Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 28 March 2008 it transferred
12,467 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 2,755,073 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 457,155,393 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary