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                           X        
                                                                               
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):                                               N/A      
                                                                               
3. Full name of person(s) subject to                                           
the notification obligation:                                                   
                                                                               
SANDERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD                                                 
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                 
(if different from 3.):                                                        
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 16-09-11                     
threshold is crossed or reached if different):                                 
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                 19-09-11                     
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   Below 3%                     
                                                                               
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 of Number of Number of Number of voting   % of voting      
ISIN CODE)   shares    Voting    shares    rights             rights           
                       Rights                                                  
GB0007689002 3,562,514           Direct    Direct    Indirect Direct   Indirect
                       3,562,514                                               
                                 3,062,514 3.062,514 0        2.89%    0%      

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

Total (A + B + C)                                                          
                                                                           
Number of voting rights               % of voting rights                   
                                                                           
3,062,514                             2.89%                                

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:                                                  
                                                                               
SANDERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD                                                 
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                   
                                                                               
N/A                                                                            
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:               
                                                                               
N/A                                                                            

13. Additional information:                                                    
                                                                               
(Information provided by the person making the notification)                   
                                                                               
Sanderson Asset Management Ltd ("Sanderson") acts as investment                
manager for our clients. In acting for our clients, Sanderson are              
given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to              
vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our clients'                   
custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in                 
the name of each client's custodian bank.                                      
                                                                               
Notification is provided based on the total voting rights figure               
of 105,848,507.                                                                
                                                                               
14. Contact name:JALPA TAANK                                                   
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone number:0207 468 5977                                     



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Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary, St Ives plc

(T) 020 7928 8844 x337

19 September 2011