Total Voting Rights

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with Paragraph 5.6.1R of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules, Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') would like to notify the market of the
following:

The Company's issued capital as at 30 April 2008 consisted of 459,928,011
ordinary shares of which 2,184,632 were held in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 30 April 2008
was 457,743,379 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Tate & Lyle PLC under the
FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary
1 May 2008