Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

4 January 2008 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 4 January 2008 it transferred
10,722 ordinary shares in the Company for the purpose of satisfying awards under
the Tate & Lyle 2003 Performance Share Plan. These shares were previously held
in Treasury.

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 3,203,390 ordinary shares in
treasury and has 467,029,097 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber

Company Secretary