Decatur site visit

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  


12 October 2005 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Tate & Lyle holds site visit in Decatur, Illinois

Tate & Lyle PLC will be holding a site visit on 12 and 13 October, in Decatur,
Illinois. The visit, which will be held at Tate & Lyle's facility in Decatur,
will commence at 5.00pm Central Time on 12 October and end at 4.00pm Central
Time on 13 October. The meeting will be hosted by Iain Ferguson, Chief
Executive, and other senior managers and will be attended by institutional
investors and stockbrokers' analysts.

The agenda for the site visit is as follows:

12 October 2005

--  Iain Ferguson, Chief Executive will recap on Tate & Lyle's purpose and
    vision and our strategy to grow our value added business.

--  Simon Gifford, Group Finance Director will explain how Tate & Lyle has
    strengthened its financial position and how Tate & Lyle Food & Industrial
    Ingredients, Americas' performance has contributed to this.

--  Austin Maguire, President of Tate & Lyle Sucralose will provide an update on
    the SPLENDA® Sucralose business.

13 October 2005

--  Lynn Grider, President, Tate & Lyle Food & Industrial Ingredients, Americas
    will give an overview of the markets in which that business operates and its
    position within these markets. This will be followed by a tour of the
    Decatur facility.

--  Dr. Robert Schanefelt, Vice President, Global Research & Development will
    provide an overview of Tate & Lyle's research and development capabilities.

--  Michael Augustine, Global Vice President Applications and Technical Service
    will describe how Tate & Lyle uses its research and development capabilities
    to provide innovative ingredients solutions for the Group's customers.

--  Dr. Jeff Lievense, Vice President, Engineering & Biochemicals R&D will give
    an update on bio-products. This will be followed by a tour of the research
    and development facilities.

--  Peter Boynton, Senior Vice President, Industrial Ingredients, will give an
    overview of the industrial markets in which Tate & Lyle operates and Tate &
    Lyle's position within these markets.

--  Tom Doxsie, Senior Vice President, Food Ingredients Americas, will give an
    overview of the food ingredients market and explain how Tate & Lyle is
    marketing value added solutions to customers.

The presentations given at the visit will be available on our website on 14
October 2005
(http://www.tateandlyle.com/TateAndLyle/investor_relations/roadshows/default.htm).

For more information contact:

Mark Robinson, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: [phone] or Mobile: [phone]
[e-mail]

Ferne Hudson, Head of Media and Public Relations
Tel: [phone] or Mobile: [phone]
[e-mail]

About Tate & Lyle: Tate & Lyle is a world leading manufacturer of renewable food
and industrial ingredients. It uses innovative technology to transform corn,
wheat and sugar into value-added ingredients for customers in the food,
beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper, packaging and building industries.
The Company is a leader in cereal sweeteners and starches, sugar refining, value
added food and industrial ingredients, and citric acid. Tate & Lyle is the world
number-one in industrial starches and is the sole manufacturer of SPLENDA®
Sucralose.

Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange
under the symbol TATE.L. In the US its ADRs trade under TATYY. The Company
operates more than 60 production facilities in 28 countries, throughout Europe,
the Americas and South East Asia. It employs 6,700 people in its subsidiaries
with a further 4,500 employed in joint ventures. Sales in the year to 31 March
2005 totalled £3.3 billion. Additional information can be found on
www.tateandlyle.com.

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