Last checked at 20 Dec 2011 11:01
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no) | |||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | ||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of 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):______________ | |||||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | |||||||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 15 December 2011 | ||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 19 December 2011 | ||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Holding has gone above 5% | ||||||
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Number of shares
Direct | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary 25p shares GB0008754136 | 22,854,118 | 22,854,118 | N/A | N/A | 23,366,023 | N/A | 5.00% | ||||||||
| B: Financial Instruments | |||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights | |||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||
| CFD | 131,606 | 0.03% | 0.03% | ||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |
| 23,497,629 | 5.03% | |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 23,497,629 (5.03%) |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | |
| 13. Additional information: | BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team | |
| 14. Contact name: | Andrew Manchester | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 5773; andrew.manchester@blackrock.com | |
| Listed Company Contact name: | Mathew Wootton Group VP, Investor and Media Relations 020 7977 6211 |
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