Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

TATE & LYLE PLC

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of Issuer

TATE & LYLE PLC

2. Reason for notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

INVESCO plc

4. Full name of the shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above)

N/A

5. Date of the Transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different)

3 August 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

10 August 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached

15%, 16%

8. Notified Details

(A) Voting Rights Attached to shares

Class/type of shares

ORDINARY 25p SHARES

(GB0008754136)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Number of Shares: 78,253,239

Number of Voting Rights: 78,253,239

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of Shares - 78,177,366

Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 78,177,366

% of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 16.01%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

Total (A)+(B)

Total number of Voting Rights - 78,177,366

Total % of Voting Rights - 16.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or

the financial instruments are effectively held

Bank of Ireland Dublin 802,154

Bank of New York 81,562

Banque Paribas 431,104

Bank of New York (Brussels) 46,427

Chase Bank (Hong Kong) 102,370

JP Morgan Chase 2,735,320

Citibank 63,482,317

HSBC Bank 1,097,689

Japan Trustee Services Bank 2,009

Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 474,472

Santander Central Hispano Investment 16,593

State Street Trust & Banking 8,079,793

Trust & Custody Services 5,287

Northern Trust Company, London 819,777

Other 492

Proxy Voting

10. Name of Proxy holder

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights

N/A

13. Any additional information

N/A

Contact name for enquiries:

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary

020 7626 6525

10 August 2007