TIDMFDI 
 
RNS Number : 4956U 
Firestone Diamonds PLC 
15 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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|                                                               |  Yes  | 
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                   |       | 
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|                                                               |   No  | 
| 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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|                                                               |   No  | 
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar        |       | 
| economic effect to qualifying financial instruments           |       | 
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|                                                               |   No  | 
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights              |       | 
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|                |                                              |   No  | 
| Other (please  |                                              |       | 
| specify):      |                                              |       | 
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|                |                                              |       | 
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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) (if | See box 9                    | 
| different from 3.):                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 8th October 2010             | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 15th October 2010            | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | 6%                           | 
| crossed 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    | Situation             | Resulting situation after the                        | 
| of            | previous              | triggering transaction                               | 
| shares        | to the                |                                                      | 
| if            | triggering            |                                                      | 
| possible      | transaction           |                                                      | 
| using         |                       |                                                      | 
| the ISIN      |                       |                                                      | 
| CODE          |                       |                                                      | 
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|               | Number    | Number    | Number     | Number of           | % of  voting      | 
|               | of        | of        | of         | voting              | rights            | 
|               | Shares    | Voting    | shares     | rights              |                   | 
|               |           | Rights    |            |                     |                   | 
+               +           +           +------------+---------------------+-------------------+ 
|               |           |           | Direct     | Direct | Indirect   | Direct | Indirect | 
+---------------+-----------+-----------+------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+ 
|  GB0003915336 | 6,332,342 | 6,332,342 | 17,567,882 |        | 17,567,882 |        | 6.548%   | 
+---------------+           +           +            +        +            +        +          + 
|               |           |           |            |        |            |        |          | 
+---------------+-----------+-----------+------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+ 
 
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                | 
|                                                                     | 
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| Type of       | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | acquired if   |           | 
|               |            |            | the           |           | 
|               |            |            | instrument is |           | 
|               |            |            | exercised/    |           | 
|               |            |            | converted.    |           | 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
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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   | % of               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | refers to   |                    | 
+------------+----------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------------+ 
|            |          |            |            |             |  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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| 17,567,882                         | 6.548%                       | 
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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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|                                                                             | 
| Share             Shares   % of         UK              Beneficial          | 
| Description         Held   Issued       Registered      Owner               | 
| Fund                       Share        Owner                               | 
| Managing Co                Capital                                          | 
| Gartmore       3,333,294   1.242%       HSBC            Gartmore            | 
| Fund                                    Global          Fund                | 
| Managers                                Custody         Managers            | 
| Limited                                 Nominee UK      Ltd A/C             | 
| Ltd             Gartmore                                                    | 
| UK & Irish                                                                  | 
| Smaller                                                                     | 
| Companies                                                                   | 
| Gartmore       3,492,745   1.302%       Nortrust        Strathclyde         | 
| Investment                              Nominees        Pension             | 
| Limited                                 Limited         Fund                | 
| 557,794   0.208%       Gartmore        Gartmore                             | 
| Growth          Growth                                                      | 
| Opportunities   Opportunities                                               | 
| Plc                                                                         | 
| 10,184,049   3.796%       Vidacos         The                               | 
| Nominees        Alphagen                                                    | 
| Ltd A/C         Volantis                                                    | 
| 2303            Fund                                                        | 
| Limited                                                                     | 
| 17,567,882   6.548%                                                         | 
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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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| 13. Additional information:        |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  | Philip Kenny                 | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      | 020 8834 1028                | 
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