St. Ives PLC Board Appointment (7947V)

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RNS Number : 7947V

St. Ives PLC

26 July 2018

St Ives plc

Board Appointment

The Board of St Ives plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of David Bell as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 4 August 2018.

David has served as CEO of two of the world's largest Advertising Marketing Services companies, NYSE-listed True North and Interpublic Group (IPG). He was also CEO of Bozell Worldwide, which he helped grow to a top-ten global agency. From 2006 to 2009, David was a senior advisor to Google and has been in a similar position with AOL/Oath since 2009. David was elected by his peers into the Advertising Hall of Fame in the USA in 2007 and in 2013, the Hall of Fame established the David Bell Award which is given to one inductee who has best demonstrated this level of service. David is currently an independent director of Creative Realities Inc., was an independent director at Time Inc. between 2014 and 2018 and has previously served on numerous other USA listed company boards, as well as many growth stage companies in the marketing and media technology sectors.

Commenting on his appointment, Richard Stillwell, Chairman of St Ives plc said:

"We are truly delighted to be able to welcome David to the St Ives Board. His extensive experience in the digital media world will be of enormous value to the company which is now focused exclusively on developing and implementing a growth strategy for our digital business services companies. He also has unparalleled knowledge of the USA market which is a priority for our expansion."

The Company confirms that there are no further details to be disclosed under UKLA Listing Rule 9.6.13R (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules.

Enquiries:

   St Ives plc                                                     0207 928 8844 

Richard Stillwell

Chairman

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Tim Rowntree / Giles Robinson / Luke Briggs

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