Gold Fields Limited - Announcement
Gold Fields Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 1968/004880/06
JSE code: GFI ISIN: ZAE000018123
(`Gold Fields` or `the company`)
Announcement regarding the posting of the circular in respect of the General
Meeting detailing the proposed combination of all of Gold Fields` subsidiaries
assets located outside the Southern African Development Community with IAMGold
Corporation and salient dates
Further to the announcement of the terms of the combination of Gold Fields`
subsidiaries international assets with IAMGold Corporation (`IAMGold`) (the
`terms announcement`) released on SENS on 30 September 2004, Gold Fields
announces that the circular (`circular`) to the shareholders of Gold Fields
setting out the detailed information in relation to the proposed merger of Gold
Fields` subsidiaries assets located outside the Southern African Development
Community with IAMGold and a notice of general meeting (`Gold Fields General
Meeting`) at which the resolutions required to approve and implement the
proposed combination (`Gold Fields resolutions`) will be proposed, has been
posted to Gold Fields shareholders today, 4 November 2004.
The circular can be accessed on the company`s website at www.goldfields.co.za.
Salient dates and times for the Gold Fields General Meeting:
Last day to lodge forms of proxy Friday, 3 December 2004
General Meeting at 09:00 Tuesday, 7 December 2004
The above dates and times are subject to change and any such change will be
released on SENS and published in the press.
Johannesburg
4 November 2004
This announcement has been made for regulatory reasons in South Africa and does
not constitute a solicitation or recommendation of Gold Fields Limited and
should not be construed in such a manner. In the United States, Gold Fields will
file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission (the `SEC`) on Schedule 14D-9 and holders of Gold Fields` Ordinary
Shares and American Depositary Shares are advised to read it when it becomes
available, as it will contain important information. Copies of the Schedule 14D-
9 and other related documents filed by Gold Fields will be available free of
charge on the SEC`s website at http://www.sec.gov. Any documents filed by
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, including the registration statement on
Form F-4 (which includes a preliminary prospectus), as amended or supplemented,
dated 21 October 2004 and related exchange offer materials as well as its Tender
Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the SEC on 22 October 2004, will also
be available free of charge on the SEC`s website.
Date: 04/11/2004 08:00:14 AM
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