Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1. Name of company

ST IVES PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED NOTIFICATION

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED NOTIFICATION

5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

NOT KNOWN

6. Percentage of issued class

NOT KNOWN

7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NOT KNOWN

8. Percentage of issued class

NOT KNOWN

9. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH

10. Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN

11. Date company informed

2 MARCH 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

4,380,779

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.23%

14. Any additional information

ST IVES PLC'S ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 3MARCH 2006 IS 103,551,005 ORDINARY
SHARES OF 10P EACH

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

PHILIP HARRIS TELEPHONE: [phone]

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

PHILIP HARRIS, COMPANY SECRETARY, ST IVES PLC

Date of notification 3 MARCH 2006

LETTER TO ST IVES PLC ON STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO HEADED PAPER


The Company Secretary
St Ives plc
St Ives House
Lavington Street
London

SE1 0NX

BY FAX AND POST

Fax: + 20 7902 6566

2 March 2006

Dear Sir,

Disclosure of interests in shares under Sections 198 - 202 of the Companies Act
1985 (as amended)

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'),
we write to inform you that State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS
Ohio) has a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of St Ives plc as
detailed in the attached schedule which it holds for investment purposes only.

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is a public pension plan in the US,
operating in the state of Ohio USA.

Yours faithfully,

Betsey Lynch

Assistant Director Investments

Director, Global Equities

STRS Ohio

Tel: + 614 227 2877

Enc.

SCHEDULE

                   Notifiable position report in St Ives plc                   

        Percentage holding calculated using an issued share capital of         

                      103,551,005 ordinary shares of 10p                       

Account                                           No. of shares               %
                                                                               
State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio              4,380,779            4.23
                                                                               
275 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio, USA 43215                                    
                                                                               
(Shares held by custodian bank, The Bank of                                    
New York, Brussels. Crest participant ID BO01)                                 
                                                                               
TOTAL                                                 4,380,779            4.23