20 May 2015
St Ives plc
Transaction in own shares
In conformity with Listing Rule 12.4.6R, St Ives plc ("the Company") advises the market of the following:
That, on 19 May 2015, it purchased through Numis Securities Limited 18,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company at a price of 175.50 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 230,500 ordinary shares in Treasury and has a total of 130,108,076 ordinary shares of 10p each (excluding shares held in Treasury) in issue. The number of ordinary shares purchased represented approximately 0.01% of the voting rights attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior to such purchase.
Philip Harris
Group Company Secretary
St Ives plc
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