Randgold Resources: Holding(s) in Company

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 05/18/17 -- Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD)

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, 18 May 2017

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are      Randgold Resources
attached:(ii)                                      Limited
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which
may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which         X
voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic
effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:(iii)                           BlackRock, Inc.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached:(v)                       16 May, 2017
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                         17 May, 2017
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                                                     Financial Instruments
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or               holding for BlackRock,
reached:(vi, vii)                                   Inc. has gone above 10%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix)
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Class/type  Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
of          to the triggering   transaction
shares if   transaction
possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
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            Number of Number of Number   Number of voting    % of voting
            Shares    Voting    of       rights              rights (x)
                      Rights    shares
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                                         Direct    Indirect
                                Direct   (xi)      (xii)     Direct Indirect
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GB00B01C3S327,701,253 7,701,253 N/A      N/A       7,899,874 N/A    8.40%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial     Expiration         Exercise/ Number of voting % of
instrument            date(xiii)         Conversio rights that may  voting
                                         n         be               rights
                                         Period(xi acquired if the
                                         v)        instrument is
                                                   exercised/
                                                   converted.
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Securities Lending                                 26,142           0.02%
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American Depository
Receipt                                            9,212,470        9.80%
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Contact:
RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
[email protected]
http://www.rns.com

Source: Randgold Resources

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