Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  



Tate & Lyle PLC - 29 July 2005

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 28 July 2005 a grant of
options and awards over the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each was made
under the Performance Share Plan ('PSP') to Executive Directors and Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR') as detailed in the table below.


Name                 Role              No. of shares  No. of shares Total options
                                         subject to     subject to   and awards now
                                           options        awards     held under PSP
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Iain Ferguson        Executive Director       199,508             -        567,068
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Simon Gifford        Executive Director       118,339             -        352,854
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Stanley Musesengwa   Executive Director       118,339             -        351,659
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Stuart Strathdee     Executive Director        80,745             -        231,767
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Robert Gibber        PDMR                      66,847             -        195,432
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Corry Wille          PDMR                           -        77,039        166,717
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Options and awards under the PSP will vest on 31 March 2009 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 2005. Vested options
may be exercised up until 31 March 2015. No consideration is payable for the
grant or exercise of the options or awards.

The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Robert Gibber Company Secretary