Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 7 March 2008 it transferred
26,103 ordinary shares in the Company for the purpose of satisfying exercises
under the 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme. These shares were previously held
in Treasury.

The highest transfer price per share was 374.50p and the lowest transfer price
per share was 325p.

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 2,823,627 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has 457,071,242 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary