Randgold Resources: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Mar 24, 2016) - 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")

Jersey, Channel Islands, 24 March 2016

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

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

22 March, 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 March, 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

Financial Instruments holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 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

7,182,962

7,182,962

N/A

N/A

7,564,428

N/A

8.09%

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

Website: www.randgoldresources.com

To view the full announcement, please click on the following link.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1520T_1-2016-3-24.pdf