Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

TATE & LYLE PLC

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of Issuer

TATE & LYLE PLC

2. Reason for notification

In Specie Transfer In

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

AMVESCAP PLC

4. Full name of the shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above)

N/A

5. Date of the Transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different)

11 April 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

12 April 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached

15%

8. Notified Details

(A) Voting Rights Attached to shares

Class/type of shares

ORDINARY 25p SHARES

(GB0008754136)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Number of Shares: 72,577,473

Number of Voting Rights: 72,577,473

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of Shares (Direct) - 74,049,410

Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 74,049,410

% of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 15.11%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

Total (A)+(B)

Total number of Voting Rights - 74,049,410

Total % of Voting Rights - 15.11%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or

the financial instruments are effectively held

Bank of Ireland Dublin 797,570

Bank of New York 200,869

Banque Paribas 516,311

BNP Secs Svcs (Frankfurt) 160,228

Bank of New York (Brussels) 46,427

Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 127,423

JP Morgan Chase (Hong Kong) 102,370

JP Morgan Chase 3,155,013

Vidacos Nominees Ltd 57,822,220

HSBC Bank plc (London) 1,036,969

Japan Trustee Savings Bank 2,009

Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) 489,982

Santander Central Hispano Investment 21,962

State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 7,740,893

Trust & Custody Services JP 5,287

Northern Trust Company (London) 1,823,877

Proxy Voting

10. Name of Proxy holder

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights

N/A

13. Any additional information

N/A

Contact name for enquiries:

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary

020 7626 6525

13 April 2007

ENDS