X0204 3 2012-03-07 1 0001320947 Diamond Foods Inc DMND 0001199775 REES NIGEL A C/O DIAMOND FOODS, INC. 600 MONTGOMERY STREET, 13TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111 1 0 0 0 /s/ Nigel A. Rees by Stephen Kim, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-03-08