Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Tate & Lyle PLC
1 August 2000



The Tate & Lyle Employee Benefit Trust (Number 1) (the 'Trust')

Notification of Directors' Interests pursuant to section 324(2) of the
Companies Act 1985

On 31 July 2000, the Trust bought 85,304 Ordinary shares of 25 pence each at
an average price of 280.56p per share.  By virtue of their interests in the
Tate & Lyle 2000 Executive Share Option Scheme, the Executive Directors of
Tate & Lyle are potential beneficiaries of the Trust and are thus deemed to
have become interested in the above shares.  This is the first purchase by the
Trust.