Total Voting Rights

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

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 31 August 2008 consisted of 459,971,109
ordinary shares of which 1,524,280 were held in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 31 August 2008
was 458,446,829 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.

Lucie Gilbert
Deputy Company Secretary
1 September 2008