TR-1 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

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 may N/A      
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting                
rights are attached                                                               
                                                                                  
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect   N/A      
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:          SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LLP      
                                                                                  
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                    
(if different from 3.):               SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS          
                                      INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TAXABLE TRUST    
                                                                                  
                                      SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS          
                                      INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST            
                                                                                  
                                      SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS          
                                      INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY GROUP TRUST      
                                                                                  
                                      SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS TOBACCO  
                                      FREE INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST       
                                                                                  
                                      THE CALLEVA TRUST                           
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the    02-06-11                     
threshold is crossed or reached if different):                                    
                                                                                  
6. Date on which issuer notified:                    03-06-11                     
                                                                                  
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      17%                          
                                                                                  
8. Notified details:                                                              
                                                                                  
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                               
                                                                                  
Class/type   Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering       
of shares    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                                                    
                                   Direct     Direct     Indirect Direct  Indirect
                                                                                  
GB0007689002 18,640,753 18,640,753 17,877,130 17,877,130          16.89%          

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                     
                                            refers to                      
                                                          Nominal  Delta   
                                                                           
N/A         N/A      N/A        N/A         N/A           N/A      N/A     

Total (A + B + C)                                                          
                                                                           
Number of voting rights               % of voting rights                   
                                                                           
                                                                           
17,877,130                            16.89%                               

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:                       SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL   
                                                    INVESTORS LLP              
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A                        
to hold:                                                                       
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold   N/A                        
voting rights:                                                                 

13. Additional information:       (Information provided by the person making   
                                  the notification)                            
                                                                               
                                  Silchester International Investors LLP       
                                  ("Silchester") acts as investment manager for
                                  the clients detailed in Question 4 above (our
                                  "Clients"). In acting for our Clients,       
                                  Silchester 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.                
                                                                               
                                  The decrease in Silchester's holdings was due
                                  to a series of transactions over a series of 
                                  different trading days. Details of the number
                                  of shares held before the change (shown in   
                                  Section A `Situation previous to the         
                                  Triggering transaction' above), represent the
                                  shares held by Silchester's clients as of the
                                  date of our last Notice of Substantial       
                                  Shareholders' Interest and not as of the last
                                  trading day before which this disclosure     
                                  level was triggered.                         
                                                                               
                                  Notification is provided based on the total  
                                  voting rights figure of 105,848,507.         
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                 ANISH KUMAR, COMPLIANCE                      
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone number:     0207 518 7124                                



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Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary, St Ives plc

(T) 020 7928 8844 x337

3 June 2011