Trading Statement

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  Tate & Lyle PLC

Trading Statement on entering Closed Period

In line with our usual practice, Tate & Lyle issues the following trading update
for the year ending 31 March 2008 ahead of the announcement of the preliminary
results on 22 May 2008.

TRADING PERFORMANCE

The Group's trading performance since the Interim Management Statement ('IMS')
on 15 February 2008 further reinforces the Board's overall expectations as set
out in the IMS, that the outturn for our continuing operations in the second
half of the year to 31 March 2008 will be broadly similar to that of the first
six months(1).

1 The profit before tax for the first six months of the year ending 31 March
2008 from continuing operations, after adjusting for exceptional items and the
amortisation of acquired intangible assets and the reclassification of the
profit before tax for Occidente from continuing operations to discontinued
operations, was £117 million.

NET DEBT

Net debt of £1,036 million at the end of February was in line with our internal
forecast made at the time of the IMS.

EXCHANGE RATES

We now anticipate a reduction in profit before tax of approximately £11 million
for the year as a whole from exchange translation by comparison with the prior
year. The average sterling : US dollar exchange rate of 2.01 (2007: 1.89) for
the year ending March 2008 was the main factor behind this, although the impact
of the translation of the US dollar was partially offset by other currency
movements, and in particular by the stronger euro.

RETURN OF CAPITAL

Following approval from shareholders at the AGM in July 2007 to purchase up to
10% of the issued share capital at that time, we had acquired by the close of
business on 31 March 2008 33.6 million shares (6.9% of the issued share capital
at the time of the AGM) for a total cash consideration of £159 million. The
Company had 457.2 million ordinary shares in issue at 31 March 2008, excluding
2.8 million ordinary shares held in Treasury.

The average number of shares in issue during the year for use in calculating
basic earnings per share is 475 million, and the estimate for calculating
diluted earnings per share is 481 million shares.
                                                              y Iain Ferguson, Chief
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