Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC - 19 June 2007

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 19 June 2007 a grant of
options over the Company's ordinary shares of 25 pence each was made under the

Tate & Lyle 2003 Performance Share Plan ('PSP') to Executive Directors and
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR') as detailed in the
table below.

Options granted under the PSP will vest on 31 March 2011 but only to the extent
that certain performance criteria are satisfied by the Company over a three-year
performance period which commenced on 1 April 2007. Vested options may be
exercised up until 31 March 2017. No consideration is payable for the grant of
the options.

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Name                     Role                    No. of shares   Total options
                                                   subject to     and awards now
                                                     options      held under the
                                                                       PSP
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Iain Ferguson            Executive Director         151,730         727,472
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Stanley Musesengwa       Executive Director         87,881          450,667
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Stuart Strathdee         Executive Director         59,723          304,402
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John Nicholas            Executive Director         72,636          142,538
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Robert Gibber            PDMR                       53,805          302,253
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Corry Wille              PDMR                       56,674          419,762
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The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Rowan Adams

Deputy Company Secretary

19 June 2007