Result of AGM

Result of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC

Tate & Lyle PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting 2015

Tate & Lyle PLC (the “Company”) announces that at its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held earlier today, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2015, with the exception of Resolution 11 (which, as explained below, was withdrawn from the meeting), were duly passed.

Resolution 11 in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which referred to the proposed re-election of Virginia Kamsky, was withdrawn from the meeting following her resignation from the Board on 1 July 2015.

The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:

Resolution			Â	Total For(1)			Â	Total Against			Â	Votes withheld(2)
				No. of votes	Â	% of vote		No. of votes	Â	% of vote		No. of votes
1.	Â	Report and Accounts		317,415,730		99.64		1,150,206		0.36		5,437,548
2.		Remuneration Report		180,754,298		58.77		126,815,378		41.23		15,965,954
3.		Approve final dividend		321,270,941		99.49		1,653,288		0.51		611,401
4.		Re-elect Sir Peter Gershon		306,193,469		95.30		15,116,222		4.70		2,225,939
5.		Re-elect Javed Ahmed		288,727,079		92.35		23,910,040		7.65		10,898,511
6.		Re-elect Nick Hampton		322,820,556		99.97		83,657		0.03		631,217
7.		Re-elect Liz Airey		321,041,229		99.42		1,860,549		0.58		633,852
8.		Re-elect William Camp		321,308,280		99.51		1,597,844		0.49		629,506
9.		Re-elect Paul Forman		316,577,763		99.03		3,090,431		0.97		3,867,436
10.		Re-elect Douglas Hurt		322,787,305		99.96		114,678		0.04		633,647
11.		Re-elect Virginia Kamsky		Withdrawn
12.		Re-elect Anne Minto		312,892,257		96.90		10,010,010		3.10		633,363
13.		Re-elect Dr Ajai Puri		321,454,780		99.56		1,436,267		0.44		644,583
14.		Re-appoint auditors		313,499,816		96.95		9,873,621		3.05		630,047
15.		Approve auditors’ remuneration		322,939,829		99.87		419,526		0.13		644,129
16.		Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure		301,051,487		94.12		18,811,644		5.88		4,140,353
17.		Authority to allot shares		322,631,632		99.78		720,402		0.22		651,450
18.		Dis-application of pre-emption rights		322,395,487		99.62		1,238,470		0.38		369,527
19.		Authority to purchase own shares		322,782,104		99.82		594,919		0.18		626,461
20.		Notice period for general meetings		289,628,976		89.57		33,730,414		10.43		644,094

⁽¹⁾ Includes discretionary votes.

⁽²⁾ A ‘vote withheld’ is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution.

On 27 July 2015, there were 466,420,623 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) and 149 shareholders or persons representing shareholders attended the meeting.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The Board notes that Resolution 2 relating to the approval of the 2015 Directors' Remuneration Report, received a vote of 58.77% in favour. The Board values and respects the views of shareholders. The Remuneration Committee has already consulted with a number of shareholders and proxy advisor bodies prior to the AGM to discuss their concerns relating to the Directors’ Remuneration Report. The Board continues to take its responsibility to engage with shareholders seriously and will assess the feedback it has received to inform future consultations.

Lucie Gilbert

Company Secretary

29 July 2015

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