Result of AGM

30 November 2009

              St Ives plc - Result of Annual General Meeting 2009              

St Ives plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce that all resolutions
proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed on a show
of hands.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 R of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules two
copies of the resolutions passed under other business (resolutions 9 to 13)
have been forwarded to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available
for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which
is situated at:

Financial Services Authority     Telephone: [phone]
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

In total 258 valid proxy cards were received by the registrars voting on
average 71.55 million ordinary shares. This represents 69.10% of the issued
share capital of the Company as at today's date.

The issued share capital of the Company as at 30 November 2009 is 103,551,005
ordinary shares of 10 pence each. Each share carries one vote.

Miles Emley, as Chairman of the Company and of the Annual General Meeting, was
appointed as proxy and given instructions on how to vote on the resolutions
before the Meeting today in respect of a maximum of 73,408,119 shares and was
appointed proxy and given discretion on how to vote in respect of a maximum of
556,021 shares. His appointment as proxy and accordingly his voting rights over
these shares lapsed immediately following the Annual General Meeting.

Votes `Withheld' have not been included in the proportion of votes cast `For' &
`Discretionary' and `Against'.

A summary of all the proxy votes lodged 48 hours prior to the Annual General
Meeting is set out below:

            Resolution               Votes 'For' &    Votes 'Against'   Votes   
                                    'Discretionary'                   'Withheld'
                                                                                
                                       Number       %    Number     %     Number
                                                                                
Routine business                                                                
                                                                                
1.  Report and Accounts 2009       71,945,230  98.82%   128,922 0.18%          0
                                                                                
2.  Directors' Remuneration Report 69,915,357  99.52%   339,391 0.48%  1,819,404
                                                                                
3.  Dividend                       72,051,452  99.97%    22,700 0.03%          0
                                                                                
4.  Re-appoint Auditors            69,490,688  99.32%   476,325 0.68%  2,107,139
                                                                                
5.  Fix remuneration of Auditors   69,920,700  99.93%    46,313 0.07%  2,107,139
                                                                                
6.  Re-elect Matthew Armitage      72,006,165  99.91%    66,530 0.09%      1,457
                                                                                
7.  Re-elect Patrick Martell       72,007,912  99.91%    64,783 0.09%      1,457
                                                                                
8.  Elect Lloyd Wigglesworth       72,007,912  99.91%    64,783 0.09%      1,457
                                                                                
Other business                                                                  
                                                                                
9.  Power to allot equity                                                       
    securities pursuant to         
    Section 551 of the Companies                                               
    Act 2006                       69,547,121  97.32% 1,913,090 2.68%    613,941
                                                                                                                  
10. Power to allot equity                                                       
    securities pursuant to         
    Sections 570 and 573 of the                                               
    Companies Act 2006 *           72,017,266  99.95%    39,513 0.05%     17,373                  
                                                                                
11. Notice for general meetings *  71,481,471  99.18%   591,006 0.82%      1,675
                                                                                
12. Authority for Company to                                                    
    purchase its own ordinary                                                       
    shares pursuant to Section   
    693(4) of the Companies                                                         
    Act 2006 *                     72,045,044  99.96%    29,043 0.04%         65                                        
                                                                                
13. Approve changes and adopt new                                               
    Articles of Association *      71,045,272  98.75%   898,963 1.25%    129,917
                                           
* passed as a special resolution

Enquiries:

Philip Harris                 Telephone: [phone]
Company Secretary

St Ives plc
St Ives House
Lavington Street
London SE1 0NX