FDI.L Regulatory News (FDI)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Firestone Diamonds Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (UTM)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

14 July 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 July 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

LGIM (Above 10%)

Group (Above 10%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 20p

17,661,000

(As at 09/12/2010)

 31,238,035

6,658,035

24,580,023

2.06%

7.59%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

 CFD

1,375,000

0.42%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

32,613,035

10.07%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (32,613,035 - 10.07% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (32,613,035 - 10.07% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (32,613,035 - 10.07% = Total Position)

Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (24,580,023 - 7.59% = UTM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 323,964,111

14. Contact name:

Philip Kenny

15. Contact telephone number:

0208 834 1028