TIDMFDI TIDMLGEN 
 
RNS Number : 7575T 
Firestone Diamonds PLC 
01 October 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:                                  |                                     | 
|                                            |                                     | 
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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                             |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which    |        | 
| 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  |        | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                     |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        |  Yes   | 
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| Other (please  |                                                        |        | 
| specify):      |                                                        |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |     Legal & General Group Plc (Group)      | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation:            |   Legal & General Investment Management    | 
|                                     |              Limited (LGIM)                | 
|                                     |   Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers)    | 
|                                     |               Limited (UTM)                | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                    N/A                     | 
|  (if different from 3.):            |                                            | 
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|                                     |             30 September 2010              | 
| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                            | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
|                                     |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |              01 October 2010               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |     Group (Below 5%) UTM (Below 5%)        | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached:                            |      LGIM (Below 5%) UTM (Below 5%)        | 
|                                     |                                            | 
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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 of voting      |              % of  voting              | 
|            |       of        |          of          |    Number     |          rights            |                rights                  | 
|            |     Shares      |        Voting        |      of       |                            |                                        | 
|            |                 |        Rights        |    shares     |                            |                                        | 
+            +                 +                      +               +----------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
|            |                 |                      |               |     Direct      |Indirect  |        Direct          |   Indirect    | 
+------------+-----------------+----------------------+---------------+-----------------+----------+------------------------+---------------+ 
| Ordinary   |               8,119,000                |                                      Below 5%                                       | 
| 20p        |                  LGIM                  |                                                                                     | 
|            |          (As on 20/04/2010)            |                                                                                     | 
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|            |               8,119,000                |                                                                                     | 
|            |                  UTM                   |                                                                                     | 
|            |          (As on 20/04/2010)            |                                                                                     | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                       | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                      | 
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|                              |                   |                              | Number of voting                  |                     | 
| Type of financial            | Expiration        | Exercise/                    | rights that may                   | % of voting         | 
| instrument                   | date              | Conversion Period            | be                                | rights              | 
|                              |                   |                              | acquired if the                   |                     | 
|                              |                   |                              | instrument is                     |                     | 
|                              |                   |                              | exercised/                        |                     | 
|                              |                   |                              | converted.                        |                     | 
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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             | Exercise            | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of voting           | % of voting rights                     | 
| financial           | price               | date       | Conversion | rights instrument          |                                        | 
| instrument          |                     |            | period     | refers to                  |                                        | 
|                     |                     |            |            |                            |                                        | 
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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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|                                                                 Below 5%                                                                  | 
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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:                      | 
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|                                                                                 | 
|                                 Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) | 
|                                             (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position) | 
|                                Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) | 
|                                Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  (Below 5% | 
|                                                               = Total Position) | 
|                                   Legal & General Investment Management Limited | 
|                                   (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position) | 
|                                   Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited | 
|                                                               (Below 5%  = UTM) | 
|                                        Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) | 
|     Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General Insurance Holdings | 
|                (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)     Limited (Direct) (LGIH) | 
|      Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      Legal & General Assurance Society | 
|                 Management) Limited  (PMC)               Limited  (LGAS & LGPL) | 
|                                                Legal & General Pensions Limited | 
|                                                                (Direct)  (LGPL) | 
|                                                                                 | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |             N/A              | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |             N/A              | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |             N/A              | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |   Notification using the total voting    | 
|                                      |      rights figure of  268,305,114       | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |                             Philip Kenny | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |                            0208 834 1028 | 
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