Transaction in Own Shares

17 July 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 16 July 2015, it purchased through Numis Securities Limited 20,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company at a price of 179.75 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 452,732 ordinary shares in Treasury and has a total of 130,427,691 ordinary shares of 10p each (excluding shares held in Treasury) in issue. The number of ordinary shares purchased represented approximately 0.02% 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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