Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Â	  TATE & LYLE PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Â	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached						Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights						Â
Other (please specify):______________						Â
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Â	Axa S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):		Â
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):		17/09/09
6. Date on which issuer notified:		18/09/09
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Decrease in indirect holdings from 5.03% to 4.997%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code

Â

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Â

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

Number of shares   Direct

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Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

Ordinary shares of £0.25 GB0008754136

27,004,782

27,004,782

3,951,587

3,951,587

22,949,853

0.86

5.00

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Â	Expiration date	Â	Exercise/ conversion period/date	Â	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Â	Percentage of voting rights
-		-		-		-		-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
26,901,440		5.86%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Name of the Company/Fund	Â	Number of shares	Â	% of issued share capital
Alliance Capital Management (Direct)		947,800		0.20639
AXA (Direct)		908,844		0.19790
AXA Financial, Inc (Indirect)		18,629,074		4.05654
AXA IM UK (Direct)		448,943		0.09776
AXA IM UK (Indirect)		398,000		0.086339131
AXA Rosenberg (Direct)		1,646,000		0.36
AXA Rosenberg (Indirect)		3,922,779		0.854197553
Total Direct		3,951,587		0.86047
Total Indirect		22,949,853		4.99740
TOTAL		26,901,440		5.85787

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Â	Â
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		Â
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		Â

13. Additional information:	Â	Â
14 Contact name:		Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone name:		020 7003 1510
Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert, Deputy Company Secretary, 020 7626 6525