Result of Meeting re Gold Fields/IAMGOLD.

PR Newswire UK Disclose, December, 2004

GOLD FIELDS 
 
MEDIA RELEASE 
 
          GOLD FIELDS SHAREHOLDERS DO NOT APPROVE IAMGold TRANSACTION 
 
Johannesburg, 7 December 2004. The Board of Directors of Gold Fields Limited 
(GFI: NYSE and JSE) today announced that the proposed reverse takeover of 
IAMGold Corporation ("the transaction") has not received the required majority 
approval by its shareholders. The proposed transaction will therefore not be 
completed. 
 
The breakdown of the vote is as follows: 
 
shares voted in favour 170,617,459 (48.23% of total) 
 
shares voted against - 181,955,004 (51.44% of total) 
 
abstentions - 1,154,283 (0.33% of total) 
 
Gold Fields Chief Executive Officer Ian Cockerill said, "This is a 
disappointing result, but we respect the decision of our shareholders. Gold 
Fields has...

            
        
    
    	    
                
                
	

		

					 
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