Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Â	  TATE & LYLE PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Â	Â
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached						Â
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments						Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights						X
Other (please specify):______________						Â
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Â	Kames Capital
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):		Â
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):		26 March 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 March 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		4%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code

Â

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

Number of shares   Direct

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Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

Ordinary 25p shares GB0008754136

18,627,142

18,627,142

14,179,456

14,179,456

4,318,764

3.04%

0.93%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Â	Expiration date	Â	Exercise/ conversion period	Â	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Â	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise price

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Expiration date

Â

Exercise/ conversion period

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No. of voting rights instrument refers to

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Percentage of voting rights

Nominal

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Delta

Contract for Difference

n/a

n/a

n/a

128,922

0.03%

1

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Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
18,627,142		4.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:   Kames Capital:   Kames Capital plc Kames Capital Management Ltd Kames Capital ICVC Kames Capiral VCIC

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Â	Kames Capital
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		Â
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		Â

13. Additional information:	Â	Â
14. Contact name:		Wendy Dunsmore
15. Contact telephone number:		0131 549 3706
Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert Deputy Company Secretary 020 7626 6525