Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

13 February 2008 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 13 February 2008 it
transferred 22,848 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 2,908,135 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 456,856,886 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary