TIDMFDI 
 
RNS Number : 3124S 
AIM 
07 September 2010 
 

 
 
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| ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION  | 
|  IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM  | 
|                             RULES")                              | 
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| COMPANY NAME:                                                    | 
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| FIRESTONE DIAMONDS PLC                                           | 
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| COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY      | 
| TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :                          | 
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| REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 PARK ROW, LEEDS, LS1 5AB                    | 
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| TRADING ADDRESS: 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 7BA         | 
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| COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:                                        | 
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| UNITED KINGDOM                                                   | 
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| COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY   | 
| AIM RULE 26:                                                     | 
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| www.firestonediamonds.com                                        | 
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| COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN    | 
| THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING       | 
| POLICY).  IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE    | 
| TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED:                  | 
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| Diamond exploration, development and mining in Botswana and      | 
| Lesotho                                                          | 
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| Admission is sought as a result of a reverse takeover of Kopane  | 
| Diamond Developments plc                                         | 
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| DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS  | 
| AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and   | 
| type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks  | 
| admission and the number and type to be held as treasury         | 
| shares):                                                         | 
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| UP TO 272,159,690 ORDINARY SHARES OF 20P EACH                    | 
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| CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND            | 
| ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:                  | 
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| Nil funds to be raised on admission                              | 
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| Anticipated market capitalisation on Admission: GBP71.4 MILLION  | 
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| PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:   | 
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| Approximately 6.0%                                               | 
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| DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE   | 
| AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES  | 
| (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED:               | 
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| The Company has announced its intention to seek a secondary      | 
| listing for its shares on the Botswana Stock Exchange.  No       | 
| application has yet been made, and none will be made until after | 
| re-Admission to AIM.                                             | 
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| FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS     | 
| (underlining the first name by which each is known or including  | 
| any other name by which each is known):                          | 
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| James F. Kenny (CHAIRMAN)                                        | 
| Philip Kenny (Chief Executive Officer)                           | 
| Hugh Jenner-Clarke (NON-executive Director)                      | 
| James Kenny (Non-executive Director)                             | 
| Michael Hampton (Non-executive Director)                         | 
| William Douglas Baxter (Non-executive Director)                  | 
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| FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS | 
| A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER       | 
| ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or  | 
| including any other name by which each is known):                | 
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| At 6 September 2010         Following                            | 
| Admission*                                                       | 
| Name                 Ordinary       %       Ordinary      %      | 
| Shares                 Shares                                    | 
| JP Morgan        13,059,536     10.21   26,587,826     9.77      | 
| Asset                                                            | 
| Management                                                       | 
| Obtala           0              0       22,677,261     8.33      | 
| Resources                                                        | 
| Lanstead         0              0       21,414,564     7.87      | 
| Partners                                                         | 
| HSBC Global      0              0       12,411,028     4.56      | 
| Asset                                                            | 
| Management                                                       | 
| AXA              8,383,600      6.56    8,383,600      3.08      | 
| Framlington                                                      | 
| Blenheim Trust   8,166,328      6.39    8,166,328      3.00      | 
| Company                                                          | 
| Legal &          8,119,000      6.34    8,119,000      2.98      | 
| General                                                          | 
| Investment                                                       | 
| Management                                                       | 
| UBS Wealth       7,407,600      5.79    7,407,600      2.72      | 
| Management                                                       | 
| Aurora           7,200,000      5.63    7,200,000      2.65      | 
| International                                                    | 
| Investments                                                      | 
| Gartmore         5,122,342      4.01    5,122,342      1,88      | 
| Investment                                                       | 
| Management                                                       | 
| TD Waterhouse    4,979,258      3.89    11,005,629     4.04      | 
| Investor                                                         | 
| Services                                                         | 
| Barclays         4,051,032      3.17    4,051,032      1.49      | 
| Wealth                                                           | 
| Fidelity         4,080,000      3.19    4,080,000      1.50      | 
| International                                                    | 
| Limited                                                          | 
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| NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE | 
| 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:                               | 
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| N/A                                                              | 
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|                         (i)         ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING       | 
|                         REFERENCE DATE                           | 
|                         (ii)        DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN       | 
|                         FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION   | 
|                         DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be  | 
|                         represented by unaudited interim         | 
|                         financial information)                   | 
|                         (iii)       DATES BY WHICH IT MUST       | 
|                         PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT | 
|                         TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:                  | 
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|             (i)         30 June                                  | 
|             (ii)        31 December 2009                         | 
|             (iii)(a)   31 December 2010                          | 
|             (iii) (b)  31 March 2011                             | 
|             (iii) (c)  31 December 2011                          | 
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| EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:                                         | 
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| 30 September 2010                                                | 
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| NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:                           | 
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| BREWIN DOLPHIN LIMITED, 12 Smithfield Street, London, EC1A 9BD   | 
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| NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:                                      | 
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| EVOLUTION SECURITIES LIMITED, 100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AN  | 
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| MIRABAUD SECURITIES, 21 ST James's Square, London, SW1Y 4JP      | 
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| OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE   | 
| (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE      | 
| AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL     | 
| DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: | 
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| The Admission document which contains full details about         | 
| Firestone Diamonds plc and the admission of its securities is    | 
| available at the offices of Brewin Dolphin and on the Company's  | 
| website: www.firestonediamonds.com                               | 
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| DATE OF NOTIFICATION:                                            | 
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| 7 September 2010                                                 | 
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| NEW                                                              | 
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