Randgold Resources Limited: Holding(s) in Company

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 10/19/16 -- Randgold Resources Limited (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")

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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   Randgold Resources Limited
rights are attached:(ii)
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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                X
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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
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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)             18 October, 2016
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                   9 October, 2016
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                                              Total holding for BlackRock
                                               Investment Management (UK)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or        Limited has gone below 10%
reached: (vi, vii)
                                              Total holding for BlackRock,
                                                 Inc. remains above 15%
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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
of shares

if possible
using
the ISIN CODE Situation previous
              to the triggering   Resulting situation after the triggering
              transaction         transaction
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                        Number of Number
              Number of Voting    of      Number of voting  % of voting
              Shares    Rights    shares  rights            rights(x)
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                                          Direct  Indirect
                                  Direct  (xi)    (xii)     Direct  Indirect
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GB00B01C3S32  8,436,688 8,436,688    N/A     N/A  8,431,177    N/A    8.99%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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                                                Number of voting
                                                rights
                                                that may be acquired
                                                if the
                                  Exercise /    instrument is       % of
Type of financial   Expiration    Conversion    exercised /         voting
instrument          date(xiii)    Period(xiv)   converted.          rights
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Securities Lending                              3,565               0.00%
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American Depository
Receipt                                         7,839,165           8.36%
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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                                             Number of
                                 Exercise/   voting
Type of                          Conversion  rights
financial  Exercise  Expiration  period      instrument   % of voting
instrument price     date(xvii)  (xviii)     refers to    rights(xix, xx)
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CFD                                          45,223       Nominal    Delta
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                                                          0.04%      0.04%
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Please click on the following link to view full Announcement; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9872M_1-2016-10-19.pdf

Contact:
RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
[email protected]
http://www.rns.com

Source: Randgold Resources

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