Directorate Change

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

TATE & LYLE BOARD CHANGES

APPOINTMENT

Tate & Lyle PLC announces today that Kai Nargolwala has been appointed as a
Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 December 2004.

Kai, 54, is currently a Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC, a
leading bank in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He is Chairman of the Group's
global wholesale banking division and is also responsible for the Bank's
corporate governance across the Asia Pacific region and India. He is based in
Singapore.

In addition to his role at Standard Chartered, Kai is a Director of the Asia
Pacific region of Visa International.

Kai has been a Board member at Standard Chartered for five years and has
20 years' experience in the financial services industry in Asia, Europe and the
United States. He previously worked for Bank of America where he became Group
Executive Vice President; Head of Asia Wholesale Banking Group. Prior to joining
Bank of America, he was a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co
in London.

Kai was born in India and is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United
States of America. He has a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of
Delhi, India and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales.

Sir David Lees, Chairman of Tate & Lyle, said 'I am delighted that Kai is to
join the Board as a Non-Executive Director. His extensive financial and
commercial experience, and particularly his knowledge of the Asia Pacific
region, will be of great benefit to the Board.'

RETIREMENT

Tate & Lyle PLC also announces today that Larry Pillard will retire as a
Non-Executive Director on 31 December 2004. Larry joined Tate & Lyle in 1992 and
was appointed to the Board in 1994 as an Executive Director. In 1996 he was
appointed Chief Executive, a position he held until December 2002. He became a
Non-Executive Director in January 2003 when he took up his current position as
Executive Chairman of Tetra Laval Group based in Switzerland.

Sir David Lees said 'Larry has made a considerable contribution to the success
of Tate & Lyle both as an Executive and as a Non-Executive Director. I am most
grateful to him for his commitment and wise counsel.'

CONTACTS

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countries, almost all in Europe and the Americas. It employs 6,700 people in its
subsidiaries with a further 4,800 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year
to 31 March 2004 totalled £3,167 million. More details are available on this
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