JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS–(Marketwired – Oct 19, 2016) – 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”)
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii | Randgold Resources 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 | X |
| 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 crossed or reached:v | 18 October, 2016 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 9 October, 2016 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | Total holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone below 10%
Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. remains above 15% |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix | |||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights | % of voting rightsx | |||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||
| GB00B01C3S32 | 8,436,688 | 8,436,688 | N/A | N/A | 8,431,177 | N/A | 8.99% |
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration datexiii | Exercise / Conversion Periodxiv |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted. |
% of voting rights |
| Securities Lending | 3,565 | 0.00% | ||
| American Depository Receipt | 7,839,165 | 8.36% | ||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Type of financial instrument |
Exercise price | Expiration datexvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rightsxix, xx | |
| CFD | 45,223 | Nominal | Delta | |||
| 0.04% | 0.04% | |||||
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