Director Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

5 December 2003 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Director Shareholding

Tate & Lyle PLC announces a grant of options under the Tate & Lyle 2001
Sharesave Scheme. The date of grant is 5 December 2003 and the option price is
260 pence per share. The options are normally exerciseable during the 6 months
following the completion of a 3-year or a 5-year savings contract. A grant was
made to an Executive Director of Tate & Lyle PLC as follows:

Executive Director        Options Granted        Period normally exerciseable
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       S Strathdee                2,838               01/03/2007 - 31/08/2007


Following this grant, Mr Strathdee now holds options over 514,981 ordinary
shares in Tate & Lyle PLC.