Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

10 December 2007 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 10 December 2007 it
transferred 12,465 ordinary shares in the Company for the purpose of satisfying
exercises under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme. These shares were
previously held in Treasury.

The transfer price per share was 325p.

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 3,287,535 ordinary shares in
treasury and has 471,274,969 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary