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

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

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)

4 June 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

6 June 2007

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

5%

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: 28,319,876

Number of Voting Rights: 28,319,876

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of Shares (Direct) - 2,651,553

Number of Voting Rights (Direct) - 2,651,553

Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 21,690,445

% of Voting Rights (Direct) - 0.54%

% of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 4.43%

(B) Financial Instruments

N/A

Total (A)+(B)

Total number of Voting Rights - 24,341,998

Total % of Voting Rights - 4.97%

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

the financial instruments are effectively held

AXA Ireland Pension Fund (Indirect) 2,564

AXA Sun Life plc (Direct) 146,400

AXA Rosenberg (Direct) 371,329

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Global Distribution Fund (Indirect) 26,965

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Global Growth Fund (Indirect) 84,145

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Ethical Fund (Indirect) 75,000

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Equity Income Fund (Indirect) 500,000

PPP Healthcare Group plc (Direct) 17,000

Sun Life Pensions Management Limited (Direct) 15,000

Sun Life Pensions Assurance Society Plc (Direct) 24,100

AXA Rosenberg (Direct) 297,916

AXA Insurance UK (Direct) 75,000

AXA Colonia Konzern (Direct) 99,200

AXA Colonia Konzern (Direct) 42,300

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd 100,000

AXA France (Indirect) 9,325

AXA Rosenberg (Indirect) 13,072,761

AXA Financial, Inc (Indirect) 1,300

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd (Direct) 101,550

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd (Direct) 30,075

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker (Direct) 86,828

Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker (Direct) 432,039

AXA Framlington Trustees for Roman Catholics (Indirect) 150,000

AXA Framlington London Scottish Pension Fund (Indirect) 85,000

AXA Framlington St James Place Exempt (Pens) Fund (Indirect) 250,000

AXA Framlington St James Place Net (Life) Fund (Indirect) 215,000

AXA Framlington St James Place Offshore Fund (Indirect) 100,000

AXA Framlington Daimler Chrysler (Indirect) 117,625

AXA Framlington Framlington Income & Capital (Indirect) 200,000

AXA Framlington UK Select Ops (Indirect) 6,000,000

AXA Framlington Managed Growth (Indirect) 115,000

AXA Framlington Managed Balanced (Indirect) 320,000

Framlington onshore private clients (Indirect) 306,460

Framlington onshore private clients (Indirect) 17,000

AXA Winterthur (Direct) 400,706

Sun Life with Profit Transition (Direct) 453,600

AXA Sun Life with Profit Transition (Direct) 900

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

7 June 2007