Holding(s) in Company

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)

5 September 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

10 September 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached

16%, 15%

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: 78,177,366

Number of Voting Rights: 78,177,366

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of Shares - 75,787,643

Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 75,787,643

% of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 15.68%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

Total (A)+(B)

Total number of Voting Rights - 75,787,643

Total % of Voting Rights - 15.68%

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

Bank of Ireland Dublin 802,154
Bank of New York 81,562
Banque Paribas 403,513
Bank of New York (Brussels) 46,427
Chase Bank (Hong Kong) 102,370
JP Morgan Chase 2,367,285
Citibank 61,488,126
HSBC Bank 1,097,689
Japan Trustee Services Bank 2,009
Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 474,472
Santander Central Hispano Investment 16,593
State Street Trust & Banking 8,079,793
Trust & Custody Services 5,287
Northern Trust Company, London 819,777
Other 586

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 6525

10 September 2007