Director Declaration

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

2 December 2003 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Director Declaration

The following information is provided in compliance with paragraph 16.4 of the
FSA Listing Rules in respect of the appointments of Dr David Fish and Mr Evert
Henkes as Non-Executive Directors of Tate & Lyle PLC on 1 December 2003 (as
announced on 5 November 2003).

Dr David Fish

i) Dr Fish is currently a director and Chairman of Christian Salvesen PLC
(appointed a director on 21 October 2002). He holds no directorships in any
other publicly quoted companies and has not done so in the last five years.

ii) There are no details to disclose under paragraph 6.F.2(b) to (g) of the
Listing Rules in relation to Dr Fish.

iii) At the date of his appointment, Dr Fish had an interest over 11,750
ordinary shares in Tate & Lyle PLC. He had no interest in any options over
ordinary shares in Tate & Lyle PLC.

Mr Evert Henkes

i) Mr Henkes is currently a director of BPB PLC (appointed a director on

1 August 2003) and Outokumpu OYJ (appointed a director on 3 April 2003) which is
a company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. He holds no directorships in
any other publicly quoted companies and has not done so in the last five years.

ii) There are no details to disclose under paragraph 6.F.2(b) to (g) of the
Listing Rules in relation to Mr Henkes.

iii) At the date of his appointment, Mr Henkes had no interest in ordinary
shares or options in Tate & Lyle PLC.

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary

Tate & Lyle PLC