Completion of Disposal of European Starch Facil...

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

1 October 2007 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Completion of Disposal of European Starch Facilities

Tate & Lyle PLC is pleased to announce that, following the receipt of European
antitrust approvals, the sale of its starch facilities in the UK, Belgium,
France, Spain and Italy (together 'the business') to Syral SAS (a subsidiary of
Tereos of France) has now completed.

The signing of the conditional agreement for the sale of the business was
announced on 18 July 2007. As previously announced, the consideration for the
sale is EUR 310 million (£215 million) subject to closing adjustments.

ENDS

For more information contact Tate & Lyle PLC:

Mark Robinson, Director of Investor Relations
Tel: [phone] or Mobile: [phone]

Ferne Hudson, Head of Media and Public Relations
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About Tate & Lyle:

Tate & Lyle is a world leading manufacturer of renewable food and industrial
ingredients. It uses innovative technology to transform corn, wheat and sugar
into value-added ingredients for customers in the food, beverage,
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper, packaging and building industries. The Company
is a leader in cereal sweeteners and starches, sugar refining, value added food
and industrial ingredients, and citric acid. Tate & Lyle is the world number-one
in industrial starches and is the sole manufacturer of SPLENDA(R) Sucralose.

Headquartered in London, Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange
under the symbol TATE.L. In the US its ADRs trade under TATYY. The Company
operates more than 60 production facilities in 23 countries, throughout Europe,
the Americas and South East Asia. In the year to 31 March 2007, it employed
6,900 people in its subsidiaries with a further 2,300 employed in joint
ventures. Sales in the year to 31 March 2007 totalled £4.0 billion. Additional
information can be found on http://www.tateandlyle.com.

SPLENDA(R) is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC