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 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 PA Schmidt, a director of Gold Fields Limited sold some of his shares which were awarded 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: PA Schmidt Nature of transaction On market sale of shares in terms of the above 2012 scheme Transaction Date 31 March 2016 Number of Shares 133,737 Class of Security Ordinary Shares Market Price per Share R60.0000 Total Value R8,024,220 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. 1 April 2016 Sponsor: JP Morgan Equities Limited Date: 01/04/2016 09:04:00 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.