Randgold Resources: Holding(s) in Company
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Nov 17, 2016) - Randgold 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")
Jersey, Channel Islands, 17 November 2016
| 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 Ltd | ||||||||||
| 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 | FMR LLC | ||||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | See Section 9 | ||||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v | 15 November 2016 | ||||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 16 November 2016 | ||||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | 5% | ||||||||||
| 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 rights x | |||||||
| Indirect | Direct xi | Indirect ets>exiiii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||
| GB00B01C3S32 | 4,163,806 | 4,163,806 | 3,816,124 | 3,816,124 | 4.07% | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Right of Recall | 566,500 | 0.60% | |||||||||
| 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 periodxviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | ||||||
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||
| 4,382,624 | 4.67% | ||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi | |||||||||||
| Controlled Undertaking | Percentage Holding | ||||||||||
| Fidelity (Canada) Asset Management ULC | 1.06 | ||||||||||
| FIDELITY CAPITAL MARKETS | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| FIAM LLC | 0.35 | ||||||||||
| Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company | 0.33 | ||||||||||
| FMR CO., INC | 2.61 | ||||||||||
| FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED | 0.31 | ||||||||||
| FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY | 0.01 | ||||||||||
| Grand Total | 4.67 | ||||||||||
| Proxy Voting: | |||||||||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||||||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold: | |||||||||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold voting rights: | |||||||||||
| 13. Additional information: | N/A | ||||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | Sally-Ann Hatton | ||||||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737 837148 | ||||||||||
RANDGOLD RESOURCES ENQUIRIES: Chief Executive Mark Bristow +44 788 071 1386 +44 779 775 2288 Financial Director Graham Shuttleworth +44 1534 735 333 +44 779 771 1338 Investor & Media Relations Kathy du Plessis +44 20 7557 7738 Email: randgold@dpapr.com
