Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

11 February 2008 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 11 February 2008 it
transferred 11,468 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 2,930,983 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 457,295,417 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary