Result of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

19 July 2006 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Result of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that at its Annual
General Meeting ('AGM') on 19 July 2006 all resolutions were passed on a show of
hands. The number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution prior to the meeting
was as follows:
                                     Total For (1)              Total Against           Votes withheld
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Resolution                         No. of      % of vote  No. of votes    % of vote         No. of
                                    votes                                                   votes
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  1. Report and Accounts          249,852,947       99.6%     1,028,241          0.4%         15,630,593
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  2. Remuneration Report          255,995,608       98.0%     5,240,245          2.0%          4,706,806
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  3. Approve final dividend       264,982,918       99.6%       948,813          0.4%             10,928
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  4. Re-elect I G T Ferguson      262,841,829       98.9%     3,046,157          1.1%             54,673
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  5. Re-elect S Musesengwa        265,820,717        100%        56,784            0%             65,158
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  6. Re-elect S Strathdee         265,842,722        100%        47,150            0%             52,787
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  7. Re-elect R Walker            264,590,861       99.5%     1,301,114          0.5%             50,684
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  8. Re-appoint auditors          266,240,807       99.9%       237,529          0.1%             33,445
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     Approve auditors'
  9.  remuneration                265,955,201       99.8%       508,914          0.2%             47,666
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     Authority to purchase own
 10.  shares                      265,400,224       99.6%     1,059,112          0.4%             52,445
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 11. Authority to allot shares    265,030,264       99.5%     1,347,272          0.5%            134,245
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     Dis-application of
 12. pre-emption rights           265,807,939       99.9%       255,593          0.1%            448,593
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     Authority to make
      political donations and
      incur political
 13.  expenditure                 260,081,432       99.1%     2,428,673          0.9%          4,001,676
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(1) Includes discretionary votes

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, 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

As previously announced on 25 May 2006, with effect from the conclusion of the
AGM:

i) Carole Piwnica, a Non-Executive Director, retired from the Board of the
Company;

ii) Simon Gifford retired as Group Finance Director and from the Board of the
Company; and

iii) John Nicholas was appointed as Group Finance Director and to the Board of
the Company.

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary

19 July 2006