Result of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

29 July 2004 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Results of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that at its Annual
General Meeting held on 29 July 2004 all resolutions were passed on a show of
hands.

The results of the proxy voting on each resolution was as follows:


                                   Total For (1)         Total Against         Votes
                                                                              withhheld
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Resolution                        No. of      % of    No. of votes  % of       No. of
                                   votes       vote                  vote      votes
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  1. Report and Accounts         286,077,347    99.5%    1,392,211     0.5%    4,999,391
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  2. Remuneration Report         286,971,220    98.7%    3,759,250     1.3%    1,367,970
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  3. Approve final dividend      292,088,210     100%        6,429       0%        3,801
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  4. Re-elect R. Delbridge       287,189,190    99.5%    1,383,374     0.5%    3,525,876
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  5. Re-elect L. Pillard         288,521,799    99.2%    2,437,511     0.8%    1,139,130
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  6. Re-elect D. Fish            289,714,985    99.8%      477,930     0.2%    1,905,525
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  7. Re-elect E. Henkes          289,295,060    99.8%      516,540     0.2%    2,286,840
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  8. Re-appoint auditors         292,351,650     100%       80,352       0%       36,947
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     Approve auditors'
  9.  remuneration               292,372,711     100%       61,367       0%       34,871
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     Authority to purchase own
  10  shares                     292,199,437    99.9%      238,767     0.1%       30,745
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 11. Authority to allot shares   290,688,941    99.4%    1,706,335     0.6%       73,673
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     Dis-application of
 12. pre-emption rights          292,013,499    99.9%      366,589     0.1%       88,861
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     Amend Articles of
 13.  Association                292,273,414     100%      101,600       0%       93,935
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(1) Includes discretionary votes

As previously announced, at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, Keith
Hopkins and Mary Jo Jacobi retired as Directors of the Company.

Certified copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual
General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services
Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary
29 July 2004