The Board announced that the Company Secretary of Gold Fields Ltd., Mrs. Karen Robinson, has decided to leave the company for medical reasons with effect from 31 July 2013. Mrs. Taryn Harmse, BComm LLB (University of Johanneburg), who will be promoted to Assistant General Counsel of Gold Fields Limited on 1 June 2013, will also assume the role of Company Secretary with effect from 1 August 2013.