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			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 Â 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		17/9/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19/9/2013
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

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0008754136

18,751,943

18,277,843

3.919%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

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

% of voting
rights

N/A

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

18,277,843

3.919%

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 (â€œCREFâ€) sold 525,000 shares on September 17, 2013 bringing its holdings to 6,700,287 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 CREFâ€™s ownership in your company to a 1.437% level. Â
Â For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (â€œSECâ€). 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. Â Additionally, affiliates of CREF on September 17, 2013 bought 50,900 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC, bringing the holdings of these affiliates to 11,577,556 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds (â€œFundsâ€) and TIAA-CREF Life Funds (â€œLife Fundsâ€), each of which are SEC registered investment companies, as well as the Active Extension Fund I, LLC. (â€œActive Extension Unregistered Fundsâ€) and TIAA Global Equity Income, LLC (â€œTGEIâ€). 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 18,277,843 shares or 3.919% 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. Â Â (See Exhibit A attached hereto)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		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:	None
14. Contact name:	Stuart R. Brunet
15. Contact telephone number:	+1 415 882 3711
Listed Company Contact name:	Lucie Gilbert Company Secretary 020 7257 2100

Exhibit A.

TIAA-CREF

Summary of Holdings of Tate & Lyle PLC

Between September 16, 2013 â€“ September 17, 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 16, 2013		317,907		6,894,834		12,546		7,225,287		1.549%
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Transactions as of September 17, 2013		(291,667)		(233,333)		-		(525,000)		-0.113%
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Holdings as of September 17, 2013		26,240		6,661,501		12,546		6,700,287		1.437%

Teachers Advisors, Inc.

TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund

TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund

TIAA-CREF Intl Equity Index Fund

TIAA-CREF ENH Intl Equity Index Fund

TIAA Global Equity Income

Active Extension Fund I

Total Mutual Funds Holdings

Total Mutual Funds %

Holdings as of September 16, 2013

10,806,135

276,116

192,114

187,014

53,400

11,877

11,526,656

2.472%

Transactions as of September 17, 2013

50,900

0.011%

Holdings as of September 17, 2013

10,806,135

276,116

192,114

187,014

104,300

11,877

11,577,556

2.482%

	Â	Aggregate Holding
		Total Holdings	Â	Total %
Holdings as of September 16, 2013		18,751,943		4.021%
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Transactions as of September 17, 2013		(474,100)		-0.102%
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Holdings as of September 17, 2013		18,277,843		3.919%