Randgold Resources: Notification of major interest in shares

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 06/01/17 -- 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

Jersey, Channel Islands, 1 June 2017

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are     Randgold Resources Limited
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                               ¨
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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 X
are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments                                          X
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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 crossed or                 30 May, 2017
reached:(v)
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                 31 May, 2017
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or            Financial Instruments
reached:(vi, vii)                                 holding for BlackRock,
                                                  Inc. has gone below 10%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix)
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Class/type of Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
shares if     to the triggering   transaction
possible      transaction
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  Indirect
                                  Direct  (xi)    (xii)     Direct  Indirect
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GB00B01C3S32  7,899,874 7,899,874 N/A     N/A     8,021,513 N/A     8.53%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of         Expiration     Exercise/      Number of       % of voting
financial       date(xiii)     Conversion     voting          rights
instrument                     Period(xiv)    rights that may
                                              be
                                              acquired if the
                                              instrument is
                                              exercised/
                                              converted.
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Securities
Lending                                       6,485           0.00%
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American
Depository                                    8,945,883       9.51%
Receipt
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Click on, or paste the following link into your web browser, to view the associated PDF document. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8201G_1-2017-6-1.pdf

Contacts:
RNS
Customer
Services
0044-207797-4400
[email protected]
http://www.rns.com

Source: Randgold Resources

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