Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
7 August 2000


Tate & Lyle announces a grant of options under its 2000 Executive Share Option
Scheme.  The date of grant was 5 August 2000, the option price is 293.50 pence
per share and the options are normally exerciseable during the period 5 August
2003 to 4 August 2010.  Grants were made to directors of Tate & Lyle PLC as
follows:

Executive Director    S Gifford    L G Pillard   S Strathdee   J H W Walker
Options granted        134,378      350,936       98,126         97,451
Options now held       417,451      825,490       287,182       331,667