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Tate & Lyle PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Issuer TATE & LYLE PLC 2. Reason for notification REDUCTION IN SHARES IN ISSUE DUE TO TATE & LYLE PLC BUY BACK AND SUBSEQUENT SHARE CANCELLATION 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED 4. Full name of the shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TAXABLE TRUST SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY GROUP TRUST SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS TOBACCO FREE INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST THE CALLEVA TRUST 5. Date of the Transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) 9 NOVEMBER 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified 12 NOVEMBER 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached 5% 8. Notified Details (A) Voting Rights Attached to shares Class/type of shares ORDINARY 25p SHARES (GB0008754136) Situation previous to the Triggering transaction Number of Shares: 19,402,253 Number of Voting Rights: 19,402,253 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of Shares - 24,111,253 Number of Voting Rights (Direct) - 24,111,253 Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 0 % of Voting Rights (Direct) - 5.05% (BASED ON TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS OF 477,252,831) % of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 0% (B) Financial Instruments N/A Total (A)+(B) Total number of Voting Rights - 24,111,253 Total % of Voting Rights - 5.05% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held N/A Proxy Voting 10. Name of Proxy holder SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights N/A 13. Any additional information SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED ('SILCHESTER') ACTS AS INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR THE CLIENTS DETAILED IN QUESTION 4 ABOVE ('CLIENTS'). IN ACTING FOR THEIR CLIENTS, SILCHESTER ARE GIVEN FULL DISCRETION OVER THEIR INVESTMENTS AND ARE EMPOWERED TO VOTE ON THEIR BEHALF. HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT ACT AS THEIR CLIENTS' CUSTODIAN AND THEREFORE SHARES ARE NOT HELD IN THEIR NAME BUT IN THE NAME OF EACH CLIENT'S CUSTODIAN BANK. Contact name for enquiries: -0- *T ROBERT GIBBER COMPANY SECRETARY 020 7626 6525 *T 15 NOVEMBER 2007

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