Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 26 February 2008 it
transferred 48,405 ordinary shares in the Company for the purpose of satisfying
exercises under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme. These shares were
previously held in Treasury.

The transfer price per share was 325p.

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 2,849,730 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 456,915,291 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary