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)

23 May 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

29 May 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: 74,049,410

Number of Voting Rights: 74,049,410

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of Shares (Direct) - 79,374,381

Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 79,374,381

% of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 16.20%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

Total (A)+(B)

Total number of Voting Rights - 79,374,381

Total % of Voting Rights - 16.20%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held

Bank of Ireland Dublin 776,220

Bank of New York 200,869

Banque Paribas 463,492

Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) 160,228

Bank of New York (Brussels) 46,427

Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 127,423

Chase Bank 102,370

Chase Nominees 3,135,205

Vidacos Nominees Ltd 62,966,088

HSBC Bank 1,089,569

Japan Trustee Services Bank 2,009

Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 496,192

Santander Central Hispano Investment 21,962

State Street Trust & Banking 7,965,033

Trust & Custody Services 5,287

Northern Trust Company, London 1,816,007

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 652529 May 2007