Holding(s) in Company

23 Sep 2008 15:05

23 SEPTEMBER 2008 TATE & LYLE PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Issuer TATE & LYLE PLC 2. Reason for notification AN ACQUISITION OF VOTING RIGHTS 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation INVESCO LIMITED 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) 18/09/08 6. Date on which issuer notified 22/09/08 7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached 17% 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: 74,732,633 Number of Voting Rights: 74,732,633 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of Shares - 78,579,956 Number of Voting Rights (Direct) - 0 Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 78,579,956 % of Voting Rights (Direct) - 0 % of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 17.137% (B) Financial Instruments N/A Total (A)+(B) Total number of Voting Rights - 78,579,956 Total % of Voting Rights - 17.137% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held Bank of Ireland, Dublin, 322,211Bank of New York, 41,617Banque Paribas, 293,020Bank of New York, Brussels, 28,125Chase Bank (Hong Kong), 79,628JP Morgan Chase, 6,276,028Citibank, 61,222,047HSBC Bank, 1,136,716Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, 410,000Santander Central Hispano Investment, 8,640State Street Trust & Banking (London), 8,020,188Trust & Custody Services JP, 3,104Northern Trust Company (London), 714,488Other, 24,144 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 14. Contact name SAM EDWARDS 15. Contact telephone number +44 (0)1491 416381 Listed company contact LUCIE GILBERTDEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY020 7626 6525 23 SEPTEMBER 2008 Copyright Business Wire 2008