Director Shareholding

Director Shareholding 

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2003--

Tate & Lyle PLC announces a grant of options under the Tate & Lyle
2001 Sharesave Scheme. The date of grant is 2 July 2003 and the option
price is 264 pence per share. The options granted are normally
exerciseable during the period from 1 August 2008 to 31 January 2009.
A grant was made to an executive director of Tate & Lyle PLC as
follows:

Executive Director                  Options granted

Iain Ferguson                              6,032

Following this grant, Mr Ferguson now holds options over 251,750
ordinary shares in Tate & Lyle PLC.


   Short Name: Tate & Lyle PLC
   Category Code: RDS
   Sequence Number: 00006584
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030702T164551+0100