1 April 2014
St Ives plc - ("the Company") Transaction in own shares
and Total Voting Rights
The following notification is made pursuant to LR 12.6.4R and DTR 5.6.1R (1) and DTR 5.6.1R (2).
On 31 March 2014 the Company transferred 55,926 shares from Treasury to certain individuals for the purpose of satisfying the exercise of share options under rules of the Company's Sharesave Scheme. The highest price at which the transfers were made was 108.60 pence per share and the lowest price was 65.67 pence per share.
The Company hereby confirms that as at 31 March 2014 the Company's issued share capital consists of 122,735,676 ordinary shares of 10 pence each with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).
Following the transfer referred to above, the Company holds 44,074 ordinary shares in Treasury, representing approximately 0.036% of the voting rights attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior to the transfer.
The total number of voting rights in St Ives plc is 122,691,602.
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, St Ives plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Philip Harris
Group Company Secretary
St Ives plc
Enquiries: 020 7928 8844