JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 10/28/14 -- Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD)
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
Reg. No. 62686
LSE Trading Symbol: RRS
Nasdaq Trading Symbol: GOLD
("Randgold Resources" or the "Company")
London, 28 October 2014
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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Randgold
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Resources
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:(ii) Limited
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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 X
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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
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation:(iii) BlackRock, Inc.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is 24th October
crossed or reached:(v) 2014
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27th October
6. Date on which issuer notified: 2014
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Holding has
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi, vii) gone above 16%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix)
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Class/ Resulting situation after the triggering
type transaction
of
shares
if
possible Situation
using previous
the to the
ISIN triggering
CODE transaction
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Number Number %
Number of Number of of
of Voting of voting voting
Shares Rights shares rights rights(x)
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Direct Indirect
Direct (xi) (xii) Direct Indirect
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GB00B01C3S32 14,811,371 14,811,371 N/A N/A 14,791,281 N/A 15.96%
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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
acquired
if the
Exercise/ instrument
Type of Expiration Conversion is %
financial date Period exercised/ of voting
instrument (xiii) (xiv) converted. rights
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number
of
voting %
Exercise/ rights of
Type of Expiration Conversion instrument voting
financial Exercise date period refers rights
instrument price (xvii) (xviii) to (xix, xx)
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Nominal Delta
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CFD 13,850 0.01% 0.01%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Percentage of voting
Number of voting rights rights
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14,805,131 15.98%
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0044-207797-4400
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