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 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)        LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC (L&G)               
subject to                                                                     
the notification obligation:                                                   
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   LEGAL & GENERAL ASSURANCE (PENSIONS           
(if different from 3.):          MANAGEMENT) LIMITED (PMC)                     
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  17-DEC- 09                      
the threshold is crossed or reached if                                         
different):                                                                    
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:              18-DEC-09                       
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         L&G- FROM 4%TO 3%               
reached:                                                                       

8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                            
                                                                               
Class/type of Situation previous     Resulting situation after the triggering  
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                                                 
                                             Direct    Indirect Direct Indirect
                                                                               
                                                                               
GB0007689002       4,208,383       3,979,783 3,979,783 N/A        3.84 N/A     
                                                                               
ORD GBP 0.10    (AS ON 21-10-09)                                               

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                            
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
Type of financial Expiration  Exercise /   Number of voting rights % of voting 
instrument        date        Conversion   that may be acquired if rights      
                              Period /     the instrument is                   
                              Date         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                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
3,979,783                               3.84                                   

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC (DIRECT AND INDIRECT) (GROUP)                        
                                                                               
LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED                       
(DIRECT AND INDIRECT) (LGIMH)                                                  
                                                                               
LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (INDIRECT) (LGIM)                
                                                                               
                    LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC (DIRECT) (L&G)                   
                    (3,979,783- 3.84% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)                      
                                                                               
LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT              LEGAL & GENERAL INSURANCE              
MANAGEMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED           HOLDINGS LIMITED (DIRECT)              
(DIRECT) (LGIMHD)(3,646,977- 3.52% =    (LGIH)                                 
PMC)                                                                           
                                                                               
LEGAL & GENERAL ASSURANCE               LEGAL & GENERAL ASSURANCE              
(PENSIONS MANAGEMENT) LIMITED           SOCIETY LIMITED (LGAS & LGPL)          
(PMC) (3,646,977- 3.52% = PMC)                                                 
                                                                               
                                        LEGAL & GENERAL PENSIONS               
                                        LIMITED (DIRECT) (LGPL)                

Proxy Voting:                                                                  
                                                                               
10. Name of the proxy holder:                           N/A                    
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to  N/A                    
hold:                                                                          
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold       N/A                    
voting rights:                                                                 

13. Additional information:         NOTIFICATION USING TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS     
                                    FIGURE OF 103,551,005                      
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                   HELEN LEWIS (LGIM)                         
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone number:       020 31243851                               



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Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary, St Ives plc

(T) 020 7928 8844 x337

21 December 2009