Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 27 June 2008 it transferred
19,111 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 1,580,457 ordinary shares in
treasury and has 458,357,961 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).

Lucie Gilbert
Deputy Company Secretary
27 June 2008