Last checked at 3 Aug 2010 10:33
| 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): | |||||||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Schroders plc | ||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | |||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 30.07.10 | ||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 02.08.10 | ||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Below 5% | ||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary | 26,441,159 | 23,253,888 | 26,439,403 | N/A | 23,247,365 | N/A | 4.99% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % 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 | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFD | n/a | n/a | 4,767 | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.001% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23,252,132 | 4.99% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |||||
| Schroder Investment Management Limited 22,793,681 4.89% Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited 60,900 0.013% Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited 392,784 0.084% | |||||
| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to old | |||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | |||||
| 13. Additional information: | The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. | ||||
| 14. Contact name: | Taryn O'Donoghue | ||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7658 6000 | ||||
| Listed Company Contact name: | Lucie Gilbert, Deputy Company Secretary 020 7626 6525 | ||||
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