Transaction in Own Shares

25 July 2013

St Ives plc - ('the Company') Transaction in own shares

St Ives plc announces that, on 24 July 2013, it purchased through Numis
Securities Limited 20,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company at a
price of 155.22 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares. The highest price paid was 155.22 pence per share and the
lowest price paid was 155.22 pence per share.


Following the above purchase, the Company holds 20,000 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has a total of 121,683,429 ordinary shares of 10p each (excluding
shares held in Treasury) in issue. The number of ordinary shares purchased
represented approximately 0.016% of the voting rights attributable to the total
ordinary shares in issue prior to such purchase.

Philip Harris
Group Company Secretary

St Ives plc
Enquiries: 020 7928 8844