Dealing in securities 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 A DIRECTOR OF A MAJOR SUBSIDIARY In compliance with paragraphs 3.63 to 3.74 of the Listings Requirements of JSE Limited ("the Listings Requirements") we hereby advise that Ms LN Samuel, a prescribed officer of Gold Fields Limited, and director Gold Fields Operations Limited & GFI Joint Venture Holdings (Pty) Limited acquired some of and sold the remaining balance of her vested shares which was awarded to her 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: LN Samuel Nature of transaction Off market vesting of shares in terms of the above 2012 scheme Transaction Date 21 December 2015 Number of Shares 15,206 Class of Security Ordinary Shares Market Price per Share R54.1960 Total Value R824,104.37 Vesting Period The award vests on the third anniversary following grant date Nature of interest Direct and Beneficial LN Samuel Nature of transaction On market sale of shares in terms of the above 2012 scheme Transaction Date 21 December 2015 Number of Shares 11,057 Class of Security Ordinary Shares Market Price per Share R42.15 Total Value R466,052.55 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. 22 December 2015 Sponsor: JP Morgan Equities Limited Date: 22/12/2015 03:15:00 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.