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TATE & LYLE PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Issuer TATE & LYLE PLC 2. Reason for notification An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation AMVESCAP PLC 4. Full name of the shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) N/A 5. Date of the Transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different) 12 March 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified 15 March 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached 14% 8. Notified Details (A) Voting Rights Attached to shares Class/type of shares ORDINARY 25p SHARES (GB0008754136) Situation previous to the Triggering transaction Number of Shares: 63,863,540 Number of Voting Rights: 63,863,540 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of Shares (Direct) - 69,144,199 Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 69,144,199 % of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 14.12% (B) Financial Instruments N/A Total (A)+(B) Total number of Voting Rights - 69,144,199 Total % of Voting Rights - 14.12% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held \* TBank of Ireland Dublin 772,570Bank of New York 309,592Banque Paribas 477,887BNP Secs Svcs (Frankfurt) 160,228Bank of New York (Brussels) 46,427Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 127,423JP Morgan Chase (Hong Kong) 102,370JP Morgan Chase 2,724,358Vidacos Nominees Ltd 54,745,673HSBC Bank plc (London) 1,036,969Japan Trustee Savings Bank 2,009Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) 479,982Santander Central Hispano Investment 19,662State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 7,275,893Trust & Custody Services JP 5,287Northern Trust Company (London) 857,869\* T Proxy Voting 10. Name of Proxy holder 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. Any additional information N/A Contact name for enquiries: \* TRobert GibberCompany Secretary020 7626 6525 15 March 2007\* T Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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