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 October 2008 consisted of 459,986,300
ordinary shares of which 1,437,472 were held in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 31 October
2008 was 458,548,828 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
3 November 2008