Holding in Company

St. Ives PLC
25 April 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     ST IVES PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     LEGAL AND GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

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

     SEE BELOW

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

     SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   (N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   (N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     23.4.01

11)  Date company informed

     24.4.01

12)  Total holding following this notification

     3,076,854
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     2.95%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     AMANDA PRICE        020 7928 8844

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

     Date of Notification .....25/04/2001...................


Letter to St Ives Plc
24 April 2001

Companies Act 1985 - Disclosure of Interest in shares

Consequent upon a sale in the market of 100,000 shares on the 23 April 2001, we
now hold the following number of shares which are not subject to a concert party
and will be registered as follows:

Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245          472,227
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612           57,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793            5,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509           57,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206        2,405,127
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203           80,000
                                                       ---------     -----
                                                       3,076,854     2.95%
                                                       =========     =====

Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued
share capital is 104,100,000.

Letter from Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.