Randgold Resources: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 11/07/14 --RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED (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, 07 November 2014

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the          Randgold Resources Limited
underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:ii
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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)        BlackRock, Inc.
subject to the notification
obligation:iii
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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   5th November 2014
date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached:v
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6. Date on which issuer          6th November 2014
notified:
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are      Holding has gone above 16%
crossed or reached: vi, vii
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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Class/type Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares  to the triggering     transaction
if         transaction
possible
using the
ISIN CODE
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           Number     Number     Number   Number of voting  % of voting
           of         of         of       rights            rights x
           Shares     Voting     shares
                      Rights
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                                 Direct   Direct  Indirect  Direct  Indirect
                                          xi      xii
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GB00B01C3S 14,791,281 14,791,281 N/A      N/A     14,807,590N/A     15.98%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial     Expiration Exercise/Convers Number of voting  % of
instrument            date xiii  ion Period xiv   rights that may bevoting
                                                  acquired if the   rights
                                                  instrument is
                                                  exercised/
                                                  converted.
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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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Type of    Exercise   Expiration Exercise/        Number of % of voting
financial  price      date xvii  Conversion       voting    rights xix, xx
instrument                       periodxviii      rights
                                                  instrument
                                                  refers to
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CFD                                               21,837    Nominal Delta
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                                                            0.02%   0.02%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights
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14,829,427                                16%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will
cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
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13. Additional information:                       BlackRock Regulatory
                                                  Threshold Reporting Team
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14. Contact name:                                 Gareth Slade
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15. Contact telephone number:                     020 7743 2536
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RANDGOLD ENQUIRIES:
Chief Executive
Mark Bristow
[phone]
[phone]

Financial Director
Graham Shuttleworth
[phone]
[phone]

Investor & Media Relations
Kathy du Plessis
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.randgoldresources.com