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(Loss)/Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
(Loss)/Earnings Per Share |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
BASIC (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss)/income attributable to Gold Fields shareholders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Continuing operations |  |  | (268.4 | ) |  |  | 292.1 |  |  |  | 540.7 |
- Discontinued operations |  |  | 20.5 |  |  |  | 362.2 |  |  |  | 340.8 |
|  |  | (247.9 | ) |  |  | 654.3 |  |  |  | 881.5 |
Weighted average number of shares - continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares outstanding - beginning of year |  |  | 729,536,813 |  |  |  | 723,735,186 |  |  |  | 720,796,887 |
Weighted average number of shares issued |  |  | 13,069,913 |  |  |  | 3,724,271 |  |  |  | 1,579,341 |
Weighted average number of shares issued at the end of the year |  |  | 742,606,726 |  |  |  | 727,459,457 |  |  |  | 722,376,228 |
Basic (loss)/earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Continuing operations |  |  | (0.36 | ) |  |  | 0.40 |  |  |  | 0.75 |
- Discontinued operations * |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.50 |  |  |  | 0.47 |
| * | Basic earnings per share from discontinued operations - US dollar
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders from discontinued operations of $20.5 million (2012: $362.2 million and 2011: $340.8 million) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue in fiscal 2013 of 742,606,726 (fiscal 2012: 727,459,457 and fiscal 2011: 722,376,228).
|  | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
DILUTED (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss)/income attributable to Gold Fields shareholders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Continuing operations |  |  | (268.4 | ) |  |  | 292.1 |  |  |  | 540.7 |
- Discontinued operations * |  |  | 20.5 |  |  |  | 362.2 |  |  |  | 340.8 |
|  |  | (247.9 | ) |  |  | 654.3 |  |  |  | 881.5 |
Weighted average number of shares – continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of shares issued at the end of the year |  |  | 742,606,726 |  |  |  | 727,459,457 |  |  |  | 722,376,228 |
Effect of dilutive securities 1 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,264,493 |  |  |  | 8,411,270 |
|  |  | 742,606,726 |  |  |  | 730,723,950 |  |  |  | 730,787,498 |
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Continuing operations |  |  | (0.36 | ) |  |  | 0.40 |  |  |  | 0.74 |
- Discontinued operations * |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.50 |  |  |  | 0.47 |
| * | Diluted basic earnings per share from discontinued operations - US dollar

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