GOLD FIELDS - Dividends

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Gold Fields (following the unbundling of Sibanye Gold) is a large unhedged producer of gold with attributable annual production of approximately 2 million gold ounces from six operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru and South Africa. The new Gold Fields also has an extensive and diverse global growth pipeline with four major projects in resource development and feasibility. The new Gold Fields has total attributable gold Mineral Reserves of 54.9 million ounces and Mineral Resources of 125.5 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on the JSE Limited (primary listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ Dubai Limited, Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss Exchange (SWX). In February 2013, Gold Fields unbundled its KDC and Beatrix mines in South Africa into a separately listed company, Sibanye Gold.

Dividends

Dividend policy

It is the company's policy to pay around 50 per cent of its cash earnings as dividends depending upon investment opportunities.

Dividend history - ZAR

Period	Date Payable	DPS
Final dividend for the period ended 31 December 2012	11 March 2013	75 cents
Interim 2012	17 September 2012	160 cents
Final dividend for the period ended 31 December 2011	12 March 2012	230 cents
Interim 2011	5 September 2011	100 cents
Final dividend for the period ended 31 December 2010	14 March 2011	70 cents
Final 2010	30 August 2010	70 cents
Interim 2010	1 March 2010	50 cents
Final 2009	31 August 2009	80 cents
Interim 2009	23 February 2009	30 cents
Final 2008	25 August 2008	120 cents
Interim 2008	2 June 2008	65 cents
Final 2007	27 August 2007	95 cents
Interim 2007	12 February 2007	90 cents
Final 2006	28 August 2006	110 cents
Interim 2006	20 February 2006	40 cents
Final 2005	29 August 2005	40 cents
Interim 2005	28 February 2005	30 cents
Final 2004	23 August 2004	40 cents
Interim 2004	23 February 2004	40 cents
Final 2003	25 August 2003	100 cents
Interim 2003	24 February 2003	150 cents
Final 2002	26 August 2002	220 cents
Interim 2002	25 February 2002	90 cents
Final 2001	17 August 2001	40 cents
Interim 2001	23 March 2001*	53 cents
Final 2000	23 March 2001*	52 cents
Interim 2000	24 March 2000	20 cents
Final 1999	8 October 1999	30 cents
Interim 1999	19 March 1999	50 cents

* These two dividends were paid simultaneously due to the deferred dividend for Fin Year 2000 in terms of the failed Gold Fields/Franco Nevada merger constraints.

ADR Dividend rate - US$

Period	Date Payable	DPS
Final	Mar 21, 2013	$0.0693
Interim 2012	Sep 27, 2012	$0.1919
Final dividend	22 March 2012	$0.3030
Interim 2011	15 September 2011	$0.1393
Final dividend for the period ended 31 December 2010	24 March 2011	$0.0988
Final 2010	9 September 2010	$0.0942
Interim 2010	11 March 2010	$0.0649
Final 2009	10 September 2009	$0.1023
Interim 2009	5 March 2009	$0.0296
Final 2008	5 September 2008	$0.1532
Interim 2008	12 June 2008	$0,0835
Final 2007	6 September 2007	$0.1307
Interim 2007	12 February 2007	$0.1268
Final 2006	28 August 2006	$0.15259
Interim 2006	20 February 2006	$0.06514
Final 2005	29 August 2005	$0.06112
Interim 2005	28 February 2005	$0.0511
Final 2004	2 September 2004	$0.064
Interim 2004	4 March 2004	$0.0589
Final 2003	25 August 2003	$0.1334
Interim 2003	6 March 2003	$0.185
Final 2002	26 August 2002	$0.2045
Interim 2002	25 February 2002	$0.0683
Final 2001	21 September 2001	$0.0399
Interim & Final 2001	23 March 2001	$0.1189
Interim 2000	24 March 2000	$0.0258
Final 1999	8 October 1999	$0.0445
Interim 1999	19 March 1999	$0.0702