | 
|           Gartmore          1,408,931   1.102%         HSBC Global     Gartmore | 
|               Fund                                         Custody         Fund | 
|       Managers                                     Nominee UK      Managers Ltd | 
|                                                    LTD             A/C Gartmore | 
|                                                                      UK & Irish | 
|                                                                         Smaller | 
|                                                                       Companies | 
|        Gartmore          2,049,473   1.603%         Nortrust        Strathclyde | 
|       Investment                                   Nominees        Pension Fund | 
|                            Limited                                      Limited | 
|                               557,794   0.436%         Gartmore        Gartmore | 
|                                                          Growth          Growth | 
|                                                   Opportunities   Opportunities | 
|                                                                             Plc | 
|                         2,316,144   1.811%         Vidacos         The Alphagen | 
|                                                        Nominees Ltd    Volantis | 
|                                                    A/C 2303        Fund Limited | 
|                                                              6,332,342   4.951% | 
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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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