REG-Tate & Lyle PLC ITC patent infringement case: update

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Tate & Lyle PLC

ITC patent infringement case: update

Tate & Lyle PLC ("Tate & Lyle") reports that the full six-person International
Trade Commission ("ITC") in Washington D.C. yesterday upheld in all material
respects the initial ruling of an Administrative Law Judge of the ITC given on
22 September 2008 in respect of its patent-infringement case against certain
manufacturers of Chinese sucralose. This represents a binding and final
determination by the ITC.

Tate & Lyle will review the ITC`s full final determination in detail when it is
received and then evaluate its possible options in respect of any further
appeals through the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

Karl Kramer, President, Tate & Lyle Sucralose said, "While this development is
disappointing, intellectual property is just one of the many components which
define Tate & Lyle`s formidable competitive advantage in the global sucralose
business. Our manufacturing facilities operate at a level of cost, efficiency
and environmental stewardship surpassed by none, producing sucralose which meets
the highest standards of quality, purity and hygiene. Our business is built upon
long-standing relationships with some of the world`s leading food, beverage and
pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as the established SPLENDA® brand which is
renowned as a high quality, reliable and trusted product in a number of
markets."

For more information contact Tate & Lyle PLC:

Tim Lodge, Group Finance Director
Tel: 020 7626 6525 or Mobile: 07798 837317

Rowan Adams, Director of Corporate Affairs (Media)
Tel: 020 7626 6525 or Mobile: 07713 067 542

About Tate & Lyle

Tate & Lyle is a world-leading renewable food and industrial ingredients
company, serving a global market from over 50 production facilities throughout
the Americas, Europe and South East Asia. Our efficient, large-scale
manufacturing plants turn agricultural products, corn and cane sugar into
valuable ingredients for our customers. These ingredients add taste, texture,
nutrition and increased functionality to products that millions of people around
the world use or consume every day.

Tate & Lyle`s range of leading branded food ingredients include SPLENDA
Sucralose, PROMITOR Dietary Fiber, STA-LITE, Polydextrose, Tate & Lyle Fairtrade
Sugar and Lyle`s Golden Syrup. Tate & Lyle also produces branded industrial
ingredients including Bio-PDO, Ethylex and STA-Lock paper starches; and staple
ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup, sugar, ethanol, citric acid and
basic starches. In addition to providing a wide range of ingredients, our expert
sales and product applications teams support customers by providing technical
advice and proprietary consumer insight studies.

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L.
American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. In the year to 31 March 2008,
Tate & Lyle employed 6,488 people in its subsidiaries and joint ventures, and
sales totalled £3.4 billion.

SPLENDA is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC

Tate & Lyle PLC

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