Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
                  

1 April 2008 - Tate & Lyle PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC ('the Company') announces that on 1 April 2008 it transferred
282,103 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 highest transfer price per share was 374.50p and the lowest transfer price
per share was 325p for the shares transferred to satisfy exercises under the
ESOS.

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 2,472,970 ordinary shares in
treasury and has 457,437,496 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

Robert Gibber
Company Secretary