Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Tate & Lyle PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Â	X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			Â
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			Â
Other (please specify):	Â		Â

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Â	Lloyds Banking Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		See Section 9.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		28 September 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29 September 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Direct / Indirect holdings increases above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible usingif possible using the ISIN CODEthe ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

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Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

Ord 25p

N/A below reporting threshold.

2,123,967

2,123,967

21,268,875

0.456%

4.564%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Â	Expiration date	Â	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Â	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	Â	% of voting rights
N/A		Â		Â		Â		Â

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise price

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Expiration date

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Exercise/ Conversion period

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Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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% of voting rights

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Nominal

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Delta

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Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
23,392,842		5.020%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

19,730,151 shares (4.234%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Direct / Indirect Interests).

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	Â	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

13. Additional information:	Â	Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 465,980,450
14. Contact name:		Matthew Wilson
15. Contact telephone number:		0113 235 7729
Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert, Deputy Company Secretary 020 7626 6525