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GOLD FIELDS LIMITED - Results of AGM Meeting of Gold Felds Limited held on 22 May 2018 and changes to the directors.

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Results of AGM Meeting of Gold Felds Limited held on 22 May 2018 and changes to the directors.

Gold Fields Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration Number 1968/004880/06)
JSE, NYSE, DIFX Share Code: GFI
ISIN: ZAE000018123
"Gold Fields" or “the Company”)


RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF GOLD FIELDS LIMITED HELD ON 22 MAY
2018 AND CHANGES TO THE DIRECTORS


Shareholders are advised that at the Annual General Meeting of Gold Fields
Limited held on Tuesday 22 May 2018, the ordinary and special resolutions,
as well as advisory endorsement of the company’s remuneration policy, as
set out in the notice of the annual general meeting dispatched to
shareholders on 23 March 2018 were passed, on a poll, by the requisite
majorities.

Details of the results of the voting are as follows:

Total issued share capital:                       821,532,707
Total number of shares present/
represented including proxies at the meeting:     701 334 127

being 85% of the total votable shares

Ordinary            Number of     Shares        Shares          Shares
resolutions         shares        voted for:    voted           abstained
                    voted                       against:        :
1.Re-appointment 639 977 164      624 095 818   15 881 346      61 356 963
of auditors


                    % of total    % of shares % of              % of
                    issued        voted       shares            total
                    shares                    voted             issued
                                                                shares
                    100%          97,52%        2,48%           7,47%

                    699 910 128   698 883 101 1 027 027         1 423 999

                    % of total % of shares %                 of %      of
2.1 Re-election
                    issued     voted       shares               total
of a director:
                    shares                 voted                issued
CA Carolus
                                                                shares
                    100%          99.85%        0,15%           0,17%

                    699 907 104   698 978 585   928 519         1 427 023
2.2 Re-election     % of total    % of total    % of total      %      of
of a director:      issued        issued        issued          total
RP Menell           shares        shares        shares          issued
                                                                shares
                  85.20%        99.87%        0.13%        0.17%



                  699 903 082   698 870 286   1 032 796    1 431 045
                   of   total   %99.85 of     %0.15   of   % 0.17 of
2.3 Re-election
                  issued        total         total        total
of a director:
                  shares        issued        issued       issued
SP Reid
                                shares        shares       shares
                  100%          99.93%        0.07%        0.11%

                 699 931 569    699 576 429 355 140        1 402 558
3.1. Re-election
of Audit         % of total     % of shares % of           % of
Committee        issued         voted       shares         total
member: YGH      shares                     voted          issued
Suleman                                                    shares
                 100%           99.95%      0.05%          0.17%
3.2. Re-election 699 929 121    699 594 473 334 648        1 405 006
of a member of
the Audit        % of total     % of shares % of     % of
Committee: A     issued         voted       shares   total
Andani           shares                     voted    issued
                                                     shares
                  100%        99.95%      0.05%      0.17%
                  699 908 172 699 576 233 340 939    1 425 955
3.3 Re-election
                  % of total  % of total  % of total % of
of a member of
                  issued      issued      issued     total
the Audit
                  shares      shares      shares     issued
Committee: PJ
                                                     shares
Bacchus
                  100%        99.95%      0.05%      0.17%
3.4 Re-election   699 913 365 697 853 211 2 060 154  1 420 762
of a member of    % of total  % of total  % of total % of
the Audit         issued      issued      issued     total
Committee: RP     shares      shares      shares     issued
Menell                                               shares
                  100%        99.71%      0.29%      0.17%
                  % of total  % of total  % of total % of
                  issued      issued      issued     total
                  shares      shares      shares     issued
                                                     shares
                  100%        99.30%      0.70%      0.11%

4. Approval for   699 777 267 621 643 289 78 133 978 1 556 860
the issue of
authorised but    % of total    % of shares % of           % of
unissued          issued        voted       shares         total
ordinary shares   shares                    voted          issued
                                                           shares
                  100%          88.83%        11.17%       0.19%
Special             Number   of Shares     Shares            Shares
resolutions         shares      voted      voted             abstained:
                    voted       for:       against:
                    699 737 922 622 442    77 295 584        1 596 205
1.Approval for
                                338
the issuing of
                    % of total % of total % of total         % of total
equity
                    issued      issued       issued          issued
securities for
                    shares      shares       shares          shares
cash
                    100%        88.95%       11.05%          0.19%
Advisory            692 241 930 664 950 888 27 291 042       9 092 197
endorsement of
the remuneration    % of total    % of shares %       of     %       of
policy              issued        voted       shares         shares
                    shares                    voted          voted
                    100%          96.06%      3.94%          1.11%
2. Approval for     699 611 130   686 586 098 13 025 032     1 722 997
the remuneration
of non-executive    % of total    % of shares % of           % of total
directors           issued        voted       shares         issued
                    shares                    voted          shares
                    100%          98.14%      1.86%          0.21%
3. Approval for     699 618 163   691 994 664 7 623 499      1 715 964
the Company to
grant inter-        % of total    % of shares % of           % of total
group financial     issued        voted       shares         issued
assistance in       shares                    voted          shares
terms of section    100%          98.91%      1.09%          0.21%
44 and 45 of the
Act
                    699 827 936   699 364 508   463 428      1 506 191
4. Acquisition
                    % of total    % of shares %       of     %       of
of the Company’s
                    issued        voted       shares         shares
own shares
                    shares                    voted          voted
                    100%          99.93%%     0.07%%         0.18%
                    699 382 557   656 869 433 42 513 124     1 951 570
5.Approval of
the Amendment of
                    % of total % of shares      %         of %        of
the Gold Fields
                    issued     voted            shares       shares
Limited 2012
                    shares                      voted        voted
Share Plan
                    100%       93.92%           6.08%        0.24%


Over 85% of votable shares were represented at the AGM.

The special resolutions will be filed with the Companies and Intellectual
Property Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Companies
Act, No 71 of 2008.

The Board has taken a decision to put Gold Fields Group’s audit work from
the 2018 financial year onwards out for tender.
In terms of paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Limited’s Listings Requirements,
shareholders are advised that Don Ncube, who is the current Chair of the
Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee, has retired as a non-
executive director of the Gold Fields Board of Directors (“the Board”),
with effect from this AGM. The Board would like to thank Mr Ncube for his
valuable contribution to the Company over the past 15 years and wish him
everything of the best in his future endeavours.

Dr Carmen Letton will serve as the new Chair of the Social, Ethics and
Transformation Committee with effect from this AGM.


23 May 2018
Sponsor
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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