St Ives plc - Contract award

19 October 2007

                        Royal Mail Group Contract Award                        

St Ives plc is pleased to announce that it has been appointed by the Royal Mail
Group plc to act as the sole supplier of print management services to the
Royal Mail Group. The contract will run for a four year term and is expected to
have sales of approximately £40 million per annum, once transition of the work
from existing suppliers has been completed. The work will be produced at and
serviced from a number of St Ives' UK sites as well as by a number of
specialist outsource suppliers.

For further information contact:

Royal Mail Group           020 7250 2468

St Ives plc                020 7928 8844
Brian Edwards, Chief Executive
Simon Ward, Managing Director UK Sales
Matthew Armitage, Finance Director