Directorate Change

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

TATE & LYLE BOARD CHANGE

Tate & Lyle PLC announces that Kai Nargolwala has decided to step down as a

Non-Executive Director with effect from 31 December 2007.

Mr Nargolwala is based in Singapore and, as previously announced, will be
joining the Credit Suisse Group as Chief Executive Officer of the Asia-Pacific
Region on

1 January 2008. The requirements of this new executive role mean that he will no
longer be able to commit the required time to travel to the UK on a regular
basis to attend Tate & Lyle Board meetings. This has prompted his decision to
step down.

Sir David Lees, Chairman of Tate & Lyle, said: 'I am very sorry that Kai's new
work commitments make it necessary for him to step down from the Board. We thank
him for his excellent contribution over the past three years and wish him every
success in the future.'

Kai Nargolwala said, 'I am disappointed that the time commitments of my new
executive role mean I have to step down from the Board. I greatly enjoyed my
time with Tate & Lyle and wish the Company every success in the future'.
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About Tate & Lyle:

Tate & Lyle is a world leading manufacturer of renewable food and industrial
ingredients. It uses innovative technology to transform corn and sugar into
value-added ingredients for customers in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical,
cosmetic, paper, packaging and building industries. The Company is a leader in
cereal sweeteners and starches, sugar refining, value added food and industrial
ingredients, and citric acid. Tate & Lyle is the world number-one in industrial
starches and is the sole manufacturer of SPLENDA(R) Sucralose.

Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange
under the symbol TATE.L. In the US its ADRs trade under TATYY. The Company
operates more than 50 production facilities throughout Europe, the Americas and
South East Asia. In the year to 31 March 2007, it employed 6,900 people in its
subsidiaries with a further 2,300 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year
to 31 March 2007 totalled £4.0 billion. Additional information can be found on
http://www.tateandlyle.com.

SPLENDA(R) is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC