29th Sep 2010 16:42
| 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 | 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 | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |||
| Other (please specify): |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | 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 ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
| Ord 25p | N/A below reporting threshold. | 2,123,967 | 2,123,967 | 21,268,875 | 0.456% | 4.564% | |||||||||
| GB0008754136 | |||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||
| N/A | |||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | ||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |
| 23,392,842 | 5.020% | |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial 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: | 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: | 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 |
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