Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii					Tate & Lyle PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						Â	X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached							Â
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments							Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights							Â
Other (please specify):	Â						Â
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B attached hereto   Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds listed in Exhibit C attached hereto
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		See Number 3
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		26/9/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27/9/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

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Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

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Indirect xii

Direct

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Indirect

GB0008754136

17,931,372

17,931,372

19,481,249

19,481,249

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4.177%

0%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Expiration date xiii

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Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

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% of voting rights

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N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

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N/A

Nominal

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Delta

N/A

N/A

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Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

19,481,249

4.177%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”) hereby informs you that on 26 September 2013, CREF owns 6,640,022 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC. CREF owns these shares through three of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account, Stock Account and Social Choice Account. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Tate & Lyle PLC are 466,378,765, bringing CREF’s ownership in your company to a 1.424% level.   For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.   Additionally, affiliates of CREF on 26 September 2013 bought 1,549,877 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC, bringing the holdings of these affiliates to 12,841,227 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds (“Funds”) and TIAA-CREF Life Funds (“Life Funds”), each of which are SEC registered investment companies, as well as the Active Extension Fund I, LLC. (“Active Extension Unregistered Funds”) and TIAA Global Equity Income, LLC (“TGEI”). The Funds, Life Funds, Active Extension Unregistered Funds and TGEI are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. The holdings of these affiliated funds, when aggregated with those of CREF, account to 19,481,249 shares or 4.177% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter.     (See Exhibit A attached hereto)
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Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, Inc.
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
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13. Additional information:	Â	None
14. Contact name:		Stuart R. Brunet
15. Contact telephone number:		[phone]
Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert Company Secretary 020 7257 2100

Exhibit A.

TIAA-CREF

Summary of Holdings of Tate & Lyle PLC

Between September 25, 2013 - September 26, 2013

	Â	TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ("CREF")
		Global Equities Account	Â	Stock Account	Â	Social Choice Account	Â	Total CREF Holdings	Â	Total CREF %
Holdings as of September 25, 2013		23,326		6,604,150		12,546		6,640,022		1.424%
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Transactions as of September 26, 2013		-		-		-		-		0.000%
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Holdings as of September 26, 2013		23,326		6,604,150		12,546		6,640,022		1.424%

	Â	Teachers Advisors, Inc.
		TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund	Â	TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund	Â	TIAA-CREF Intl Equity Index Fund	Â	TIAA-CREF ENH Intl Equity Index Fund	Â	TIAA Global Equity Income	Â	Active Extension Fund I	Â	Total Mutual Funds Holdings	Â	Total Mutual Funds %
Holdings as of September 25, 2013		10,538,137		267,183		192,114		177,739		104,300		11,877		11,291,350		2.421%
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Transactions as of September 26, 2013		1,516,563		33,314		-		-		-		-		1,549,877		0.332%
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Holdings as of September 26, 2013		12,054,700		300,497		192,114		177,739		104,300		11,877		12,841,227		2.753%

	Â	Aggregate Holding
		Total Holdings	Â	Total %
Holdings as of September 25, 2013		17,931,372		3.845%
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Transactions as of September 26, 2013		1,549,877		0.332%
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Holdings as of September 26, 2013		19,481,249		4.177%

Total Voting Shares Outstanding 466,378,765

Exhibit B.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC

College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”) *

• CREF Stock Account
• CREF Global Equities Account
• CREF Social Choice Account

* Registered Investment Company

Exhibit C.

Teachers Advisors, Inc.

TIAA-CREF Funds *

• International Equity Fund
• International Equity Index Fund
• Enhanced International Equity Index Fund

TIAA-CREF Life Funds *

• Life International Equity Fund

TIAA-CREF Active Extension Funds

• Active Extension Fund I, LLC

TIAA Global Equity Income, LLC ±

* Registered Investment Company

± Unregistered investment company