Result of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

28 July 2005 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Result of AGM

Tate & Lyle PLC (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that at its Annual
General Meeting ('AGM') on 28 July 2005 all resolutions were passed on a show of
hands. The number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution prior to the meeting
was as follows:

                                   Total For (1)         Total Against     Votes withheld
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Resolution                        No. of      % of    No. of votes  % of       No. of
                                   votes       vote                  vote      votes
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  1. Report and Accounts         247,842,444    99.9%      182,118     0.1%   13,161,499
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  2. Remuneration Report         251,152,303    98.2%    4,526,379     1.8%    5,507,379
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  3. Approve final dividend      261,103,292     100%       14,526       0%       68,243
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  4. Re-elect S Gifford          260,733,740    99.9%      187,702     0.1%      264,619
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  5. Re-elect Sir D. Lees        258,457,147    99.9%      201,587     0.1%    2,527,327
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  6. Re-elect K Nargolwala       260,892,109    99.9%      179,049     0.1%      114,903
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  7. Re-elect Dr B Zoumas        260,886,662    99.9%      188,264     0.1%      111,135
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  8. Re-appoint auditors         261,003,335     100%      115,271       0%       67,455
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     Approve auditors'
  9.  remuneration               261,010,734     100%       98,867       0%       76,460
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     Amend Performance Share
 10.  Plan                       256,685,284    98.4%    4,054,516     1.6%      446,261
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     Approve Deferred Bonus
 11.  Share Plan                 250,496,409    96.3%    9,731,709     3.7%      957,943
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     Authority to purchase own
 12.  shares                     260,872,155    99.9%      235,408     0.1%       78,498
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 13. Authority to allot shares   258,259,140    98.9%    2,760,705     1.1%      166,216
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     Dis-application of
 14. pre-emption rights          259,661,104    99.5%    1,299,046     0.5%      225,911
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(1) Includes discretionary votes

As announced on 2 June 2005, Allen Yurko retired as a Director of the Company at
the conclusion of the AGM. Following Allen Yurko's retirement, the Board of Tate
& Lyle has appointed Evert Henkes as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Certified copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual
General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services
Authority,

25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary
28 July 2005