Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 1 February 2008 it transferred
11,298 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 3,001,867 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 460,074,466 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

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Robert Gibber
Company Secretary
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