Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

St Ives plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

SAME

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

4 October 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 October 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

Ownership falling below 4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB007689002

4,800,000

4,800,000

4,784,000

4,784,000

0

3.99%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,784,000

3.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

The STRS Ohio ownership position is 4,784,000 as of 5 October 2012, a decrease of 841,000 shares since the last notification filed on 13 June 2012

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

The STRS Ohio ownership position is 4,784,000 as of 5 October 2012, a decrease of 841,000 shares since the last notification filed on 13 June 2012

14. Contact name:

Matthew T. Downie, CFA

15. Contact telephone number:

614-227-2848