JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2014) - Rangold 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")
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 above 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 |
|
Nominal | Delta | |||||
CFD | 13,850 | 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 | |
Contact Information:
Contact:
RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
rns@londonstockexchange.com
http://www.rns.com