Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') was informed today that on 19 June 2008 a grant
of options over the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each was made under
the Tate & Lyle 2003 Performance Share Plan ('PSP') to Executive Directors and
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR') as detailed in the
table below.

Options granted under the PSP will vest on 31 March 2012 but only to the extent
that certain performance criteria are satisfied by the Company over a three-year
performance period which commenced on 1 April 2008. Vested options may be
exercised up until 31 March 2018. No consideration is payable for the grant of
the options.

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Name                      Role                      No. of shares subject to
                                                             options
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Iain Ferguson             Executive Director     234,183
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John Nicholas             Executive Director     112,092
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Stuart Strathdee          Executive Director     92,200
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Robert Gibber             PDMR                   84,674
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This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Lucie Gilbert
Deputy Company Secretary
20 June 2008