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RNS Number : 0422Y

Firestone Diamonds PLC

15 December 2010

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the 
 underlying issuer of existing shares to 
 which voting rights are attached:           Firestone Diamonds Plc 
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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 may result in the acquisition of shares already issued 
 to which voting rights are attached                                 No 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
 economic effect to qualifying financial instruments                 No 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                    No 
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 Other (please 
  specify):                                 Placing                 Yes 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject 
  to the 
  notification obligation:                   Gartmore Investment Limited 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):                     See box 9 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached:                                   10 December 2010 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:           13 December 2010 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                                   10% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type 
 of shares if 
 possible       Situation previous 
 using the       to the triggering                            Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE       transaction                                   transaction 
-------------  --------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
                                            Number 
                Number                       of 
                 of                          Voting           Number of        Number of voting        % of voting 
                 Shares                      Rights           shares            rights                 rights 
-------------  --------------------------  ----------------  ---------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
                                                              Direct           Direct   Indirect       Direct   Indirect 
-------------      ---------  -----------      ------------  ---------------  -------  -------------  -------  --------- 
 GB0003915336   17,567,882                  17,567,882        29,578,755                29,578,755              10.009% 
               --------------------------  ----------------  ---------------  -------  -------------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                  Number of voting 
                                                                   rights that may 
                                                                   be 
 Type of                                      Exercise/            acquired if the 
 financial          Expiration                Conversion           instrument is                       % of voting 
 instrument          date                     Period               exercised/ converted.                rights 
-----------------  ------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 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/       Number of voting 
 financial        Exercise     Expiration        Conversion      rights instrument 
 instrument       price         date             period          refers to                % of voting rights 
---------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  ------------------------  ------------------------------- 
                                                                                          Nominal               Delta 
---------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  ------------------------  --------------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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 29,578,755                                                     10.009% 
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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                       % of 
   description                 Issued    UK 
   Fund           Shares       Share     Registered   Beneficial 
   Managing Co     Held        Capital   Owner        Owner 
  -------------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------ 
   Equities 
   Firestone 
   Diamonds Ord 
   GBP 0.20 
  -------------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------ 
                                                      Gartmore 
                                                      Fund 
                                                      Managers 
                                         HSBC         Ltd A/C 
   Gartmore                              Global       Gartmore UK 
    Fund                                 Custody      & Irish 
    Managers                             Nominee UK   Smaller 
    Limited        6,473,773   2.191%    LTD          Companies 
  -------------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------ 
   Gartmore                              Nortrust     Strathclyde 
    Investment                           Nominees     Pension 
    Limited        8,995,733   3.044%    Limited      Fund 
  -------------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------ 
                                                      The 
                                         Vidacos      Alphagen 
                                         Nominees     Volantis 
                                         Ltd A/C      Fund 
                  14,109,249   4.774%    2303         Limited 
  -------------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------ 
                  29,578,755   10.009% 
  -------------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------ 
 
 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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                                        All figures are based on the 
                                        Company's issued share capital of 
 13. Additional information:            295,520,114 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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