Rangold Resources: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2014) - Rangold Resources (
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, 28 October 2014
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 24 th October 2014 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 27 th October 2014 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | Holding has gone above 16% |
| 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 | 14,811,371 | 14,811,371 | N/A | N/A | 14,791,281 | N/A | 15.96% | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 date xvii | Exercise/ Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| CFD | 13,850 | 0.01% | 0.01% | |||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||
| 14,805,131 | 15.98% | |||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |
| 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: | Gareth Slade |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 2536 |
| Annex: Notification of major interests in shares xxii | |
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
| Full name (including legal form of legal entities) | BlackRock, Inc. |
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055 |
| United States of America | |
| Phone number & email | 020 7743 2536 |
| EMEAdisclsoure@blackrock.com | |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | Gareth Slade |
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name | Martin Welsh |
| Contact address | Randgold Resources Limited |
| 3 rd 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 | |
Contact: RNS Customer Services 0044-207797-4400 rns@londonstockexchange.com http://www.rns.com
