Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                                 
                                                                               
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of                          
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:      ST IVES PLC          
                                                                               
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)      
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           N/A      
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which  N/A      
may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which                
voting rights are attached                                                     
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic       N/A      
effect to qualifying financial instruments                                     
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                      N/A      
                                                                               
Other (please specify): PLEASE REFER TO QUESTION 13                   X        
                                                                               
3. Full name of person(s)                                                      
subject to                    SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LLP           
the notification obligation:                                                   
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder                                                    
(s)                           SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS               
(if different from 3.):       INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TAXABLE TRUST         
                                                                               
                              SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS               
                              INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST                 
                                                                               
                              SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS               
                              INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY GROUP TRUST           
                                                                               
                              SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS TOBACCO FREE  
                              INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST                 
                                                                               
                              THE CALLEVA TRUST                                
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which 01-11-10                         
the threshold is crossed or reached if                                         
different):                                                                    
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:             03-11-10                         
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or        19%                              
reached:                                                                       
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                            
                                                                               
Class/type   Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering       
of shares    to the triggering  transaction                                    
             transaction                                                       
(if possible                                                                   
using the    Number   Number of Number of  Number of voting    % of voting     
ISIN CODE)   of       Voting    shares     rights              rights          
             shares   Rights                                                   
                                                                               
                                           Direct     Indirect Direct  Indirect
                                                                               
GB0007689002 0        0         20,605,534 20,605,534 N/A      19.89%  N/A     

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                            
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
Type of financial Expiration  Exercise /   Number of voting rights % of voting 
instrument        date        Conversion   that may be acquired if rights      
                              Period /     the instrument is                   
                              Date         exercised/converted                 
                                                                               
N/A               N/A         N/A          N/A                     N/A         

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial  
Instruments                                                                    
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
Type of      Exercise  Expiration  Exercise /  Number of      % of voting      
financial    price     date        Conversion  voting rights  rights           
instrument                         period      instrument                      
                                               refers to                       
                                                              Nominal  Delta   
                                                                               
N/A          N/A       N/A         N/A         N/A            N/A      N/A     

Total (A + B + C)                                                              
                                                                               
Number of voting rights                 % of voting rights                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
20,605,534                              19.89%                                 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
N/A                                                                            

Proxy Voting:                                                                  
                                                                               
10. Name of the proxy holder:                           SILCHESTER INTERNA     
                                                        TIONAL INVESTORS LLP   
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to  N/A                    
hold:                                                                          
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold       N/A                    
voting rights:                                                                 

13. Additional information:         ON 1ST NOVEMBER 2010, SILCHESTER            
                                    INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED            
                                    ("SILCHESTER LIMITED") TRANSFERRED ITS     
                                    REGULATED BUSINESS TO SILCHESTER           
                                    INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LLP ("SILCHESTER   
                                    LLP"). ON THE SAME DAY, SILCHESTER LIMITED 
                                    CHANGED ITS NAME TO SILCHESTER PARTNERS    
                                    LIMITED. ALL EMPLOYEES OF SILCHESTER       
                                    LIMITED, INCLUDING ALL PORTFOLIO MANAGERS, 
                                    INVESTMENT ANALYSTS AND MEMBERS OF ITS     
                                    ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS TEAMS, BECAME
                                    PARTNERS OR EMPLOYEES OF SILCHESTER LLP.   
                                    SILCHESTER LLP ACTS AS INVESTMENT MANAGER  
                                    FOR THE CLIENTS DETAILED IN QUESTION 4     
                                    ABOVE (THE "CLIENTS"). IN ACTING FOR THE   
                                    CLIENTS, SILCHESTER LLP IS GIVEN FULL      
                                    DISCRETION OVER THEIR INVESTMENTS AND IS   
                                    EMPOWERED TO VOTE ON THEIR BEHALF. HOWEVER 
                                    SILCHESTER LLP DOES NOT ACT AS THE CLIENTS'
                                    CUSTODIAN AND THEREFORE SHARES ARE NOT HELD
                                    IN SILCHESTER LLP'S NAME BUT IN THE NAME OF
                                    EACH CLIENT'S CUSTODIAN BANK. THIS         
                                    NOTIFICATION WAS THEREFORE TRIGGERED BY THE 
                                    CHANGE IN THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF THE       
                                    INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRM ON 1ST NOVEMBER  
                                    2010 RATHER THAN TRADING ACTIVITY IN THE   
                                    UNDERLYING SHARES.                         
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                   TIMOTHY J. LINEHAN                         
                                    HEAD OF OPERATIONS                         
                                    SILCHESTER PARTNERS LIMITED                
                                    TIME & LIFE BUILDING                       
                                    1 BRUTON STREET, 5THFLOOR,                 
                                    LONDON W1J 6TL                             
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone number:       020 7518 7125                              



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Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary, St Ives plc

(T) 020 7928 8844 x337

3 November 2010