Holding in Company

St. Ives PLC
11 April 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     ST IVES PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     SEE LETTER BELOW

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE LETTER BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     10 APRIL 2001

11)  Date company informed

     11 APRIL 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

     3,176,854 
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.05%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     AMANDA PRICE - 020 7928 8844

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ..11 APRIL 2001


LETTER TO ST IVES PLC

Companies Act 1985 - Disclosure of Interest in shares
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Consequent upon a purchase in the market of 162,500 shares on the 10 April 2001,
we now hold the following number of shares which are not subject to a concert
party and will be registered as follows:

Material Interest
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HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245     472,227
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612     150,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793      12,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509      57,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206   2,405,127
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203      80,000
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                                                  3,176,854   3.05%
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FROM LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT