Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC - 19 June 2006

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 19 June 2006 a grant of
options over the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each was made under the

Tate & Lyle 2003 Performance Share Plan ('PSP') to Executive Directors and
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR') as detailed in the
table below.

Options granted under the PSP will vest on 31 March 2010 but only to the extent
that certain performance criteria are satisfied by the Company over a three-year
performance period which commenced on 1 April 2006. Vested options may be
exercised up until 31 March 2016. No consideration is payable for the grant of
the options.
Name                     Role                    No. of shares   Total options
                                                   subject to     and awards now
                                                     options      held under the
                                                                       PSP
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Iain Ferguson            Executive Director              183,833        750,901
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Stanley Musesengwa       Executive Director              106,668        458,327
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Stuart Strathdee         Executive Director               72,625        304,392
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John Nicholas            PDMR                             69,902         69,902
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Robert Gibber            PDMR                             61,277        256,709
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Corry Wille              PDMR                             69,448        363,088
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The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Rowan Adams

Deputy Company Secretary

19 June 2006