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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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)

1 March 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

5 March 2007

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

13%

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: 58,994,801

Number of Voting Rights: 58,994,801

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of Shares (Direct) - 63,863,540

Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 63,863,540

% of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 13.04%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

Total (A)+(B)

Total number of Voting Rights - 63,863,540

Total % of Voting Rights - 13.04%

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

the financial instruments are effectively held

Allianz Investment Bank 147,818

Bank of Ireland Dublin 712,754

Bank of New York 301,376

Banque Paribas 503,039

BNP Secs Svcs (Frankfurt) 186,224

Bank of New York (Brussels) 42,462

Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 127,423

JP Morgan Chase (Hong Kong) 92,913

JP Morgan Chase 2,782,733

JP Morgan Chase (Frankfurt) 28,749

Vidacos Nominees Ltd 49,505,055

Credit Agricole Indosuez 455,492

EEK Bank Germany 6,316

HSBC Bank plc (London) 962,980

Japan Trustee Savings Bank 1,830

KAS Associates (Australia) 63,517

Kommunalkredit Depotbank AG (Austria) 30,271

Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) 443,598

Santander Central Hispano Investment 20,697

State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 6,652,086

Trust & Custody Services JP 4,815

Northern Trust Company (London) 791,392

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

5 March 2007

ENDS