SRP Ruling Regarding Concert Parties Upheld

SRP Ruling Regarding Concert Parties Upheld 


JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 29  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harmony Gold
(NYSE: HMY; JSE: "HAR") is pleased to announce that today the Securities
Regulation Panel ("SRP") in South Africa upheld the ruling of its Executive
Committee and dismissed the appeals by Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI; JSE:
"GFI") ("Gold Fields") to have Harmony and JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel declared
concert parties in relation to the offers. The SRP also ruled that it had
jurisdiction over the early settlement offer, and refused all of the various
rulings applied for, and appeals brought by, Gold Fields.

"We have been vindicated once again.  We hope that both Gold Fields and Harmony
shareholders have noted that the sheer volume of distracting and expensive
technical legal challenges and appeals brought by Gold Fields management, which
we believe have served only to disadvantage all stakeholders through obscuring
the debate around the merit of our offers." said CE Bernard Swanepoel.

In connection with the proposed merger of Gold Fields, Harmony has filed a
registration statement on Form F-4 (which was declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 19, 2004) and filed a
final prospectus, dated November 19, 2004, with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, to register the Harmony ordinary
shares (including Harmony ordinary shares represented by Harmony American
Depositary Shares (ADSs)) to be issued in exchange for Gold Fields ordinary
shares held by Gold Fields shareholders located in the United States and for
Gold Fields ADSs held by Gold Fields shareholders wherever located, as well as
a Statement on Schedule TO.  Investors and holders of Gold Fields securities
are strongly advised to read the registration statement and the preliminary
prospectus, the related exchange offer materials and the final prospectus (when
available), the Statement on Schedule TO and any other relevant documents filed
with the SEC, as well as any amendments and supplements to those documents,
because they will contain important information.  Investors and holders of Gold
Fields securities may obtain free copies of the registration statement, the
final prospectus, related exchange offer materials and the Statement on
Schedule TO, as well as other relevant documents filed or to be filed with the
SEC, at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov/. Investors and holders of
Gold Fields securities will receive information at an appropriate time on how
to obtain transaction-related documents for free from Harmony or its duly
designated agent. The final prospectus and other transaction-related documents
may be obtained for free from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the information agent
for the U.S. offer, at the following address: 105 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York 10016; telephone [phone] (call collect) or 1 [phone]
(toll-free call); e-mail .

This communication is for information purposes only.  It shall not constitute
an offer to purchase or exchange or the solicitation of an offer to sell or
exchange any securities of Gold Fields or an offer to sell or exchange or the
solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange any securities of Harmony, nor
shall there be any sale or exchange of securities in any jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to the
registration or qualification under the laws of such jurisdiction.  The
distribution of this communication may, in some countries, be restricted by law
or regulation.  Accordingly, persons who come into possession of this document
should inform themselves of and observe these restrictions.  The solicitation
of offers to buy Gold Fields ordinary shares (including Gold Fields ordinary
shares represented by Gold Fields ADSs) in the United States will only be made
pursuant to a prospectus and related offer materials that Harmony has sent to
holders of Gold Fields securities.  The Harmony ordinary shares (including
Harmony ordinary shares represented by Harmony ADSs) may not be sold, nor may
offers to buy be accepted, in the United States prior to the time the
registration statement becomes effective.  No offering of securities shall be
made in the United States except by means of a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

Forward-looking Statements

Statements in this communication include "forward-looking statements" that
express or imply expectations of future events or results.  Forward-looking
statements are statements that are not historical facts.  These statements
include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions,
statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future
operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance.
 Forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words "expect,"
"anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates" and similar expressions.  All
forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other
factors, and Harmony cannot give assurances that such statements will prove to
be correct.  Risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the satisfaction of
closing conditions, the acceptance or rejection of any agreement by regulators,
delays in the regulatory processes, changes in the economic or political
situation in South Africa, the European Union, the United States of America
and/or any other relevant jurisdiction, changes in the gold industry within any
such country or area or worldwide and the performance of (and cost savings
realized by) Harmony.  Although Harmony's management believes that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable,
investors and holders of Gold Fields securities are cautioned that
forward-looking information and statements are subject to various risks and
uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the
control of Harmony, that could cause actual results and developments to differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the
forward-looking information and statements.  These risks and uncertainties
include those discussed or identified in the public filings with the SEC made
by Harmony and Gold Fields, including those listed under "Cautionary Statement
Concerning Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in the preliminary
prospectus included in the registration statement on Form F-4 that Harmony
filed with the SEC.  Harmony does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking information or statements. You may obtain a free copy of the
registration statement and preliminary and final prospectus (when available)
and other public documents filed with the SEC in the manner described above.

The directors of Harmony accept responsibility for the information contained in
this announcement.  To the best of the knowledge and belief of the directors of
Harmony (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case),
the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts
and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. 

DATASOURCE: Harmony Gold



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