Scrip Dividend

Scrip Dividend

Tate & Lyle PLC

Tate & Lyle PLC – Scrip Dividend Reference Price

Tate & Lyle PLC (the “Company”) announces that the reference price at which ordinary shares in the Company will be issued to shareholders who elect to receive shares in lieu of cash dividends is 424.94p in respect of the 2010 interim dividend to be paid on 8 January 2010.

The reference price is calculated as the average of the middle market quotations for the Company’s ordinary shares, derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, for the five consecutive business days commencing on the ex-dividend date, 2 December 2009.

Further details of the Tate & Lyle Evergreen Scrip Dividend Scheme are available on the Company’s website:

http://www.tateandlyle.com/TateAndLyle/investor_relations/dividends/default.htm

Lucie Gilbert
Deputy Company SecretaryDeputy Company Secretary
9 December 20099 December 2009