Randgold Resources    Annual Report 2005 69

conditions as the directors may from time to time

determine, but subject to the requirements of the Law,

the London Stock Exchange, the United Kingdom

Financial Services Authority, the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission and The

NASDAQ Stock Market and to the following:

(a) this authority shall be valid only until the earlier

of the next annual general meeting of the company

or the date which is 18 months after the date on

which this special resolution is passed;

(b) this authority is limited to the purchase of a

maximum of 10 151 472 shares, being 14.9% of

the company’s issued ordinary share capital at

the time the authority is granted; and

(c) acquisitions must not be made at a price more

than 5% above the weighted average of the listed

price for the issued ordinary shares of the

company for the five business days immediately

preceding the date of acquisition and must not

be made at a price less than par value. For the

purpose of this special resolution, “business days”

shall mean a day upon which commercial banks

are open for normal business, not being a

Saturday or Sunday.

By order of the board

David J Haddon

Secretary

13 March 2006

Financial year end

31 December

Annual general meeting

Tuesday, 2 May 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUARTERLY RESULTS

First quarter

Monday, 8 May 2006

Second quarter

Thursday, 3 August 2006

Third quarter

Thursday, 2 November 2006

Year end and fourth quarter

Monday, 5 February 2006

TICKER SYMBOLS

Stock Exchange

Ticker Symbol

London Stock Exchange (ords)

RRS

London Stock Exchange (ADRs)

GOLD

Nasdaq Stock Market

GOLD

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