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)                                                      
subject to                    SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LLP           
the notification obligation:                                                   
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder                                                    
(s)                           SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL 
(if different from 3.):       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   21-09-11                   
threshold is crossed or reached if different):                                 
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                   22-09-11                   
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:     15%to 14%                  

8. Notified details:                                                              
                                                                                  
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                               
                                                                                  
Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering      
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  16,250,906 16,250,906 16,158,999 16,158,999 N/A      14.62% N/A     

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                   
                                                                           
                                                                           
16,158,999                            14.62%                               

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      N/A                         
cease to hold:                                                                 
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold  N/A                         
voting rights:                                                                 

13. Additional information:  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  
                             IS GIVEN FULL DISCRETION OVER THEIR INVESTMENTS   
                             AND IS EMPOWERED TO VOTE ON THEIR BEHALF. HOWEVER 
                             SILCHESTER DOES NOT ACT AS OUR CLIENTS' CUSTODIAN 
                             AND THEREFORE SHARES ARE NOT HELD IN SILCHESTER'S 
                             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  
                             SHAREHOLDER'S 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 110,546,141.                     
                                                                               
14. Contact name:            ANISH KUMAR, COMPLIANCE                           
                             SILCHESTER INTERNATIONALINVESTORS LLP             
                             TIME & LIFE BUILDING                              
                             1 BRUTON STREET, 5THFLOOR                         
                             LONDON W1J 6TL                                    
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone        [phone]                                      
number:                                                                        



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Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary, St Ives plc

(T) 020 7928 8844 x337

22 September 2011


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