Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 6 May 2008 it transferred
122,579 ordinary shares in the Company for the purpose of satisfying exercises
under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme ('ESOS') and Tate & Lyle 2003
Performance Share Plan. These shares were previously held in Treasury.

The transfer price per share for the shares transferred to satisfy exercises
under the ESOS was 325p.

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 2,062,053 ordinary shares in
treasury and has 457,865,958 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary

6 May 2008