Result of AGM

St Ives plc - Annual General Meeting 2007

St Ives plc 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 9.6.2R of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules two
copies of the resolutions passed under special business (resolutions 12 to 15)
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
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Telephone: [phone]


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

                                                                              
                                  Votes 'For' &                       Votes   
          Resolution             'Discretionary'   Votes 'Against'  'Withheld'
                                                                              
                                    Number      %     Number      %           
                                                                              
Ordinary business                                                             
                                                                              
1.  Report and Accounts 2007    75,618,374 99.83%    126,300  0.17%    709,898
                                                                              
2.  Remuneration Report         44,368,058 68.18% 20,705,759 31.82% 12,380,755
                                                                              
3.  Dividend                    77,406,573 99.94%     48,000  0.06%          0
                                                                              
4.  Re-appoint Auditors         75,038,665 99.52%    358,790  0.48%  2,057,118
                                                                              
5.  Fix remuneration of         75,221,228 99.77%    176,227  0.23%  2,057,118
Auditors                                                                      
                                                                              
6.  Re-elect Brian Edwards      74,977,192 96.81%  2,467,881  3.19%      9,500
                                                                              
7.  Re-elect Miles Emley        73,613,157 95.17%  3,737,520  4.83%    103,895
                                                                              
8.  Re-elect Simon Marquis      74,954,371 96.81%  2,469,853  3.19%     30,349
                                                                              
9.  Re-elect David Wilbraham    73,193,271 95.25%  3,651,123  4.75%    610,178
                                                                              
10.  To elect Simon Ward        74,956,883 96.81%  2,466,901  3.19%     30,789
                                                                              
11.  To elect Matthew Armitage  74,957,826 96.82%  2,465,501  3.18%     31,246
                                                                              
Special business                                                              
                                                                              
12.  Power to allot equity      76,019,229 98.30%  1,316,800  1.70%    118,544
securities pursuant to                                                        
       Section 80                                                             
                                                                              
13.  Power to allot equity      76,448,392 98.71%    999,181  1.29%      7,000
securities pursuant to                                                        
       Section 89(1)                                                          
                                                                              
14.  Authority for Company to   77,447,168 99.99%      6,867  0.01%        538
purchase its own ordinary                                                     
       shares pursuant to                                                     
Section 166                                                                   
                                                                              
15.  To approve and adopt new   77,395,284 99.94%     49,601  0.06%      9,688
Articles of Association                                                       

In total 288 proxy cards have been received by the registrars voting on average
76.18 million ordinary shares.
This represents 73.57% of the issued share capital of the Company as at today's
date.

The issued share capital of St Ives plc as at 3 December 2007 is 103,551,005
ordinary shares of 10 pence.

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

A full summary of proxy votes can be obtained from the Company Secretary:

Company Secretary
St Ives plc
St Ives House
Lavington Street
London SE1 0NX
Telephone: [phone]

Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary
Telephone: [phone]

3 December 2007