Randgold Resources: Holding(s) in Company

/EINPresswire.com/ -- JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Feb 3, 2017) - Randgold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD)(LSE: RRS)

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
Reg. No. 62686
LSE Trading Symbol: RRS
NASDAQ Trading Symbol: GOLD
("Randgold Resources" or the "Company")

Jersey, Channel Islands, 3 February 2017

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
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	1 February, 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	2 February, 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Financial Instruments holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares^{viii, 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 rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B01C3S32

7,019,402

N/A

7,510,459

N/A

8.01%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date^xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period^xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
Securities Lending			531,516	0.56%
American Depository Receipt			8,451,810	9.01%

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