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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randgold 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Resources existing shares to which voting rights are attached:(ii) Limited ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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:(iii) BlackRock, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):(iv) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is 24th October crossed or reached:(v) 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27th October 6. Date on which issuer notified: 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holding has 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi, vii) gone above 16% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Notified details: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A: Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class/ Resulting situation after the triggering type transaction of shares if possible Situation using previous the to the ISIN triggering CODE transaction ---------------------------------------------------------------- Number Number % Number of Number of of of Voting of voting voting Shares Rights shares rights rights(x) ----------------------------------------- Direct Indirect Direct (xi) (xii) Direct Indirect ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GB00B01C3S32 14,811,371 14,811,371 N/A N/A 14,791,281 N/A 15.96% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- B: Qualifying Financial Instruments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominal Delta -------------- CFD 13,850 0.01% 0.01% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total (A+B+C) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage of voting Number of voting rights rights ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14,805,131 15.98% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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