Randgold Resources: Holding(s) in Company
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Mar 16, 2017) - 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, 16 March 2017
| 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 | ||
| 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 | X | |
| 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 | 14 March, 2017 | |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15 March, 2017 | |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | Financial Instruments holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 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 | 7,510,459 | 7,510,459 | N/A | N/A | 5,951,061 | N/A | 6.33% | |||||||
| 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 | 1,942,866 | 2.06% | ||||||
| American Depository Receipt | 8,588,268 | 9.14% | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| CFD | 70,389 | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||
| 0.07% | 0.07% | |||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |
| 16,552,584 | 17.62% | |
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