JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Jul 16, 2013) - Randgold Resources Ld (
RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
Reg. No. 62686
LSE Trading Symbol: RRS
Nasdaq Trading Symbol: GOLD
London, 16 July 2013
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer
or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which Randgold Resources Limited
voting rights are attached: ii
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 BlackRock, Inc.
notification obligation: iii
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 11th July 2013
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 15th July 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Holding has gone above 15%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares Situation previous to the triggering
if possible using the transaction
ISIN CODE rights Number of shares Number of Voting Rights
GB00B01C3S32 13,754,962 13,754,962
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights x
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
N/A N/A 14,060,434 N/A 15.25%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration date xiii Excercise/Conversation
instrument Period xiv
Number of voting rights that may be % of voting rights
acquired if the instrument is
excercised/converted
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise price Expiration date xvii
instrument
CFD
Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights xix, xx
Conversion rights instrument
period xviii refers to
30,058 Nominal Delta
0.03% 0.03%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
14,090,492 15.28%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and
/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited -14,090,492 (15.28%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information: BlackRock Regulatory Threshold
Reporting Team
14. Contact name: Duncan Murray
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7743 3334
Annex: Notification of major interests
in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation
Full name
(including legal form of BlackRock, Inc.
legal entities)
(Contact address 55 East 52nd Street,
(registered office for legal entities) New York, NY 10055
United States of America
Phone number & email 020 7743 3334
EMEAdisclsoure@blackrock.com
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for Duncan Murray
legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier,
if applicable
Full name Martin Welsh
Contact address Randgold Resources Limited
3rd Floor, Unity Chambers
28 Halkett Street
St. Helier
Jersey
JE2 4WJ
Phone number & email +44 1534 735 333
martin.welsh@randgold.com
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the
person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation)
C: Additional information
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