Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 20 December 2007 it
transferred 73,423 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 3,214,112 ordinary shares in
treasury and has 467,461,135 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary