FDI.L Regulatory News (FDI)

21 Mar 2005 14:43

Firestone Diamonds PLC21 March 2005 21st March 2005 Firestone Diamonds plc Firestone Diamonds plc ("the Company") announces that it has receivednotification today from Gartmore Investment Management plc, that GartmoreInvestment Limited, Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partnershave an aggregate revised notifiable interest in 5,333,116 Ordinary Shares of20p each representing approximately 12.359% of the current issued ordinary sharecapital of the Company. These shares are held as follows: Fund Managing Number of Ordinary Percentage of UK Registered Owner Beneficial OwnerCo Shares held Issued CapitalGartmore Fund 2,492,085 5.775% HSBC Global Custody Gartmore Fund ManagersManagers Nominee UK Ltd Ltd A/C Gartmore UK &Limited Irish Smaller Companies Strategy Fund Gartmore 407,151 0.944% BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS Gartmore GrowthInvestment LTD A/C NWSC Opportunities plcLimited Gartmore 544,589 1.262% BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS Gartmore SmallerInvestment LTD A/C LST Companies Trust plcLimited Gartmore 282,800 0.655% BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS Gartmore Absolute GrowthInvestment LTD A/C GAGIG and Income Trust (Growth)Limited Gartmore 974,483 2.258% Nortrust Nominees Strathclyde Pension FundInvestment LimitedLimited Gartmore 463,038 1.073% Vidacos Nominees Ltd A The Alphagen VolantisInvestment /C 1945 Fund LimitedLimited Gartmore 168,970 0.392% Goldman Sachs Nominees The Gartmore LimitedInvestment Ltd Issue UK Small Cap FundLimited Ltd The Company has been advised that the above shares are held for investmentpurposes only for the clients and client funds concerned. For further information: Philip Kenny, Firestone Diamonds +44 20 7370 6452 / +44 7831 324 645 Leesa Peters, Conduit PR +44 20 7618 8707/ +44 7812 159 885 Jamie Cumming, Bell Lawrie +44 141 314 8103 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange