Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Tate & Lyle PLC

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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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						Â
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:			Â	Global AEGON Asset Management Group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):				Â
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:				6 October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:				8 October 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares   if possible using the 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

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Below 3%

Below 3%

12,748,881

12,748,881

1,418,596

2.74%

0.30%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Expiration date

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Exercise/ Conversion Period

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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

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% of voting rights

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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

Expiration date

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Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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% of voting rights

Contract for Difference

n/a

n/a

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32,192

Nominal

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Delta

0.01%

1

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Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

14,199,669

3.05%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Global AEGON Asset Management group “AAM”   AEGON Asset Management Holding BV   AEGON Asset Management UK Holdings Ltd   AEGON Asset Management UK plc   AEGON Investment Management UK ltd   AEGON ICVC
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Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	Global AEGON Asset Management Group
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:				Â
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:				Â
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13. Additional information:	Â	Â
14. Contact name:		Miranda Beacham
15. Contact telephone number:		0131 549 3460
16. Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert, Deputy Company Secretary 020 7626 6525