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: Total number of shares present/ represented including proxies at the meeting:

821,532,707

701 334 127

being 85% of the total votable shares

Ordinary resolutions

Number of shares voted

Shares voted for:

Shares voted against:

Shares abstained :

1.Re-appointment of auditors

639 977 164

624 095 818

15 881 346

61 356 963

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% of shares voted

% of total issued shares

100%

97,52%

2,48%

7,47%

2.1 Re-election of a director: CA Carolus

699 910 128

698 883 101

1 027 027

1 423 999

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% shares votedof

% total issued sharesof

100%

99.85%

0,15%

0,17%

2.2 Re-election of a director: RP Menell

699 907 104

698 978 585

928 519

1 427 023

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% total issued sharesof

% of

% of

85.20%

99.87%

0.13%

0.17%

2.3 Re-election of a director: SP Reid

699 903 082

698 870 286

1 032 796

1 431 045

of total issued shares

%99.85 of total issued shares

%0.15 total issued sharesof

% 0.17 of total issued shares

100%

99.93%

0.07%

0.11%

3.1. Re-election of Audit Committee member: YGH Suleman

699 931 569

699 576 429

355 140

1 402 558

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% of shares voted

% of total issued shares

100%

99.95%

0.05%

0.17%

3.2. Re-election of a member of the Audit Committee: A Andani

699 929 121

699 594 473

334 648

1 405 006

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% of shares voted

% of total issued shares

100%

99.95%

0.05%

0.17%

3.3 Re-election of a member of the Audit Committee: PJ Bacchus

699 908 172

699 576 233

340 939

1 425 955

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

100%

99.95%

0.05%

0.17%

3.4 Re-election of a member of the Audit Committee: RP Menell

699 913 365

697 853 211

2 060 154

1 420 762

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

100%

99.71%

0.29%

0.17%

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

100%

99.30%

0.70%

0.11%

4. Approval for the issue of authorised but unissued ordinary shares

699 777 267

621 643 289

78 133 978

1 556 860

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% of shares voted

% of total issued shares

100%

88.83%

11.17%

0.19%

of

Special resolutions

Number shares voted

of

Shares voted for:

Shares voted against:

Shares abstained:

1.Approval for the issuing of equity securities for cash

699 737 922

622 442 338

77 295 584

1 596 205

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

% of total issued shares

100%

88.95%

11.05%

0.19%

Advisory endorsement of the remuneration policy

692 241 930

664 950 888

27 291 042

9 092 197

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% shares votedof

% shares votedof

100%

96.06%

3.94%

1.11%

2. Approval for the remuneration of non-executive directors

699 611 130

686 586 098

13 025 032

1 722 997

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% of shares voted

% of total issued shares

100%

98.14%

1.86%

0.21%

3. Approval for the Company to grant inter-group financial assistance in terms of section 44 and 45 of the Act

699 618 163

691 994 664

7 623 499

1 715 964

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% of shares voted

% of total issued shares

100%

98.91%

1.09%

0.21%

4. Acquisition of the Company's own shares

699 827 936

699 364 508

463 428

1 506 191

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% shares votedof

% shares votedof

100%

99.93%%

0.07%%

0.18%

5.Approval of the Amendment of the Gold Fields Limited 2012 Share Plan

699 382 557

656 869 433

42 513 124

1 951 570

% of total issued shares

% of shares voted

% shares votedof

% shares votedof

100%

93.92%

6.08%

0.24%

% of total

% of

% of

% of

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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