Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

19 March 2008 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 19 March 2008 it transferred
10,000 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 2,813,627 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 457,082,430 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary