Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC was informed on 10 December 2004 that as at 7 December 2004
Barclays PLC, through various legal entities listed below, has a notifiable
interest for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 in 49,565,091
ordinary shares in Tate & Lyle PLC, being 10.21 per cent. of the nominal value
of the relevant share capital.

Barclays PLC had previously reported holding 30,468,126 ordinary shares in Tate
& Lyle PLC as at 17 November 2004 in which they had a material interest which
was then 6.30 per cent of the nominal value of the relevant share capital.

Legal Entity                                                    Holding Percentage Held
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Barclays Global Investors Ltd                               20,643,383          4.2531
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                        317,649          0.0657
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                        8,670          0.0018
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                  901,860          0.1858
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                               13,279,519          2.7359
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                              1,602          0.0003
Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd                             2,359,855          0.4862
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                            136,139          0.0282
Barclays Global Investors N.A.                              10,487,967          2.1608
Gerrard Ltd                                                      7,358          0.0015
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                 15,941          0.0033
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                              2,188          0.0005
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking                391,224          0.0809
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                    700          0.0001
Barclays Bank Life Assurance Co Ltd                          1,011,036          0.2083

Group Holding                                               49,565,091         10.2124



Registered Holder                               Holding
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Bank of Ireland                                 73,132
Bank of Ireland                                170,632
Bank of Ireland                                 59,268
Bank of Ireland                                107,963
Bank of New York                                20,864
Bank of New York                                 1,939
Bank of New York                               770,456
Bank of New York                               116,213
Bank of New York                             1,150,182
Bank of New York                             1,637,795
Bank of New York                               120,774
Barclays Noms Monument R97                         700
Barclays Trust Co R69                           15,941
BNP Paribas                                     48,794
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                         118,576
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                         262,710
BOISS Nominees Ltd                             205,783
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                         3,539
Chase Nominees Ltd                             285,940
Chase Nominees Ltd                              32,518
Chase Nominees Ltd                              61,765
Chase Nominees Ltd                              92,201
Chase Nominees Ltd                             328,009
Chase Nominees Ltd                           1,167,250
Chase Nominees Ltd                          15,051,276
Chase Nominees Ltd                             129,124
Chase Nominees Ltd                              42,459
Chase Nominees Ltd                              54,319
Chase Nominees Ltd                              75,509
Chase Nominees Ltd                             101,730
Chase Nominees Ltd                             142,366
Chase Nominees Ltd                             298,203
Chase Nominees Ltd                              11,833
Chase Nominees Ltd                              15,213
Chase Nominees Ltd                             183,438
Chase Nominees Ltd                             111,243
Chase Nominees Ltd                             464,530
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                   44,412
Citibank                                        46,120
Citibank                                       330,407
Citibank                                       133,986
Citibank                                       118,092
Clydesdale Nominees                              2,188
Deutsche Bank London                             7,084
Deutsche Bank London                           290,175
HSBC                                           326,341
HSBC                                            39,765
HSBC                                            34,867
HSBC                                            13,857
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                   717,504
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                     4,900
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                    38,249
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                   481,964
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                 1,302,568
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                    97,811
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                    60,663
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                     5,023
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                    30,518
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                    12,132
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                    13,427
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                   106,848
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                   566,055
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                   369,431
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                 2,010,235
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                 3,900,629
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                     4,713
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        160,755
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         31,280
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        265,322
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        293,909
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         57,984
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         72,388
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        129,398
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                      5,278,534
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        112,651
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         68,207
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        198,856
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         44,000
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         27,633
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                          5,227
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                         49,125
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        138,266
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        169,178
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                          1,312
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                      1,536,821
JP Morgan (BGI Custody)                        311,199
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            65,875
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            12,041
JP Morgan Chase Bank                           251,774
JP Morgan Chase Bank                             3,211
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            50,719
JP Morgan Chase Bank                             9,770
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            16,255
JP Morgan Chase Bank                           208,977
JP Morgan Chase Bank                             4,503
JP Morgan Chase Bank                             4,346
JP Morgan Chase Bank                             1,461
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            17,142
JP Morgan Chase Bank                             3,147
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            26,311
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            49,883
JP Morgan Chase Bank                            44,759
Master Trust Bank                                3,336
Mellon Bank                                  1,253,011
Mellon Bank                                     49,202
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                      61,491
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                     208,027
Mellon Trust of New England                    258,957
Midland Bank (HSBC Bank PLC)                   456,914
Mitsubishi Trust International                   2,549
Northern Trust                                 369,529
Northern Trust                                  29,459
Northern Trust                                 125,936
Northern Trust                                  44,972
Northern Trust                                 102,474
Northern Trust                                 690,324
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                 230,514
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                 336,806
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                  60,825
R C Greig Nominees a/c                             500
R C Greig Nominees GP1                           5,008
R C Greig Nominees SA1                           1,850
Reflex Nominees Ltd                              1,602
State Street                                     6,610
State Street                                    66,833
State Street                                     8,408
State Street                                   237,343
State Street                                   126,661
State Street                                    20,110
State Street                                    14,026
State Street Boston                            362,757
State Street Boston                             34,999
Sumitomo TB                                      1,252
UBS                                             10,232
Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban                   7,534
Zeban Nominees Limited                           8,670

Group Holding                               49,565,091