Dealing in securities by director of Gold Fields Limited Gold Fields Limited (Reg. No. 1968/004880/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (“Gold Fields” or “the Company”) JSE, NYSE, DIFX Share Code: GFI ISIN Code: ZAE000018123 Dealing in securities by director of Gold Fields Limited In compliance with paragraphs 3.63 to 3.74 of the Listings Requirements of JSE Limited ("the Listings Requirements") we hereby advise that Mr NJ Holland, a director of Gold Fields Limited, acquired all of his vested shares which were awarded to him in terms of the Gold Fields Limited 2012 Plan, as amended. Performance Shares (PS) are conditionally awarded and the actual number of PS which should be settled to a participant three years after the original award date is determined by the company’s performance measured against the performance of seven other major gold mining companies (the peer group) based on the relative change in the Gold Fields share price compared to the basket of respective US dollar share prices of the peer group. The number of shares to be settled will range from 0% to 200% of the conditional award. Details of the transactions are set out below: NJ Holland Nature of transaction Off market vesting of shares in terms of the above 2012 scheme Transaction Date 16 March 2015 Number of Shares 264,955 Class of Security Ordinary Shares Market Price per Share R54.1960 Total Value R14,359,501 Vesting Period The award vests on the third anniversary following grant date Nature of interest Direct and Beneficial In terms of paragraph 3.66 of the Listings requirements the necessary clearance to deal in the above securities has been obtained. 18 March 2015 Sponsor: JP Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited Date: 18/03/2015 11:33:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.