Randgold Resources: TR-1 Amendment

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS–(Marketwired – Nov 7, 2014) – The TR-1 Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD) announcement released on 28 October 2014 at 07:26 under RNS No 4429V has been amended. The amendment is identified between two asterisks in paragraph 7 below (i.e. *below*).

The full amended text is set out in full as follows.

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands

Reg. No. 62686

LSE Trading Symbol: RRS

Nasdaq Trading Symbol: GOLD

(“Randgold Resources” or the “Company”)

London, 28 October 2014

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 Limited

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	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	24th October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27th October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Holding has gone *below* 16%
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

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B01C3S32

14,811,371

14,811,371

N/A

N/A

14,791,281

N/A

15.96%

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

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

13,850

Nominal

Delta

0.01%

0.01%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,805,131	15.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:		BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:		Gareth Slade
15. Contact telephone number:		020 7743 2536
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)		BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)		55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055 United States of America
Phone number & email		020 7743 2536 EMEAdisclsoure@blackrock.com
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)		Gareth Slade
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name		Martin Welsh
Contact address		Randgold Resources Limited 3rd Floor, Unity Chambers 28 Halkett Street St. Helier Jersey JE2 4WJ
Phone number & email		+44 1534 735 333 martin.welsh@randgold.com
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information

• Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers
• Finance
• Randgold Resources

Contact:

RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
rns@londonstockexchange.com
http://www.rns.com